Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here's the basics of Z-Modeler. Enjoy :D

Chapters below

00:00 - Start
00:07 - Starting a Hard Surface Sculpt
02:54 - Blockout
06:22 - Splitting Groups
07:40 - Z-Modeler Explained
10:25 - Z-Modeler Targets & Modifiers
13:18 - Insetting Faces
14:55 - Making it Rounder (Creasing & Dynamic SubD)
17:41 - Extruding for Details (Qmesh & Bevels)
23:36 - Adding Grip Detail (Insert Multiple Edges)
25:47 - Custom Presets!
31:29 - Uh oh, Jags made a booboo! (Make sure you use EVEN number of Cylindar Loops)
32:48 - Creating a Panel with Qmesh!
37:31 - Making a Switch!
39:14 - Transpose Extrude! (Extrude along a Direction)
41:33 - The Switch (Continued)
45:10 - Crease by Polygroups
48:27 - Adding the Pommel Detail
52:49 - Trim Curve Secret Hack!
53:24 - ZRemesher Is MAGIC!
54:09 - Array Mesh!
56:35 - Finishing the Blockout
58:24 - Thanks for watching!

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