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This tutorial needs you to understand basic use of 3dsmax.
Have you seen Kung Fu Panda The Movie (2008)? It’s the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around. But unwittingly Po becomes the chosen one when enemies threaten the village he lived in. In this tutorial you will learn to create Po model, low poly model version. Don’t compare the model you will create with the real one you saw in movie. I simplified many things. But at least you’ll understand how to create one. I planned to create Po character from modeling, texturing, rigging and skinning, also animate him. So let’s prepare for the first one: modeling.
Kung Fu Panda The Movie. I really love this movie.
1. First, we need a reference image. Too bad, I can’t find any reference image I want in the net. So, I decide to draw myself. Look at image below, I prepared a blueprint for you, complete with Po drawing (left and side image). How to create blueprint like this, read previous tutorial Modeling Using Blueprint.
You can download 3dsmax file with blueprint here (3dsmax ver 
. Also you need to download bitmap images for blueprint
2. Start by creating a sphere in Top viewport. Use Radius=78 and Segments=12. Position this sphere at Po head (look at image below). Apply material to this sphere. Use Opacity=50% so you can see blueprint behind. You can use any color you want. Later, you can change Opacity value at ay time to help you in modeling.
3. In Left or Front viewport, move sphere down while holding Shift. You will get sphere clone. Use Copy for cloning method. In Command Panel, go to Modify tab, increate cloned sphere radius to 117. Place this cloned sphere in Po’s belly. Select one sphere—any sphere you want—then right click and choose Convert to>Convert to Editable Poly. Next, go to Modify tab, in Edit Geometry rollout, click Attach button and click another sphere. Two sphere will be combined into one object.
4. Activate Polygon selection. Select several polygons like image below, and delete them.
5. Change to Vertex selection. In Front and Left viewport, move vertices position. Tips: In Front viewport, you can select a loop of vertices and scale them along horizontal axis using Select and Non-Uniform Scale tool. Use image below for reference.
6. Now, choose Border selection. Select two borders like image below. To select more than one border, hold Ctrl while selecting. In Edit Borders rollout, click Bridge to fill gap with new polygons.
7. This conclude first part of Po modeling process. Next, you will modify head area.
Donwload 3dsmax lesson file up to this point
Kung Fu Panda Modeling Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Other tutorials:
Kung Fu Panda Texturing
Kung Fu Panda Rigging and Skinning
Kung Fu Panda Animation
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In Part 1 tutorial, you have created Po’s basic body shape. Next, you will modify Po’s head to create eyes, ears, and nose. You will use several tools like Bevel, Extrude, Connect, and many more. Let’s begin this tutorial section.
1. Continue previous tutorial. Activate Edge selection. In Left viewport, select all vertical edges in head area (look at image below). Then, in Edit Edges rollout, click Connect. Those edges will be divided.
2. Change selection to Vertex. Now, move vertices using image below for reference..
3. Let’s move on. We are going to create a nose. Select two polygons in nose area. Hold Ctrl while selecting to select more than one polygons. In Edit Polygons rollout, click Bevel. Click and drag in viewport, to add slight Bevel to these polygons. Then, scale polygons using Select And Non-Uniform Scale along horizontal axis, to narrow the polygons. Then add another bevel..
4. Next, select several vertices in nose area (look at image below, make sure vertices in the back are not selected), and move them up and down to create better nose shape.
5. Activate Polygon selection. In Front viewport, select half of object (right side). Then, delete those polygons. De-activate all sub-object selection. Next, apply Symmetry modifier. Make sure Mirror Axis=X and Flip is active.
6. Let’s continue by creating eyes. In Modifier Stack, click plus (+) sign left of Editable Poly row, then highlight Vertex selection. In Front viewport, select one vertex in eye area. Then in Edit Vertices rollout, click Chamfer button. Click and drag in viewport to chamfer vertex..
7. Change to Edge selection. Select four edges from chamfering result. Then, in Edit Edges rollout, click Settings button right next to Extrude. A small dialog box will open. Enter Extrusion Height = -5 and Extrusion Base Width = 2. Click OK.
8. Next, we are going to create an ear. Change to Polygon selection. In Left viewport, select one polygon like image below. Add bevel to this polygon. Then, using Select and Non-Uniform Scale decrease polygon width. Next step, extrude this polygon twice. Modify vertices position to make ear shape.
9. Po’s head is now finished.
Download 3dsmax lesson file up to this point
Kung Fu Panda Modeling Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Other tutorials:
Kung Fu Panda Texturing
Kung Fu Panda Rigging and Skinning
Kung Fu Panda Animation
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Phew, in Part 1 tutorial, you have create basic body shape, and in Part 2 tutorial you sucessfully modify Po’s head. Now, it’s time to create Po’s leg. You know, Po’s leg is relatively smaller than original panda’s. Moreover, if you compared to his belly.
1. Begin by selecting several polygons in Front viewport (look at image below). Delete them.
2. In Perspective viewport, rotate view until you can see bottom part of Po’s model. Make sure you are still in Polygon selection. Activate 3D Snap Toggle. Then, in Edit Geometry rollout, click Create button. Click four times in order (1-4) in viewport to create new polygon. 3D Snap Toggle is activated to make you select vertex position precisely.
