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In this Blender modeling tutorial Chris Plush walks you through creating a different kind of soccer ball.

Reference image – http://images.sportsdirect.com/images/imgzoom/82/82200933_xxl.jpg

Finished blend file – http://www.cgmasters.net/tutorials/soccer_ball.blend

Grass in the final render is based off of this tutorial by Steve Lund – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Z1glEEk0s

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