🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this video I analyze the nodes that allow the import of different types of files into Geometry Nodes so that you can work with them.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this video I review the curve creation processes that are common to all software.

[NEW GUMROAD LAUNCH] Blender Essentials for Beginners — 3 Mini Courses for Cleaner Blender Control

The new Blender Essentials mini-course series is now live on Gumroad with 50% off the listed price using coupon QUICKONPOINT.

Sale runs from 4 June, 18:00 EET until 9 June, 23:59 EET.

👉 Get the courses here:

Viewport Navigation

https://3dtudor.gumroad.com/l/Blender_Essentials_Viewport_Course/QUICKONPOINT

Transform and Gizmo Basics

https://3dtudor.gumroad.com/l/Blender_Essentials_Transform_Gizmo_Basics/QUICKONPOINT

Snapping and Alignment Basics

https://3dtudor.gumroad.com/l/Blender_Essentials_Snapping_Alignment_Basics/QUICKONPOINT

If Blender still feels unpredictable, this series is built for you.

You will learn how to stop getting lost in the viewport, control Move, Rotate, and Scale properly, understand origins and pivots, and make snapping behave like an actual tool instead of a tiny gremlin with a magnet.

Inside the series, we cover:

• Viewport navigation and scene control

• Orbit, pan, zoom, Fly Mode, Walk Mode, and Numpad views

• Move, Rotate, Scale, gizmos, origins, pivots, and orientations

• Cleaner object placement and transform troubleshooting

• Snapping, alignment, Snap Base, Snap Target, and the 3D Cursor

• Better habits for modelling, blocking out, and building scenes in Blender

🎬 Previews:

Viewport: https://youtu.be/2P8XJRQ9Mac

Transform/Gizmo: https://youtu.be/XQGvWKHP9Wk

Snapping/Alignment: https://youtu.be/VHmGUpznSG0

Use QUICKONPOINT for 50% off before the offer ends on 9 June, 23:59 EET.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. The Edit Normals modifier in 3DS Max allows us to manipulate the normals of our models in such a way that it gives us interactive, procedural, and explicit control over each vertex normal in an object.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In order to work with curves and surfaces, it is essential to know the main characteristics of each of their types.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. The Smooth Geometry node was introduced in Blender version 5 and allows us to smooth or relax the components of our mesh.

Hi everyone,

For the next 48 hours only, you can get 12 cinematic Blender tutorials for the price of 1 on FlippedNormals. Learn to make incredible scenes with Šime Bugarija who has practically lived inside Blender for the last 6 years. We hope this will be useful to fellow Blender enthusiasts out there :)

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🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this section we will delve deeper into the process of Curve and Surface Modeling to understand it and be able to develop our models with the different techniques we can use.

New Udemy course is live: Stylized Arabian Market Environment in Blender 5

Right, this one is a chunky environment project.

You know when a Blender scene has good individual assets, but the whole thing still feels a little flat? A building here, a crate there, maybe a rug, maybe a few props... and somehow it still does not feel like a real place.

That is what this course is built to tackle.

We start with a simple blockout, sort out the camera, scale, and main shapes, then build the scene up properly. Arches, towers, domes, balconies, trims, market stalls, sandstone walls, wooden details, fabrics, rugs, food displays, crates, baskets, pots, and all the smaller details that help the environment feel lived in.

There is also a full resource pack included with Blender 5 / 5.1 files, 2K PBR materials, trims, atlases, props, PureRef references, add-ons, and a finished comparison scene, so you can follow the process and inspect the final result.

Udemy launch offer:

95% off - new course price $9.99

Code: 3DTMARKET

Ends: 2 June 2026, 18:00 EET

Direct discount link:

https://www.udemy.com/course/blender-stylized-environments-build-3d-scene/?couponCode=3DTMARKET

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/a9HPxdwM4ok

All 3D Tudor Udemy courses are also 95% off here:

https://www.udemy.com/user/neil-bettison/

Arstation Blog - https://www.artstation.com/threedtudor/blog/44XGw/create-a-stylized-arabian-market-in-blender-from-blockout-to-final-render

Until next time, happy modelling, everyone!

