How Do I model Tumbleweed?

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Hey guys… It may sound like a noob question, but it’s not. I’m working on a rather large scene, a gas station in the desert scene, and I need to make some tumbleweed for it, but I ain’t quite sure how to start… The sapling addon won’t cut it, SCA don’t work with 2.77, and I ain’t got money to spend on a fancy Blender Market addon… Wish I did, but I don’t…
To show the quality desired, here’s a bike I also modeled and procedurally textured for the scene: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/0odgY

I appreciate any and all answers, and thank you for taking the time to read this.

This is a reference photo of what I need to model, in case you aren’t familiar with tumbleweed…

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There you go I made a base mesh for you. Just bind it to a sphere with a mesh deform modifier and shape it to your heart’s content.

http://www.pasteall.org/blend/41652

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Sorry… This won’t work for 2 reasons…

  1. I already made 2 bushes that look like this, but they don’t sell as tumbleweed…
  2. Even if this was perfect, I couldn’t use it, because I can’t use someone else’s model in this scene… It’s part of a 2 week competition…
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show us some pics and tell us what Is wrong ?

and you could use a pic with alpha on a plane
might not look 3D or fake but from far away won’t see much difference anyway!

it is fake anyway but if you cannot see it who cares!

salut

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You could try to grow ivy around a sphere with the ivy gen addon.

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Thanks guys, I haven’t got an issue other than I want to model something, and I need to know if there’s an easy way of doing it… And Alpha Planes are for games… Not using that crap…
Ivy Gen would leave a hollow interior…

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Then fill that interior by generating ivy inside the sphere too.

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spacetree addon (free version)

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there is also NGplant that can make some nice 3D trees !

happy bl

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Thanks guys, ended up using the bounce fibers addon, works great :smiley: