Render of the model in UE5. The ceramic artist is patiently monitoring the kiln with a cup of tea.

My favourite part of the project so far - sculpted and hand painted in Zbrush. I'm trying to push for a soft-realism-stylised look but I did get a bit obsessed with the detail in a few places!

I had a lot of fun researching the wood-fired kiln process - lots of really cool kiln shapes. I don't know if mine would be the most practical but I was keen to make something slightly magical and flame-shaped.

I used manual LODs for this project. The larger form has 3 LODs while the smaller ones have 2. Here you can see them at their lowest poly setting.

To get the initial brick pattern I created a different UV layout using a trim sheet technique, then reprojected onto non-overlapping UVs for the final sculpt.

This was a very satisfying model to make - making simple yet effective subdividable models is always an enjoyable little challenge!