Creating a Spaceship in Blender: A Mini-Course

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

This mini-course is designed to show users how to create a hyper-detailed spaceship using Blender's microdisplacement and some greebles. You can create your own spacecraft with or without the suggested addons. There's a Table of Contents at the bottom of the Description.
To download the scene file, just join my Patreon for $1 and you will also receive a KPACK with the greebles and the the materials, as well as a SYNTH greeble recipe (use KIT OPS PRO or KIT OPS FREE).
/ chippwalters
Products mentioned in this video:
K-Cycles: blendermarket.com/products/k-...
Shape Generator and Plating Generator: blendermarket.com/creators/ma...
KIT OPS SYNTH:
blendermarket.com/products/ki...
gumroad.com/l/kitopssynth
KIT OPS PRO:
blendermarket.com/products/ki...
gumroad.com/l/kitopspro
KIT OPS FREE:
gumroad.com/l/kitops
blendermarket.com/products/ki...
Displacement Guide: cw1.me/displacement
JSplacement: windmillart.net/?p=jsplacement
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 - Start
01:40 - Introduction
01:57 - K-Cycles
02:31 - Preview Spaceship Construction
03:00 - Displacement Explained
04:00 - Displacement E-Guide
04:46 - Shape and Plating Generators
05:25 - JSplacement
08:25 - Create the Spaceship shape
09:58 - Scaling the Spaceship
10:16 - Generate Plates on Spaceship
11:30 - Bump Material
14:03 - Displacement Material
16:25 - Troubleshooting Microdisplacement
16:48 - Adding Materials to the Spaceship
17:41 - Apply modifiers
17:56 - Using Materials with UV Maps
18:57 - Setting up Displacement on Ship
20:56 - Set faces for Greebles
21:20 - Creating Corridor in SYNTH
22:53 - Adding the Corridor with KIT OPS
24:30 - Greeble Placement Faces
25:15 - Creating Solar Dust Shield
26:07 - Adding Bump Material
27:23 - Use SYNTH to create Greebles
29:43 - Displacement Viewport Tips
30:25 - Adding Bevel to Ship Edges
30:46 - Viewport considerations
32:01 - Scene Setup

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  • @darysi6338
    @darysi63382 жыл бұрын

    AMAZING THE EFFORT YOU ALWAYS PUT IN - YOU HAVE HELPED SO MUCH!

  • @dennisfischa
    @dennisfischa3 жыл бұрын

    Wow imagine 2 weeks ago I wouldnt have found this amazing tutorial. I learned so much

  • @jeffg4686
    @jeffg46863 жыл бұрын

    Boy, that sure makes details nice and fast. Very cool.

  • @vinnypassmore5657
    @vinnypassmore56573 жыл бұрын

    The effect is fantastic, thanks for sharing.

  • @russelp9666
    @russelp96663 жыл бұрын

    Thanks man!Hope there will be more tutorial about space ships, space stations, space vehicles👍👻

  • @OwenTuson02
    @OwenTuson023 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for bringing this to my attention! Can’t wait to get using this

  • @froztbytesyoutubealt3201
    @froztbytesyoutubealt32012 жыл бұрын

    Chipp: x16 subdivisions* My laptop looking at me: Don't you fucking dare.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @neail5466
    @neail54663 жыл бұрын

    This is how a good teacher sounds like . A great explanation, didn't get into the mere basis like installation of addons and such. I had a good time with you lecture. Thank-you. +1 I don't use that much Addons so the names are alien to me but I didnt have any difficulty understanding the theory of micro displacement. Shout-out to JS Displacement and Windmill...thanks for providing such good thing for free.

  • @robfisher3001

    @robfisher3001

    3 жыл бұрын

    y

  • @sphere6
    @sphere63 жыл бұрын

    Killer tutorial Chipp. Nicely done.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Rob. Hope you're doing well. :-)

  • @Robinbobin
    @Robinbobin3 жыл бұрын

    Bro, thank you so much for that document. You’re my hero of the day

  • @scottlee38
    @scottlee383 жыл бұрын

    This is impressive!

  • @kade_question
    @kade_question2 жыл бұрын

    It came out as a recommended video. Nice Ship.

  • @S9universe
    @S9universe Жыл бұрын

    Hello, one year ago i looked at this tuto and was wowed as a beginner it opened my spirit to see larger, so thanks ♥

  • @danol5749
    @danol57493 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this amazing tutorial! So helpful!

  • @mdm-prods1184
    @mdm-prods11843 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Chipp 👍

  • @PBCSandMarci
    @PBCSandMarci2 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome!

  • @samyoung3862
    @samyoung38622 жыл бұрын

    really cool bro, love your tutorials!

  • @in3432
    @in34325 ай бұрын

    Brilliant video, taught me a lot.

  • @dumpsky
    @dumpsky Жыл бұрын

    tip: when using 'object' coordinates, you can set your 'mapping' node from 'point' to 'texture'. this will give you true texture 'scale' in blender units as in: 2 is double the texture size of 1, 0.5 is half of 1, etc. if your object is 100x100m wide, a texture scale 100 will cover the object perfectly. 'point' is more like a 'tiling' multiplier usually used for UVs and in this case is a bit less practical and intuitive.

  • @Thysta
    @Thysta Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial!

  • @eFlydnb
    @eFlydnb3 жыл бұрын

    You are legend! I want to learn and perfect displacement because i like it soo much! And you sayin everything so detailed i love it!

  • @peperoni3140
    @peperoni31402 жыл бұрын

    amazing!

  • @MrJedijunkie
    @MrJedijunkie Жыл бұрын

    I just subscribed to your channel, I have been trying to find a good tutorial about stuff like this and I think I found it. I am trying to find ways to make my spaceships look better and cooler.

  • @python-musk
    @python-musk2 жыл бұрын

    His voice sounds like he's your teacher who really wants to help you, amazing video

  • @MichaelNichol
    @MichaelNichol3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Vid, I will have to try this.. :) keep the vids a coming... thanks

  • @wheatlysparble7900
    @wheatlysparble79003 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for the tutorial :)

  • @avinashavhaddeafdumb488
    @avinashavhaddeafdumb4885 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot for sharing tutorial. .. very lovely❤ thank you sir...❤❤❤

  • @VladimirOnOccasion
    @VladimirOnOccasion3 жыл бұрын

    i really like this video.

  • @odyssey9451
    @odyssey94512 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! I learnt a lot about displacement, thanks!

  • @afx091
    @afx0913 жыл бұрын

    hey thanks for introducing my art. the picture is of me at the beginning. and very well explains the process of displacement mapping.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for creating that space station. Very inspiring!

  • @Arcaged
    @Arcaged2 жыл бұрын

    You can use displacement in eevee, but you have to use a displace modifier with the texture. i usually do this for animation, because in the end with SSR, ambient occlusion, and bloom, while in motion, it looks 99% like cycles in a space scenario because light has only a few things to bounce on

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but with caveats. You cannot use micro displacement nor can you use non -UV mapping strategies. See my tweet: twitter.com/chippwalters/status/1478575579448422401?s=20

  • @BlenderBob
    @BlenderBob3 жыл бұрын

    Hi! You got yourself a new subscriber here!

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Bob!

  • @ValeGoG
    @ValeGoG3 жыл бұрын

    Очень и очень круто, спасибо :)

  • @renderllama7036
    @renderllama70362 жыл бұрын

    I came to solve a displacement problem but stayed for the great explanation.

  • @talat2k4
    @talat2k43 жыл бұрын

    Make more tutorials like this!

  • @garycartwright5137
    @garycartwright51373 жыл бұрын

    As a past Director of Product Development at Corel and founding member of the company I am extremely impressed with your work and tutorials. Well done Mate....

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comments. I remember when Corel first came out. I was on a Mac back then. Nice software.

  • @BeheadedKamikaze
    @BeheadedKamikaze3 жыл бұрын

    Not quite clear how one might achieve this result without all these addons, but I still enjoyed watching it anyway.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Use regular Blender and not K-Cycles. Create a simple spaceship using regular modeling tools (it's not a complicated shape). Subdivide it and then select loops and B-bevel them to create thin plate lines. Then Alt-E extrude along normals to move them in. Create your own greebles (they're simple boxes and cylinders) and hand place them on the designated greeble areas. Use the free JSplacement to generate displacement maps and hook them up. Add some color textures. There you go.

