The Complete Blender Starter: Learn from Modelling to Export

Prepare a Blender file, delete the default cube, rename and hide camera and light, and set up face orientation colors for a fantasy scene to export to a game engine.

Blockout teaches rough shaping with blackout or grey box techniques, using basic primitives like cubes and cylinders to prototype the forge scene's main shapes and measurements.

Explore essential Blender modeling tools, including bevel, loop cut, knife, snapping, and proportional editing, with hands-on practice on a cube to master edge shaping and precision.

Blockout a forge in Blender by shaping two wheels connected in one, adding gaps with loop cuts and bridge loops, inset faces, and using a mirror modifier, normals, and bevel.

Master radial array techniques in Blender to build a wheel by copying cylinders around a circle with object offset and a 3D cursor, then refine with loop cuts and bevels.

Shape carriage base from planks using loop cuts, extrude manifold, and a mirror modifier for symmetry. Use knife tool, snapping, and isolation view to refine the draw and vertical planks.

Develop tabletop modeling by creating horizontal and vertical planks, applying cuts and bevels, extruding to add depth, and optimizing geometry with normals recalculation for a realistic look.

Create a stone wall behind the fireplace by transforming multiple stones at once with array modifiers and randomize transform. Apply beveling and shading for a realistic look.

Finish modeling the forge carriage by detailing the fireplace, roof, chimney, and side panels, applying solidify, mirror, and array modifier, adding bevels, cracks, and subtle imperfections.

Trace reference forms from images to capture proportions using basic shapes, curves, and topology techniques in Blender, including the forge signs, tongs, rings, and holes.

Learn to model chains and forge signs in Blender using solidify and bevel modifiers, adjust bevel weights, and optimize geometry for game engine.

Learn to place and bend chain segments along a curve in Blender using array and curve modifiers, adjust origins, and attach chains to signs and the forge.

Explore non-destructive modeling in Blender by contrasting destructive methods with modifiers, curves, and a screw modifier, applying techniques to vase, mortar, and bowl forms.

Create low poly stones for a fireplace using blender, building from UV spheres with controlled cuts and merged vertices. Set origins for centered placement and variations.

Use a Blender particle system to place stones on the fireplace surface, render as object, then convert to real instances, adjust seed, scale, and rotation for a natural, randomized look.

Learn the basics of cloth simulation in Blender by creating a cloth on a forge wheel, adjusting subdivisions, collisions, and presets for realistic wrapping.

Model tool components in Blender by placing bowls and handles with origin and 3D cursor techniques, then parent parts and apply a solidify modifier for detail.

Model three forge tools from scratch in Blender using techniques like bridge edge loops, proportional editing, bevels, and sharp edges, adding a handle hole and cloth detail.

Learn to generate complex geometry from a 2d image using the displacement modifier, textures, and subdivision techniques, then optimize and finalize low to high poly lion head shield.

Finish the fourth model by beveling edges and marking sharp, then add a glowing stone in a shield with a lion head. Build the emblem with cylinders and torus frames.

In this blender starter lesson, finish the forge by modeling a bellows with circles, extrusions, bevels, and solidify steps, including leather parts and linked copies.

Create glowing runes on a forge surface by shaping runes from a reference, using a boolean modifier to carve them, and preparing textures for glow in the texturing stage.

Model a forge decoration scene in Blender, constructing a platform, stump, barrel, rings, anvil, and wooden box, and explore non-destructive lattice and boolean workflows.

Model a decorative stand with wings and craft an axe and hammer with ornamental runes, using references, loop tools, bevels, and mirror modifiers, then add grass and stones for setting.

Organize the scene with camera and light collections, set up multiple cameras, configure procedural lighting with a sky texture, switch to cycles, and adjust sun and background settings.

Learn to create and apply 18 scene materials in blender, from grass and ground to metal, leather, and emission runes, using color palettes, shading modes, and material assignment workflows.

Create a procedural background material for the scene using a color ramp and gradient texture to blend three colors, then adjust mapping and roughness for a non-shiny finish.

Render final images in blender by adjusting region, 4k resolution, sampling, color management, depth of field, lighting, and multiple cameras, then render with F12 and save.

Learn the basics of creating and rendering animation in Blender, including preparing outputs, setting frame ranges and resolution, and keyframing camera, object, and emission animations with smoke and lighting.

Balance visual quality and performance by applying geometry reduction, UV and texture optimization, and efficient export practices for game engines, using decimate and retopology, baking, atlases, and FBX export.

Create an export scene and clean the project by removing animations, cameras, lights. Delete duplicates, apply booleans, keep one original, and move optimized objects to a dedicated collection for export.

Learn geometry optimization and low poly techniques in blender by reducing polygons from 95k to manageable counts, applying deletions, dissolving edges, marking sharp, and organizing assets for export.

Learn blender geometry optimization by reducing polygons from about 32,000 to 700 with decimate and sculpting, while managing modifiers and using array, curve, and mesh conversion techniques.

watch a geometry optimization timelapse in blender, illustrating the complete modelling to export workflow for the blender starter course.

Optimize textures in Blender by converting many materials into a single palette material. Use UV maps and smart UV project to unwrap assets and assign emission materials for game engines.

Export Blender assets as FBX and import into Unity after removing materials. Create prefabs, apply textures and emissive materials, set up transforms and global illumination for realistic lighting.