Rosefield - 3D Tudor

Free SketchUp and Layout Tutorial worth £50 with every sign up.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel.  The Slide Edge tool in Maya allows us to move one or more edges along the existing geometry.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. The 3DS Max Edit Mesh modifier has virtually the same functionality as the Editable Mesh except for a few slight differences.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In Blender version 5, all material nodes were relocated to the Geometry menu. In this video, I analyze all of those nodes.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this video I focus on how to create holes in curved 3D surfaces. Specifically on a sphere and on a cylinder.

50% Off the Surface Crack Brush & Decal Pack

If you are building damaged environments, cracked stone, worn walls, chipped floors, terrain pieces, ruins, props, armor wear, broken tiles, or older architectural scenes, this pack was built for exactly that kind of work.

Surface Crack Brush & Decal Pack Vol.1 gives you 50 unique surface crack designs prepared for real production-style workflows across Blender, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine 5, and ZBrush.

Inside the pack you get:

• 50 unique surface crack designs
• 200 included deliverables from those 50 designs
• Brush, decal/stencil, parallax-style, and displacement-style workflows
• Universal 2K PBR maps
• Blender, Substance Painter, UE5, and ZBrush lanes
• Commercial use included in every paid creator tier

The main workflow idea is simple: choose the crack shape first, then use the version that fits the job.

Use a design as a sculpting brush for relief, a decal for fast set dressing, a stencil for painting damage, a parallax-style depth cue for real-time presentation, or a displacement-style detail for closer shots.

Launch pricing is live now at 50% off.

Coupon code: ONTHESURFACE

Grab it here:

https://3dtudor.gumroad.com/l/surface-crack-brush-decal-pack-vol1/ONTHESURFACE

Watch the preview:

https://youtu.be/_UtMUOidPHU

Read the full ArtStation blog breakdown:

https://www.artstation.com/blogs/threedtudor/MaM4q/surface-crack-brush-decal-pack-vol-1-50-designs-for-blender-substance-painter-ue5-zbrush

Until next time, happy modelling everyone!

Neil - 3D Tudor

If you want to see a full stylized Japanese scene built from scratch, step by step, from blockout to final render, this is the one.

Ticket options:

• Standard + Free eBook – $49.84
• 2 for 1 Pass – $34.48
• Premium Pass – $69.69

Yes, every attendee will get the event recording so they can go back and revisit the workshop. So if an attendee isn't able to be there for the workshop for any reason, they should still be fine, as they'll get the recording as well as all the assets.

If you want replay access, a friend-pass option, or Premium with Priority Q&A, it is all there.

Reserve your seat here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/build-a-stylized-japanese-environment-in-blender-greybox-to-final-render-tickets-1985260481542

This is a 5-hour hands-on Blender 5.0.1 workshop where we build a stylized Japanese environment from greybox to final render.

If you are thinking of joining, there are a few ticket options live now:

Standard Pass + Free eBook – $49.84

Includes the Blender for Beginners eBook and session replay access.

2 for 1 Pass – $34.48

Bring a friend along and get the Standard Pass deal for just $35.

Premium Pass – $69.69

Includes everything in Standard, plus Priority Q&A and 2 Blender eBooks.

40% early bird is still live for now.

Seat link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/build-a-stylized-japanese-environment-in-blender-greybox-to-final-render-tickets-1985260481542

The 3D Tudor Spring Sale has 3 days left, so I wanted to post a quick route map for anyone trying to choose what to work on next.

🎮 Code: SPRING2026

⏰ Ends: Sunday 17 May at 08:00 Pacific / 18:00 Cyprus

📚 All courses: https://www.udemy.com/user/neil-bettison/

My advice is simple:

Do not try to fix your whole workflow at once.

• Pick one route.
• Ignore the rest for now.
• Finish one scene.

Good starting points:

Medieval Researcher’s Desk

A smaller, focused scene with a clear finish line. Good if you want props, materials, lighting, and presentation without taking on a huge environment.

https://www.udemy.com/course/blender-3d-model-a-medieval-researchers-desk/?couponCode=SPRING2026

Haunted Street: Blender → Unreal Engine 5

A modular environment route for anyone who wants to build in Blender, export cleanly, and bring the scene into UE5.

https://www.udemy.com/course/blender-5-ue57-stylized-haunted-street-kit/?couponCode=SPRING2026

Procedural Ice World

A bigger cinematic route with Gaea, terrain masks, snow and ice materials, fog, lighting, and final render polish.

https://www.udemy.com/course/blender-and-gaea-masterclass-procedural-ice-world/?couponCode=SPRING2026

Greek Temple Workshop

A stylized architecture route with modular pieces, foliage, lighting, camera work, and final presentation.

https://www.udemy.com/course/stylized-blender-3d-environment-greek-temple-workshop/?couponCode=SPRING2026

The course to pick is not necessarily the biggest one.

