help: how to make a feather to bird in right way

#1

I’m working on a new model of a bird these days and I am having a problem in the bird feathers … I do not know the best way to make the feathers of the entire body (chest, face, back, legs , wings and tail ) to make a satisfactory outcome and nice look … so any one know the way, or explain how it works or hase a Link to help me that will be great …
I wish you could help me …

to make my idea clear i watch a showreel video to a particular way to make a nice look feather on bird if any one can help in this way he will solve my problem …

here the video :

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#2

There’s some info on how to do this in Blender, but I’m sure if you look at it - you can figure out the equivalent methods for doing the same in other programs. Downy feathers are mostly applied via hair particles using a referenced mesh, and wing and tail feathers are duplicated instances placed onto the model.

A video giving an overview of the rigging process for a wing:
http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/04/29/modeling-feathery-wings/

The bird character asset from CG Short “Big Buck Bunny” can be found here:
http://graphicall.org/bbb/index.php

#3

thanx Paul your help was useful … and i start now some test for chest feather … but the problem is i want to make the feather randomly not same direction … and by the way i use for create the feathers maya and cinema4d :rolleyes:

#4

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