HellJumper’s Blender 2.5 Modeling Tutorial for TF2


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If you can’t see what I’m doing, go into full screen HD!

PART 2: 29:43
PART 3: 46:19

For FAQ visit: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1536668
Please don’t ask questions that are answered there! I won’t answer them!

Sourcefiles used in this tutorial: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10100459/For%20Download/Blender%20Heavy%20Source%20Files.zip

Necessary Programs:
Blender: http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/
SMD tools: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Blender_SMD_Tools
Gimp / Photoshop: http://www.gimp.org/
VTFedit: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/VTFEdit
GCFscape: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/GCFScape
MDLdecompiler: http://www.chaosincarnate.net/cannonfodder/cftools.htm
GUIstudioMDL: http://www.wunderboy.org/apps/guistudiomdl2.php
Notepad++: http://download.cnet.com/Notepad/3000-2352_4-10327521.html

Useful modeling hotkeys:
shift+a – add menu
right click – select
a – toggle select all
b – select box
s – scale
r – rotate
g – move
e – extrude
tab – toggle between edit mode/object mode
Middle Mouse Button – rotate
shift + MMB – pan
scroll wheel – zoom
ctrl+e – mark seam / mark sharp menu
ctrl+n – recalculate normals
u – UV unwrap menu

Websites and Resources: (read from top to bottom)
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro
http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/blender/model-uv-and-texture-a-complete-manga-character-in-blender-day-1/
http://www.blendercookie.com/
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73559

How do I make jiggle bones? Thanks to SgtR007_1, we have an answer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP9ce_ygeSA

Finally, the audio / video gets out of sync near the end for some odd reason. It’s only a second’s difference, and it doesn’t hinder anything.

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21 responses to “HellJumper’s Blender 2.5 Modeling Tutorial for TF2”

  1. CANT FIND USERNAME FILES!?!?!?!?! (note: working for the last hour turning everything in the tf2 game files upside down for folder, still cant find…) PLZ REPLY SOON

    edit: FINNALY FOUND IT!

  2. I know this is a really old video but I can never figure out how to texture properly, is there anything I should try or?
    Edit: Also how do you color your texture like that in gimp so you can keep the shadows and all that?

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