The Nutcracker




It’s Christmas time again, and i’m here again with a Special Christmas Render!!

This is the recreation of one of my Nutcrackers, i really love them, and i’ve tried to recreate it as good as i could, all the little details, the dust on the hat, the little scratches on the paint, the glue to hold some pieces together…
Everything done by hand in Blender (except the pine cones, those were photoscanned!!)

Let me know which of the 7 rendering is your favourite!!!

If you want to see more, here’s my Instagram

Happy Holidays to all of you!!! :gift::snowflake::christmas_tree:

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Wow, you could tell me this was a photo and I’d believe you :exploding_head:

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Wow, I’m really so happy to hear that!!!
Glad to have fooled you!!

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You’re on the featured row! :+1:

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Thanks Bart, always a pleasure!!!

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Damn, nice detalization!

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Impressive! I love this, I always had the idea of modeling and rendering a nutcracker but I doubt I would have gotten such a beautiful outcome, materials and lighting are spot on and the little details look incredible, did you use substance painter for the materials? i really love how they look!

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Buddy, I’m not sure how this hasn’t got more attention, it’s SUPER nice! Great work and great to see you ‘Featured’

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Great work as ever!!!

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@nektares Thanks so much for all the compliments!!

No I did not use substance painter, this is all Blender 100% (except for the pinecones, photoscanned by me and created with RealityCapture). I always layer the materials (add scratches, dust and imperfections one on top of each other) to try and make them look realistic enough!!

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Also thanks so much to @SAuchterlonie and @Loris_Longari really appreciate it!!

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Wonderful work! The gluing, the hair, the colors… Genuinely magnificent work!
I love the shot with the closeup of the hat :heart:

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Absolutely stunning detail.

Fun aside: Have you ever actually read the original book from which the “Nutcracker” story came? If not, you should grab a copy. It is quite different from what you might expect, and a good bit more “dark!” (!!)

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I’ve never actually red that, but now that you make me think about it, I might do it in the future, thanks for the advice!!!

Blender artists getting kinda insane

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We are all a little insane!! :crazy_face:

Yeah thats kinda true

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