Reply To: Course recommendation for materials

Pothead is always the go to course for that:

https://cgcookie.com/courses/pothead-create-a-hard-surface-character-in-blender

But really anything that deals with shading something, you can always watch and walk away from it with tons of shading and materials knowledge:

https://cgcookie.com/courses/luminor-create-a-vintage-camera-with-blender

https://cgcookie.com/courses/basemesh-create-stylized-characters-quickly-with-blender

https://cgcookie.com/courses/sessions-macro

https://cgcookie.com/courses/sessions-minimalism

And if you want to go OG, there’s always Sci-Fi Helmet:

https://cgcookie.com/courses/shading-the-sci-fi-helmet