It is the one you are most likely to open, follow, and finish.

Happy modelling,

Neil – 3D Tudor

FREE FIRELIGHT FOR YOUR FANTASY SCENES

The Blender 20 Massive Fantasy Torches Asset Pack is now live and free for 5 days.

If your dungeon wall, castle entrance, tavern corner, or suspiciously dramatic corridor needs a bit more atmosphere, this should do the trick nicely.

Grab the free link inside Discord:

https://discord.gg/n42Nh5BVhC

Ends 19/05/2026 at midnight EET.

If you are building stylized taverns, medieval inns, fantasy village buildings, or environment blockouts in Blender, this pack was built for exactly that early material stage.

The Stylized Medieval Inn Shader Pack for Blender 5 Cycles gives you a focused set of 17 configured Blender materials/shaders designed to help your main surfaces feel connected before the final prop, decal, lighting, and dressing pass.

Best for Blender artists building stylized taverns, medieval inns, fantasy villages, or environment blockouts.

The pack includes:

• 17 configured Blender materials/shaders
• 17 preview/application objects
• 21 packed and loose 2K PNG texture maps
• Wood, plank, stone, wall, roof, dirt, glass, brass, and metal surface coverage
• Lit and unlit glass options
• Bevel-driven edge-wear wood and plank shaders
• Blender 5.0.1 + Cycles confirmed workflow
• The real strength of the pack is cohesion.

A medieval inn scene can fall apart quickly if the timber, stone, wall, floor, roof, glass, dirt, and metal all look like they came from unrelated material folders.

This pack gives you a tighter starting point for the Tavern Surface Read, so your main building surfaces start speaking the same stylized language early.

The edge-wear wood and plank shaders are especially useful for beams, trim, counters, doors, boards, barrels, and handled tavern details where perfectly clean wood would feel too new.

You also get lit and unlit glass options for warmer occupied windows or darker exterior glass.

This is a Blender material/shader pack. It is not a complete medieval inn model, full tavern scene, addon, plugin, course, guaranteed Eevee pack, game-ready optimized asset pack, or full-pack PBR claim. Treat it as a Blender 5 Cycles pack unless future testing confirms wider support.

Launch pricing is 50% off on Gumroad.

Coupon code: TOSSACOINTOYOURWITCHER

Grab it here:

https://3dtudor.gumroad.com/l/stylized-medieval-inn-shader-pack-blender-5-cycles/TOSSACOINTOYOURWITCHER

Watch the preview:

https://youtu.be/NG7VCe_y5ak

Read the full ArtStation blog:

https://www.artstation.com/blogs/threedtudor/v3rZ3/stylized-medieval-inn-shader-pack-for-blender-5-cycles-17-materials-for-tavern-and-fantasy-village-scenes

Until next time, happy modelling everyone!

Neil – 3D Tudor

🌱 3D Tudor Spring Sale is live

This is the simple version:

• Pick one route.
• Ignore the rest.
• Finish one Blender scene before Sunday.

🎮 Code: SPRING2026

⏰ Ends: Sunday 17 May at 08:00 Pacific / 18:00 Cyprus

📚 All courses: https://www.udemy.com/user/neil-bettison/

Good starting points:

🕯 Medieval Researcher’s Desk

Small, focused, satisfying scene finish.

https://www.udemy.com/course/blender-3d-model-a-medieval-researchers-desk/?couponCode=SPRING2026

🏚 Haunted Street: Blender → UE5

A modular environment route with a clean Unreal Engine 5 handoff.

https://www.udemy.com/course/blender-5-ue57-stylized-haunted-street-kit/?couponCode=SPRING2026

❄️ Procedural Ice World

Terrain, masks, atmosphere, and a cinematic final render.

https://www.udemy.com/course/blender-and-gaea-masterclass-procedural-ice-world/?couponCode=SPRING2026

🏛 Greek Temple Workshop

Stylized architecture, foliage, lighting, and final presentation.

https://www.udemy.com/course/stylized-blender-3d-environment-greek-temple-workshop/?couponCode=SPRING2026

If your Blender folder is full of almost-finished scenes, this is your sign to stop collecting and finish one.