--- title: How to Model & Texture a Scene of a Ruined Tower with... description: Environment artist Rafael Arcari walks through the full pipeline for his Ruined Tower project, covering blockout and composition in Unreal Engine, modelling... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-model-texture-a-scene-of-a-ruined-tower-with-blender-zbrush-knrow9ess twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Model & Texture a Scene of a Ruined Tower with Blender & ZBrush | daily.dev og:description: Environment artist Rafael Arcari walks through the full pipeline for his Ruined Tower project, covering blockout and composition in Unreal Engine, modelling... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-model-texture-a-scene-of-a-ruined-tower-with-blender-zbrush-knrow9ess og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KnrOw9Ess.png og:image:alt: How to Model & Texture a Scene of a Ruined Tower with Blender & ZBrush og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Model & Texture a Scene of a Ruined Tower with Blender & ZBrush **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Environment artist Rafael Arcari walks through the full pipeline for his Ruined Tower project, covering blockout and composition in Unreal Engine, modelling with Blender and ZBrush, foliage creation with SpeedTree, tileable texture authoring in Substance 3D Designer, and final scene assembly including lighting and wind effects. Key techniques include vertex color material blending, cell fracture for debris, triplanar rock materials with RVT blending, grass atlas workflows, Gaea-based mountain creation, and a painterly texture generator approach inspired by Immortals Fenyx Rising. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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