FREE 3DS Max Character Modeling Tutorials!

**jeffreyianwilson** · 04-10-2010, 04:00 AM

Introduction to Character Modeling in 3ds Max 2010

These series of tutorials will be a comprehensive look into the development of a character from start to finish. I'll be covering modeling, UVs, texturing, shaders, sculpting in Mudbox, displacement mapping, rigging, animation and rendering as well as using the high fidelity assets to generate in-game models which will be imported into Unity 3D and the Unreal Development Kit.

I'll be offering these tutorials in weekly installments over a period of a few months.

Part 1 - Setup
In this tutorial, I'll be covering intial scene setup for
reference photography and concept art.

Part 2 - The Eye
In this tutorial, I'll be covering how to model using strip modeling techniques.
I'll also build an eyeball, texture it and build the eye socket.

Go to http://www.2ndchancegames.com and click on tutorials to view!

The tutorials will be free until the series is complete. Once complete they will no longer be free but will be available for purchase as a complete compilation.

ENJOY!

Jeff

**Tag@gears** · 04-11-2010, 06:59 AM

thksz, ill be watching these.

**ThePriest909** · 04-11-2010, 04:29 PM

Thanks Jeff.

**jeffreyianwilson** · 04-11-2010, 11:59 PM

I will have part 3 up by Friday.

I am looking to post a part every week for the next several months. In total it will probably be over 20 hours of tutorials.

Jeff

**jeffreyianwilson** · 04-22-2010, 02:53 PM

http://www.2ndchancegames.com

Click on tutorials to view

Part 3 is now online. Sorry for the delay...

Jeff

**slagathor** · 04-24-2010, 05:43 AM

some really cool stuff! there are some modeling tricks that I've always wondered about, and watching your work has helped me understand how these tricks are pulled off... can't wait to see more

**jeffreyianwilson** · 04-25-2010, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by slagathor

some really cool stuff! there are some modeling tricks that I've always wondered about, and watching your work has helped me understand how these tricks are pulled off... can't wait to see more

I'll try my best to release weekly updates. I'm making it for my own UDK game and I figured it might be cool to document the process for others.

**spaid** · 04-30-2010, 01:56 AM

This is really good stuff, thanks for sharing! I'm looking forward to how you do the rigging especially.. It's always been so tough to get descent results.

**CreativeCoding** · 04-30-2010, 02:17 AM

Awesome!

Thank you!

**jeffreyianwilson** · 04-30-2010, 09:59 AM

Part 4 of my tutorial series on character modeling is now available.

http://www.2ndchancegames.com/tutori.../id_part4.html

Part 5 - The ears will be next followed by
Part 6 - The Neck
Part 7 - Detailing
Part 8 - UVs
Part 9 - Mudbox Prep & Setup
Part 10 - Mudbox Sculpting
Part 11 - Mudbox Texturing
Part 12 - Mudbox Detailing
Part 13 - Facial Rigging
Part 14 - Facial Animation

Jeff

**Zomy** · 04-30-2010, 09:37 PM

Awesome, thanks for taking the time for making this : D.

**Neji** · 05-12-2010, 06:36 AM

Been meaning to have a look at these for a while now, thanks for posting. Now I just have to find some time to work through them!

**jeffreyianwilson** · 05-13-2010, 02:57 AM

I'm in the middle of finals this week but I will post the next tutorial next week when I finish classes.

Jeff

**ThePriest909** · 05-13-2010, 04:47 AM

Thanks Jeff! Much appreciated.

**TheJamsh** · 08-02-2010, 07:40 AM

hey ive been looking for these tutorials but it seems your site or server is down or something? Any chance of uploading them elsewhere so i can view them?