See the demonstration below.

Get the 3D sculpting software here:  http://drpetter.se/project_sculpt.html

This rendering is created mainly in Blender 2.49. The terrain was initially crafted in Carrara Pro from a GIMP-created map for displacement. On-wall yegetations were created using Ivy Generator. All other modelling, lighting and texturing works were done within Blender. Image was rendered using Blender’s internal renderer with image editing done using the in-built node compositor. GIMP was also used for some post-editing.

This first work-in-progress for this piece is here.

>> Click here to go back to Part One.

Now, we need to delete away the face that will be overlap the mirroring plane. To do so, select the cube make sure that it is in edit mode (toggle with TAB key).  Select the face to be deleted and press DEL key. In the options, select ‘Face’.

After, it has been deleted, we can now add a Mirror Modifier. To do that click the “modifier’ button on the property panel and select ‘Mirror’. This is as shown below.

Now, the mirrored side should appear. Make sure that we have selected the correct Axis of mirroring.

From here, we can process with the rest of the symmetry modelling. By using commands such as extrude (E key), deleting and creating new faces (F key), subdivid and finally adding subsurfacing, we can create all kinds of symmetrical shapes.

That’s all for this Blender 2.5 tutorial. Thank you for reading

This tutorial will show one way of setting up symmetry modelling when using the newer version of Blender.

1. Add a cube and move it to one side of the centre vertical grid line.

2. With the cube selected in Object Mode, go to Object >> Snap >> Selection to Grid. This is as shown below.

This will snap the cube edges accurately to the grid

3. Next, place the cursor along the centre vertical grid line.

4. Go to Object >> Snap>> Cursor to Grid. This will accurately snap the cursor to the center line. Refer to the screenshot below.

5.  Now go to Transform >> Origin to 3D Cursor. This will move the Origin (Object center) to the cursor position. This is as shown below.

This is the end of part one of the Blender 2.5 symmetry modelling.

>>> Click here to go to Part 2.

To compensate for Blender’s lack of global illumination capability, I use some tricks to fake indirect lighting. This includes using Ambient Occlusion and placing additional coloured lights to simulate colour bleeds. I also used composite nodes to tune up the lighting conditions.

To create the dry mud/rock surface, I use multiple layers of texture to determine colours, normal and Csp.