Interesting technique - how to replicate in Blender ?

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I was reading up a tutorial based on ZBrush and 3DS MAX. The author models glove grip surface using following technique:

How would one go about that in Blender 2.67 ?

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Closest I could think of is this, but it leaves a lot of ngons:

http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=52800

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Here’s my go at it:

glovebumps.png2048×2048 275 KB

Begs testing on a real hand mesh though.

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That’s pretty good. Does a lot better than mine at getting the pattern right.

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Pretty crazy stuff! Nice.

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@Stan Pancakes: great, thanks a lot :slight_smile:
a few functions that I never saw/used in blender :slight_smile: 2,6,7

@xrg: thanks to you too :slight_smile: I didn’t know about ability bevel from vertex (Shift+Ctrl+B)
Still a lot of whoat to learn … :slight_smile:

Thanks guys