3. Change to Edge selection. Select two edges in newly created polygon (look at image below). Then use Connect to create new edge. Change selection to Vertex. Select vertices in newly created edge. In Front viewport, move them down. Then select one vertex only, and move it closer to another vertex (right image below)
4. Activate Border selection. Select border in leg area (look at left image below). Move border while holding Shift button in keyboard. Position vertices using blueprint as reference (look at middle image below). Select border again and Shift+drag to create more polygons for leg. This time, in Edit Geometry rollout, click Make Planar: Z button. The result is like right image below.
5. Shift+drag border three more times again. Then modify vertices position, both in Front and Left viewport.
6. Let’s continue to create foot. In Left viewport, select several polygons (left image below). Extrude them. Change to Vertex selection. Modify vertices position to create foot shape (right image below).
7. Next, change to Border selection. Select one border in the bottom of foot. Then, in Edit Borders rollout, click Cap button, to fill the hole with polygon..
8. To finish modeling the foot, we need one more step. Activate Edge selection. Select all vertical edges in the bottom area of foot. In Edit Geometry rollout, click Slice Plane button. Slice plane will appear in viewport (yellow rectangle). Move slice plane down at the most bottom part of foot. Then click Slice button. When finished, turn off Slice Plane button.
9. Next, you are going to create arm and hand.
Donwload 3dsmax lesson file up to this point
Kung Fu Panda Modeling Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Other tutorials:
Kung Fu Panda Texturing
Kung Fu Panda Rigging and Skinning
Kung Fu Panda Animation
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We have created basic body shape (Part 1), modeling a head (Part 2), and adding legs (Part 3). Now, we are going to create arm and hand.
1. Continue your previous lesson. In Left viewport, modify several vertices position (left image below). We need to do that before creating arm. When finished, activate Polygon selection. Select several polygons in area where you will create an arm.
2. Apply Extrude to this polygons. In Edit Geometry rollout, click Make Planar: X. Adjust size of polygons using Select and Uniform Scale. In Front viewport, move polygons if necessary to fit blueprint behind. Next, apply Extrude three more times again. You also need to position and scale polygons. When finished, don’t deselect polygons but delete them. Finally de-activate all sub-object selection.
3. To create a hand, we are going to create from a box. Later, we will attach this hand object to Po model. Start by creating Box in Top viewport. Use parameters like image below. Move this box close to Po’s arm.
4. Convert box into Editable Poly. Adjust several vertices position. Start from Top viewport. Use left image below fro reference. Next, in Front viewport move several vertices up.
5. Activate Polygon selection. Select three polygons in hand object. Extrude twice to create fingers. Then, select one polygon, and extrude to create thumb.
6. Select, 4 polygons in the wrist area of hand object. Delete them. De-activate all sub-object selection. Now, select Po model object. Go to Modify tab. Highlight Editable Poly row in Modifier Stack. In Edit Geometry rollout, click Attach button, then click hand object in viewport. After this, activate Border selection. Select two borders between hand and arm. In Edit Borders rollout, click Bridge to connect hand and arm.
7. In Front viewport, compare model and blueprint. Fit arm and hand based on blueprint behind. You can scale or move vertices..
8. Your Kung Fu Panda model is almost finished. Next, we are going to create Po’s pants.
Donwload 3dsmax lesson file up to this point
Kung Fu Panda Modeling Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Other tutorials:
Kung Fu Panda Texturing
Kung Fu Panda Rigging and Skinning
Kung Fu Panda Animation
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After a quite long tutorial step, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4, we had a full model of Kung Fu Panda. Well, your Kung Fu Panda model is almost finish. We are only need to add pants for Kung Fu Panda model.
1. Continue your previous lesson. In Left viewport, modify several vertices position (left image below). Use blueprint behind for reference.
2. Change selection to Edge. Select vertical edges like image below. Use Connect to create horizontal edges. Activate Vertex selection and modify several vertices position to match blueprint..
3. Again activate Edge selection. Select vertical edges like image below. Click Settings button right next to Connect. In opened dialog box, enter Slide = -14. Click OK.
4. Select horizontal edges like image below. Tips: you can select one or two edges and then in Selection rollout click Loop. Click Settings button right next to Chamfer. In opened dialog box, makes sure Chamfer Amount=1. Then click OK. You have added small amount of chamfer.
5. Activate Polygon selection. Select all polygons constructing pant. Make sure you select only polygons between chamfered edges. Then using Select and Uniform Tool, give slight enlargement..
6. Activate Edge selection. Select edges like image below. Apply Chamfer with Amount=1. Change selection to Polygon. Select polygons like middle image below (you need to select 6 polygons here). Then enlarge them a little bit. You will get a belt.
7. Next, select edges like image below (these edges separate pant and body). Give a slight amount of Chamfer, to make boundary between pants and body looks sharp, when we apply model with Turbosmooth.
8. Do we forgetting something? Yup, a tail. De-activate all sub-object selection. Right click model and choose Convert to Editable Poly. Then, in Perspective viewport, rotate view until you can see back of Po model. Activate Vertex selection. Select one vertex in the middle of Po’s buttocks. Use Chamfer. Change selection to Polygon. Select newly created polygon. Then use Bevel three times to create a tail. De-activate all sub-object selection.
9. To finish this model. Apply Turbosmooth modifer. Increase Iterations value if you want to get more smooth model.
10. Congrats, you have created Kung Fu Panda model. In the next tutorial, we are going to add texture.
Donwload Finished Kung Fu Panda Model
Kung Fu Panda Modeling Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Other tutorials:
Kung Fu Panda Texturing
Kung Fu Panda Rigging and Skinning
Kung Fu Panda Animation
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This tutorial is the last of Kung Fu Panda tutorial series. After all hard work from 
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