  • @senhorpenajaca
    @senhorpenajaca3 жыл бұрын

    Good

  • @raw_pc
    @raw_pc2 жыл бұрын

    🚀🤯

  • @bsszzzz1779
    @bsszzzz17793 жыл бұрын

    Woww

  • @SamWarren
    @SamWarren3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Chipp, have you tried out any parallax techniques? I've developed an addon which substitutes geometric displacement for parallax and silhouette clipping, effectively doing the displacement in the shader. It works really well when there is a lot of displacement and not enough memory. I can send you a copy if you'd like?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Sam, yes I did purchase your Super Parallax product. While it worked just great with the example files, I could not get it to work with any of the JSplacement height maps. It "kinda" worked, but there were too many transparent weird areas. Maybe you have had better luck? If so, hit me up on Discord: cw1.me/discord

  • @eknight2904
    @eknight29043 жыл бұрын

    Hi Chip, in my understanding a microdisplacement setting of 1px is to match one pixel in the final render, would there be any reason to set it smaller? I saw you set to 0.5 at one occasion.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, you can get even finer displacement iif you set it smaller than 1 pixel, but it will cost you in memory and render time.

  • @salfordnurse
    @salfordnurse3 жыл бұрын

    Js displacement is also available for Mac

  • @clausbohm9807
    @clausbohm98073 жыл бұрын

    Chip, your the best! Subscribed (Why I didn't already? Oh yes on my other account)

  • @heiro5
    @heiro5 Жыл бұрын

    Very informative. Thanks. Now that JSplacement seems to have closed shop, what is your current alternative for generating height and dot maps?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    Жыл бұрын

    Simple scifi free on Gumroad

  • @Dcgame
    @Dcgame3 жыл бұрын

    Hello, first of all thank you for this tutorial ! It is so well explained, however, I have to admit that I got stuck very early during the making of this spaceship. To make it short, when I play around with the settings in the shape generator, it's all good, but as soon as I hit that operator presets to select Chipp-Shipp I just have "restore operator defaults" and then underneath I only have *missing path* none of the presets that you have are appearing on my tab. I don't know what should I do, I have been looking for hours to solve this issue but nothing seem to work. Can you help me with that maybe ? Anyway, thanks again for the tutorial, keep up the good work !!!

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Chipp-Shipp preset is my own. Check the docs on shape generator on how to enable your own custom profiles.

  • @AnwynEntertainment
    @AnwynEntertainment3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Chipp. I fail with exporting a similar ship, made with jsdisp, to Element 3D/ After effects. Do I have to bake or retopo...? Any ideas? Thanks a lot.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's not an easy way to convert all those displacement faces to actual faces. Unless Element3D does displacement (I doubt it), you're out of luck.

  • @BrianDressel
    @BrianDressel4 ай бұрын

    Fantastic. I recently found your work and purchased a bunch of your tools. But you mentioned the Space Station K Pack here and I can't seem to find it? Is it part of another pack. I have everything for Kit Ops Pro installed and I'm on your Patreon, but I must have missed it somewhere. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    4 ай бұрын

    I believe it's part of my $1 patreon.

  • @BrianDressel

    @BrianDressel

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ChippWalters Thanks Chipp! I am on your Patreon, I will look again. I appreciate all your efforts and tutorials!

  • @themightyflog
    @themightyflog3 жыл бұрын

    How do you take that line out of it.

  • @dzomlamasina1560
    @dzomlamasina15603 жыл бұрын

    How u make that blue on edges of earth

  • @KennethLoebenberg
    @KennethLoebenberg2 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. Can you convert the displacement into real geometry so you can 3d print it?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, there are ways. See my recent tutorial series on creating a sci Fi scene

  • @balto76bourque51
    @balto76bourque514 ай бұрын

    Hey man, Can you do a tutorial on Alien Ships just cuz I'm making one in my Blender Program

  • @Riprazor
    @Riprazor2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Chipp, just love the content you post. Seem to be having issues with the link to the displacement guide?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    cw1.me/displacement

  • @Riprazor

    @Riprazor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks, got it! BTW, your video of exact vs fast booleans should be required viewing!

