ZBrush for Digital 3-D Printing - ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games - page 712

3-D Printing and Milling for Props and Manufacture
ZBrush is not limited to just organic models and small-scale maquettes. Artists have been using ZBrush and
3-D printing and milling to create monumental scale set pieces, sculptures, and props and costume elements.
Figure 11-16 shows a lion digitally sculpted by artist Bryn Court. Bryn's digital sculpture was milled and
then finished as a faux bronze set piece for the last Harry Potter film. Bryn is a fantastically talented tradi-
tional sculptor who is integrating ZBrush into his work as a film artist to cut down on time and increase his
ability to generate high-quality work fast.
Figure 11-16: This lion was designed and sculpted in ZBrush by sculptor Bryn Court. The lion data was
milled on a monumental scale and finished in clay before being molded and cast for use as a set piece.
Courtesy of Bryn Court
As we have seen already, ZBrush is capable of creating complex machined surfaces with the new hard
surface tools ( Figure 11-17 ). As a result of this capability, ZBrush can be used to conceptualize and create
prop designs using a 3-D mill.
Figure 11-17: This hard surface model was created entirely in ZBrush.