Advice on how to model a human brain?

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I am in need of a brain for a 3D scene.

my gut is to start with a sphere or a part of a sphere, maybe the frontal lobe, then extrude and shape my way back toward the stem, then slap on a bump map representing the brain folds, and with sufficient sub-division, get a passable brain.

is there a better way? I need the brain to look real, or real enough, if you know what I mean.

this is not for a medical application, but for a creative piece. A medically-accurate brain would be fine and dandy, but I think there’s some lattitude for my purposes…

any suggestions on how to start, or whether my gut is a good way to start?

thank you,

rc

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i dont know how quick it would be because ive never done something like that, but you could try to sculpt it. With enough work it would look a lot better then a bumpmap i think.

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do a search it’s been done before

hope it helps

salutations

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For those that may need a new brain, download a CC one here in 3ds format that you can import into blender.
http://artist-3d.com/free_3d_models/dnm/model_disp.php?uid=568

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Yep, rough out the shape, then sculpt it. Get some reference images, front, side top, make a background image of the 3, then go at it. That’s the only way really.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kurtkaminski.com/renderman2/fakess/gross_brain_left.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kurtkaminski.com/renderman2/fakess.html&usg=__dR6sAexXUotw_b2yb_mzYMptF7U=&h=300&w=400&sz=51&hl=en&start=4&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=PjwJ8_Rt5AEmoM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dzbrush%2Bbrain%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26tbs%3Disch:1