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I’m learning sculpting. Is there a way I can “array” a sculp imprint to make wrinkles or snake scales?

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  • July 1, 2025 at 11:40 pm #20409
    Sid Edwards
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      My plan is to sculpt snake scales onto a cylinder and then bake the details into that cylinder so animations I use run smoothly.

      But, there’s a catch: in order to do this, I’d have to sculpt each and every scale manually, but that defeats the purpose of blender being blender! Snakes have several different types of scales: top and bottom head scales, and then separate top and bottom body scales.

      Is there a way I can copy and paste a cylindrical projection of scale patterns further down the cylinder of a mesh I’m sculpting? This is like using a texture brush, but instead of a brush, it wraps around the entire cylinder.

      Is that possible? How else do I repeat a detailed pattern I made?

      July 2, 2025 at 1:05 am #95750
      Martin Bergwerf
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        There are several Settings for Tiling, but there is also this:

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        I recommend you watch the Fundamentals of Sculpting: https://cgcookie.com/courses/core-fundamentals-of-digital-sculpting-blender 

        July 2, 2025 at 9:29 am #95751
        Dwayne Savage
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          It depends on how detailed you want to get. You can use sculpting, but you can also use instancing. Either default or thru geometry nodes. Basically you model out a scale then use instancing to place a scale at every vertex on your cylinder/mesh. Another option is to use particle system. 

          Basic instancing: select scale then shift+select mesh. Ctrl+p->object. Then select mesh, in properties editor in the object tab under instancing change from none to vertex. 

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