Military Boots and Backpack – 3D Model + Full Tutorial by Ahmad Oloumi

A full 12-hour screen-recorded tutorial that walks you through creating a game-ready military boot and backpack set. You’ll go from Marvelous Designer base meshes all the way to a polished Marmoset Toolbag render, covering modeling, retopology, UV unwrapping, texturing, and lighting.

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Build a high-quality base mesh in Marvelous Designer
• Retopologize and detail models in ZBrush and 3Ds Max
• Unwrap complex UDIMs in Rizom UV
• Bake and texture with Substance Painter
• Set up studio lighting and final renders in Marmoset Toolbag

✅ Requirements

• Skills: Basic familiarity with 3D modeling software and the game art pipeline
• Tools: 3-button mouse, drawing tablet recommended
• Hardware: Minimum 16GB RAM, dedicated GPU

📝 Description

This isn’t a narrated walkthrough—it’s a real-time screen recording with shortcut overlays, so you see exactly what keys are pressed and every click made. The focus is on practical, production-ready workflows.

You’ll start by blocking out the backpack in Marvelous Designer to get realistic fabric shapes. From there, it’s into Blender with HardOps and Cablerator for hard-surface detailing, then a full retopology pass in ZBrush and 3Ds Max to lock in clean quad topology. The UVs are handled in Rizom UV using a UDIM workflow, which keeps texel density consistent across the whole asset.

Texturing happens in Substance Painter, where you’ll bake high-poly details and build up materials like worn leather, canvas, and scratched metal. Finally, you’ll import everything into Marmoset Toolbag for lighting and rendering, learning how to set up a studio-style presentation that shows off the model’s best angles.

The final pack includes the complete 3D model with 4K PNG textures (16-bit), ready to drop into a game engine or portfolio.

🧑‍🎓 Who this course is for

• Intermediate 3D artists looking to improve their hard-surface and prop modeling pipeline
• Game artists who want a complete, real-time walkthrough of a military asset from start to finish
• Anyone comfortable with non-narrated tutorials who prefers watching the actual workflow over listening to explanations

🧑‍🏫 About the Author

Ahmad Oloumi is a 3D artist specializing in game-ready hard-surface and military props. He has released multiple full-tutorial packs on Artstation covering assets like tactical vests, pilot helmets, and vehicles. His teaching style focuses on real-time screen recordings with shortcut displays, giving students a direct view of his production workflow without narration.

🏁 Final Result

• A fully textured, game-ready military boot and backpack set with clean quad topology and UDIM UVs
• 4K PBR textures (16-bit PNG) ready for Unreal Engine, Unity, or Marmoset Toolbag
• A portfolio-ready render of the final asset with professional studio lighting