MAKING TEETH FROM ZSPHERES

[Mentat7]

I had created a script for this however when ran it generates an INSUFICCIENT RELOCATED MEMORY error (it was showing MEM to be nearly a Gig and I only have 256 meg on this machine lol!) Anyway this image depicts some simple teeth made from ZSpheres. I have included the ZSphere tool so you can try your hand at it. The teeth shown here were created with a Unified Skin set at 256 resolution and smooth on 10. You could do it with adaptive skins too but you will need to move the spheres apart a little more. Anyway after skinning just model the teeth like you would if you were doing it from a 3D ring tool. It's that easy.

ZSphere Teeth ZSpheres.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_file-1033054088eyr.zip)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1033054123fub.jpg

[Ron Harris]

very nice set of chompers Lonnie....and thnx for the technique....I went DOH...when you started talking about it in chat last night..I hadnt even considered zif teeth...very easy, and very effective...thnx... :tu: :tu:

[Mentat7]

ZSpheres can be used to create just about anything Ron. Try not to think of the object's form so much...try to think of it in terms of groups of polygons. Throw some Zspheres together to create a basic shape and presto! Once you realize that all the 3D objects you create are nothing more than clumps of polys you can build just about anything from any tool or any combination of ZSpheres.... ;)

[DeeVee]

Thanks L. I may even make a set of choppers the better to eat you with :D :D :D I am sure the information will come in handy.
Joe :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[DLee]

Throw some Zspheres together to create a basic shape and presto!


~LOL~ yup, and presto... ~looks at her glob of nothing~ Hmm must have missed the magic chant~G~

Super looking teeth, Mentat
D

[Mentat7]

Lol Deb! What I meant is you should try looking at it at its basic level...polygons. You are after all just pushing polygons around. So when I look at a Polyframe view of a 3d cube for example I see the polygons and I envision where they will be moved in order to create the shape I am after. You have seen Ken B do this in his alien head and Babushka scripts. Guess I am going to have to make a script showing the extremes at which you can manipulate the polys to illustrate what I am talking about. :)

[Gerlon]

I really have trouble believing that modelling teeth can get any faster or easier then with your previous tutorial, but I guess zspheres improve everything :D btw how long did this take you? I remembering you model some amazing teeth for 3d fight club in like 2 minutes or something like that...

[Mentat7]

These took about 15 minutes Gerlon and the fight club teeth were done in 5 minutes. The ZSphere technique is still a little new to me so I am not as fast with it.