# The Withered Sanctum

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623>\
**Category:** Finished Projects\
**Tags:** modeling, lighting, featured, environment, texturing\
**Created:** [March 1, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623 "2026-03-01T22:09:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Bogles3D](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@Bogles3D](https://blenderartists.org/u/Bogles3D)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/1 "2026-03-01T22:09:51Z")

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The Withered Sanctum

Made entirely in Blender with post processing done in Photoshop, Really happy how this artwork turned out! Feeling good about it. What are your thoughts? Have any questions feel free to ask 🙂

Thanks!

 ![Withered Sanctum Low Res](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/1/4/1/1415341d7e8183effb1c28438869cf8487542ec0.png)  
 ![Withered Sanctum BNW](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/2/e/1/2e1709ede4428ec383778d291358f2d36fb6a8ee.png)  
 ![Withered-SanctumSlice_01](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/3/5/d/35dc955ba9a68fd0e46aad550de2b6cac2525bfa.png)  
 ![Withered-SanctumSlice_02](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/9/1/9919e702ce4092a8df821ca2ede3b26874d8f707.jpeg)  
 ![Withered-SanctumSlice_03](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/4/f/c4fc61cc2c92f9e4323a37e8c85286d9c544e203.jpeg)  
 ![Blenderwithered](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/f/0/9/f09b0c2729e2e03516fef9488642c784d28a4773.png)

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**Author:** ![engart](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/engart/32/1282618_2.png) [@engart](https://blenderartists.org/u/engart)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/2 "2026-03-02T03:30:42Z")

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That looks really good, well done!

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**Author:** ![Withers99](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/withers99/32/1432280_2.png) [@Withers99](https://blenderartists.org/u/Withers99)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/3 "2026-03-02T06:07:34Z")

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This looks incredible, nice work.

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**Author:** ![Bogles3D](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@Bogles3D](https://blenderartists.org/u/Bogles3D)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/4 "2026-03-02T08:48:36Z")

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Thanks so much!

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**Author:** ![Bogles3D](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@Bogles3D](https://blenderartists.org/u/Bogles3D)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/5 "2026-03-02T08:48:44Z")

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Thanks man!

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**Author:** ![Manou](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/manou/32/17044_2.png) [@Manou](https://blenderartists.org/u/Manou)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/6 "2026-03-02T13:10:53Z")

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Very nice !

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/7 "2026-03-06T17:12:54Z")

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I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/8 "2026-03-16T18:00:02Z")

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You’re on the #featured row! 👍

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**Author:** ![EliasJ](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@EliasJ](https://blenderartists.org/u/EliasJ)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/9 "2026-03-17T02:27:28Z")

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Really good! How did you approach texturing with this one?

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**Author:** ![Bogles3D](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@Bogles3D](https://blenderartists.org/u/Bogles3D)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-withered-sanctum/1632623/10 "2026-03-17T05:59:35Z")

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Thank you! it was all done in blender using multiple materials blended together using grunge mask + edge wear and dirt build up.

The water is a fairly standard transparent material with low roughness and a noise texture stretched to create the waves 🙂