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Gibson Custom 1960 'Black Beauty' Electric Guitar (High Poly)

1960 Gibson Custom Black Beauty electric guitar high poly model created in Modo using blueprints available online, all original work including textures created from scratch using Substance Designer, alphas created from scratch, Bigsby sculpted in Zbrush, textures applied across 9 UDIMs and exported from Substance Painter. Rendered using Marmoset Toolbag 5. Used MS Word to keep a list of the extensive textures, troubleshooting and edits done along the way.

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Reference photo of the source

Tuning pegs blueprint

Tuning pegs blueprint

Pick guard blueprint

Pick guard blueprint

Les Paul Custom 1960 blueprint

Les Paul Custom 1960 blueprint

Zbrush used to sculpt the Bigsby logo for the Bigsby unit

Zbrush used to sculpt the Bigsby logo for the Bigsby unit

Alpha used to sculpt Bigsby insert

Alpha used to sculpt Bigsby insert

Bigsby blueprint

Bigsby blueprint

Les Paul custom truss rod cover reference

Les Paul custom truss rod cover reference

Alpha created to stamp the letters on in SP

Alpha created to stamp the letters on in SP

Alpha created for the volume and tone knobs numbers

Alpha created for the volume and tone knobs numbers

Worn gold plating texture created for hardware

Worn gold plating texture created for hardware

Original texture created for ebony fretboard

Original texture created for ebony fretboard

Original Mother of Pearl texture created for inlays and Gibson logo

Original Mother of Pearl texture created for inlays and Gibson logo

Screenshot of Substance Painter right before exporting textures

Screenshot of Substance Painter right before exporting textures