  • @play2earn540
    @play2earn5403 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for tut. But mate , if i dont have money to buy those addons .. how I can did all this stuff ? is there any free addonst similar ?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, JSdisplace is free. And of course you can model your own greebles and place them using a particle system if you like. My guess is if you cannot afford addons, you probably don't have a powerful enough computer to process microdisplacement.

  • @juanfelipegomez4213
    @juanfelipegomez42133 жыл бұрын

    Hey Chipp how are you? I hope ur doing well and vaccinated. Man, I am about to start learing a new program to improve my presentation skills. I am in the yacht design business and I'm between 2 programs: BLENDER OR UNREAL ENGINE. In YOUR opinion, wich one is the best doing boat rendering? (including animations of course, water and boat dynamics) Long time ago you helped me, I hope you can do it again. Thanks from now for your videos and teaching.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'd stay with Blender as then there's just one program to learn.

  • @anaximander9215
    @anaximander9215 Жыл бұрын

    So to get that material you're using at 11:35 do I need to have the KIT OPS PRO? Does that come with a subscription to your Patreon?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @anaximander9215

    @anaximander9215

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@ChippWalters Yes it comes with your Patreon? Couldn't see anything about it on your Patreon page.

  • @SnootyMotion
    @SnootyMotion2 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't clear on how you went from here (19:45) to here (19:57). Can you explain what you did in between cuts? My ship still looks weird like at 19:45

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    Check out this document, it will explain displacement: cw1.me/displacement

  • @DrNapalm
    @DrNapalm2 жыл бұрын

    if i wanted to get this add-on, which one should i get? the synth or the pro? what are the differences?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    Two different products. But, in order to use SYNTH you need to have KIT OPS PRO.

  • @derekwesleyarnoldmusic
    @derekwesleyarnoldmusic Жыл бұрын

    Quick (newb) question before I start making purchases: Can the final product be exported for use as a mesh in Unreal Engine 5?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes it can. I don't think there's anything here to purchase.

  • @derekwesleyarnoldmusic

    @derekwesleyarnoldmusic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ChippWalters Excellent! Thanks. I went ahead and bought several of the products in the links in the description and I’ve really been enjoying using them. Great video!!!

  • @DanielThiele
    @DanielThiele3 жыл бұрын

    You know spacea and scifi is nice and all but how about doing some steampunk stuf with that? Asking for a friend hehe :D

  • @fnv870
    @fnv8703 жыл бұрын

    This might be a stupid question. I am a beginner. So, are these addons allowed to be be used for commercial purposes?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @LarsLeonhard
    @LarsLeonhard3 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Can I ask you the PC specs used for this project?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    i9, 32GB RAM, 2080Ti

  • @LarsLeonhard

    @LarsLeonhard

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ChippWalters Thanks a lot. I got a pretty recent PC, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz 3.79 GHz, 32 GB RAM, GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER. Just wondering if it can pull something like that... :) Should work fine then :)

  • @Pieguy223
    @Pieguy2232 жыл бұрын

    I can't access the displacement PDF for some reason, is it down?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1IYm0dRLfFAqPaxWJ4d8rtaX0KGDeU3eavmB900YfXGU/mobilebasic

  • @Pieguy223

    @Pieguy223

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ChippWalters You're the best.

  • @texs8280
    @texs82802 жыл бұрын

    do you having trouble with #JSplacement? The screen does not maximize in windows and even deleting the folder as indicated does not return to normal.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, it seems to work for me just fine. I don't expand the window.

  • @texs8280

    @texs8280

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ChippWalters thanks for replying, I'm trying to solve! This video is amazing, keep going

  • @bobi5888
    @bobi58882 жыл бұрын

    how do you even get the bump material

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    Try my free SIMPLE SCIFI product to generate your displacement maps.

  • @dietrichkruse4248
    @dietrichkruse42482 жыл бұрын

    It seems the link for the displacement guide is down

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    cw1.me/displacement works for me.

  • @vanghof6275
    @vanghof62752 жыл бұрын

    The link for the displacement guide doesn't work :/ can u resend a link pls? Btw, great video!

  • @vanghof6275

    @vanghof6275

    2 жыл бұрын

    I got it! Thanks for the guide :)

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for letting me know. It's now fixed.

  • @vanghof6275

    @vanghof6275

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ChippWalters Thanks!

  • @xg3hheulen968
    @xg3hheulen9682 жыл бұрын

    How to import the Kpack from the patreon?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just go there and download it then follow the instructions

  • @robertbuchanan5504
    @robertbuchanan55043 жыл бұрын

    Hi Chipp, I'm getting a "Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead" when I click on your Displacement Guide link from my security software, any ideas? Thanks for posting the tutorial great stuff. Happy Blending.

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    It has to do with the fact my URL shortener (by GoDaddy) uses http and now Google wants only https redirects. There's no risk. I've asked GoDaddy to take a look at it and hopefully they can fix it.

  • @redblue-karthick8924
    @redblue-karthick89242 жыл бұрын

    Gumroad kit ops free i want this button is not working

  • @lmess85
    @lmess852 жыл бұрын

    what is your pc configuration?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    I9, 64GB RAM, RTX 3090

  • @trinimugii
    @trinimugii2 жыл бұрын

    How do I get the alpha map?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's on my Patreon

  • @ricardocastaneda5586
    @ricardocastaneda55863 жыл бұрын

    Im going to get your shit chip. Dont provoke me.

  • @presidentfan4880
    @presidentfan48803 жыл бұрын

    14:03 - 置换材料

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's on my Patreon. See description.

  • @drinnerd8532
    @drinnerd85323 жыл бұрын

    Wait, I thought that Evee had a displacement modifier?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not one that works with microdisplacement.

  • @drinnerd8532

    @drinnerd8532

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ChippWalters Oh... lol, man, I'm so screwed...

  • @madex3d120
    @madex3d1202 жыл бұрын

    Proportions are too small. All the details are about 10 times smaller. On the default cube, the proportions are fine. I've changed lots of scales for lights, color and displacement but it still looks crazy.

  • @drinnerd8532
    @drinnerd85323 жыл бұрын

    Also, when I clicked on your Displacement Guide link my browser game me an Insecure link warning telling me "my connection is not private..." what's that all about?

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    The URL shortener I use is from GoDaddy and they don't use https for them. It's safe, not to worry.

  • @drinnerd8532

    @drinnerd8532

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ChippWalters okay, thanks for the follow up on that! LOVE your products by the way! I just wish I didn't suck at using them, lol

  • @timothyj67
    @timothyj67 Жыл бұрын

    JS placement is no longer available

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    Жыл бұрын

    Use the free simple sci-fi product as it can generate very high resolution displacement maps at even better bit depths and resolutions than JS placement.

  • @dakotaridge
    @dakotaridge2 жыл бұрын

    The title of this video should be "how to obtain, install, and use every add-on ever made."

  • @ezekielswiss4347
    @ezekielswiss43472 жыл бұрын

    Awesome vid but takes almost 200 dollars in "add ons".

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, not really.

  • @moneymouse
    @moneymouse3 жыл бұрын

    "Free version of blender" sounds weird

  • @GigerGeist
    @GigerGeist3 жыл бұрын

    All the white stuff is going to get close to you....

  • @More-Space-In-Ear
    @More-Space-In-Ear3 жыл бұрын

    Brings back memories of Bryce and photoshop many many years ago, if only I had the computer power 20-25 years ago..learnt a lot on renderosity.com....fun days

  • @ChippWalters

    @ChippWalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep, I remember Bryce well. Kai got me an early beta and I had fun creating a Star Wars ATAT on planet Hoth. I think the final rendering took almost a day at 640x480!

  • @More-Space-In-Ear

    @More-Space-In-Ear

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ChippWalters I had started an adult computer graphics course, a friend built me a computer with 4Mb memory 4 gb hard drive with 25 floppy discs of windows 95 to install...I managed to upgrade over the years and read a computer magazine which had a free copy of Bryce, I was hooked....learnt very quickly not to render so much because of the time it took ! Learnt a lot from fellow designers on renderosity and a copy of photoshop from college, a great 4-5 years playing....(a few images here...www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/gallery/?uid=119987)

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