What software for hard surface modeling Zbrush or MudBox or?

**Macho** · 04-10-2011, 07:45 PM

I really want to focus in one thing for my career,because of that i choose hard surface,like weapons,mechanical robots etc etc. Now,the problem is that i've started to learn Zbrush 5 months ago and i am much more confused than before,the Zbrush is so complex but really powerful tool,Now i want to give e go about MudBox,what do you guys thing of this? Can you model,let say a mechanical robot in maya or 3d max, and imported in MudBox and do some crazy stuff there?

**MaVCArt** · 04-10-2011, 08:04 PM

http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/sh...538-Heavy-Mech

this answers your question at least partially

zbrush 4.0 has a set of really powerful new additions that make hard surface sculpting a lot easier, but traditionally mudbox is the way to go, although personally i've never worked with it so I can't say for sure.
they're both very powerful tools if you can work with them, but the same goes for any other tool out there.

**Macho** · 04-10-2011, 08:41 PM

I know that DVD i already have

but i don't understand is that there or maybe i am blind isn't a tutorial how to build the robot first and then do the techniques on it.

**Thursdae** · 04-11-2011, 02:35 AM

I do believe he created that all inside zbrush, no other program to model it.

**MaVCArt** · 04-11-2011, 01:23 PM

indeed: he did the entire thing in zbrush, no other modeling tool: he first blocked out the shape using zspheres, and then he started sculpting

it's a bit elaborate, but it did work, apparently.

**Macho** · 04-11-2011, 02:54 PM

I see

Then why i can't find that

Only i can see is his talking about hard surface techniques and and the next few videos he was applying them on the robot. Maybe i am blind,but really i didn't find the sculpting

**Disting** · 04-14-2011, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by Macho

I see

Then why i can't find that

Only i can see is his talking about hard surface techniques and and the next few videos he was applying them on the robot. Maybe i am blind,but really i didn't find the sculpting

Just watch the entire thing straight through, and you can't miss it. :P