A realistic 3D model of an Audi S5 car. Completely textured and whatnot. Includes the scene.

This step-by-step tutorial will walk you through UVW Unwrapping a hard-edged object using 3DS Max’s inbuilt tools. You’ll learn about overlapped and flipped UVs and some basic UV stitching techniques. UVW Unwrapping is not difficult at all. It is however, a time consuming and tedious task.

This tutorial will hold your hand while you create your first organic, gooey texture. The technique might seem complicated at first but it’s actually easy-to-follow. The finished texture can be used with the Scanline, Mental Ray or V-ray renderer.

A realistic 3D model of a Subaru Impreza S2000 rally car. Completely textured; Just drag and drop into your scene.

This tutorial will walk you through applying decals on any 3D object (including curved ones). It’s a relatively quick technique that can be used whenever you want your decals to be separate textures.

This quick tutorial will help you create realistic water for your 3DS Max scenes. You’re going to use mental ray’s Arch& Design material. The trick to water and the A&D material in general is in the details so this is what we’ll be discussing here.

A 3DS Max tutorial that will help you create mental ray clay renderings in a couple of minutes. Clay rendering is a very common technique that most of us use when showcasing unfinished or untextured models.

During the course of this tutorial you will learn the various options of the Hair and Fur Modifier (WSM). The grass you’ll create will look great from a distance and more than decent in those highly coveted grassy close-ups. The downsides of the Hair and Fur modifier is that it usually increases render time and that the results are not always predictable.