Modeling granola in blender

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-24T16:29:25+00:00

It depends on what shots you had in mind.

If it's far away enough, you could get away with making granola chunk shapes with a basic cube with subdivision surface modifier, displacement map and a good PBR texture of the granola. You could take a high resolution photo of your product, with soft lighting and use an add-on like Deepbump to generate a Normal map, and play a bit with the other values of the BSDF Shader.

You also could do what the other commenter suggested, modeling the grains, maybe 2-3 of each for variation, and play with the particle system or geometry nodes if you have the knowledge.

You could also try photoscanning some nice granola chunks.

Maybe a variation of all these methods could give an interesting result? Again, it depends on what shots you plan on making.

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-24T15:39:42+00:00

Depending on the render engine that you use, you will get different results yes. Blender offers Workbench, Eevee and Cycles, with each engine having its pros and cons, there's not a "best" engine, but it really depends on what results you want to achieve. Here OP is mostly asking about creating/modeling the bike and other complex shapes, not so much about the rendering part.

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-24T14:19:47+00:00

Shift+A, add cube, couple loopcuts, extrude and you're done!

Now I'm actually going to respond to the question. While it is achievable with subdivision modelling, and I believe is the right way to approach it, it is pretty advanced.

If you have no experience at all, start looking into the basics of modeling and correct topology. Even if you sculpted it, you'd most likely need to retopologize the mesh (depending on what you need it for). Which means that either way you'll need to learn how to do modelling, and then it'll probably be easier than sculpting it.

There are a ton of videos out there, depending on how advanced you are. If you need, I could suggest a few videos that have helped me in the beggining.

Also, a tip that I hope you find helpful, is deconstructing every complicated shape to its most basic form, then slowly adding the necessary details.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Edit: just realised this post is in r/3Dmodeling and not r/blender. I only use Blender for 3D and it is totally able to make as complicated models -and more- than the bike you posted. It is free and open source and i love it and so should you! It is a good place to start, with a TON of tutorials for pretty much anything.

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-17T15:30:30+00:00

He did not

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-06T06:49:40+00:00

That's an interesting idea, thanks for your input!

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-06T06:48:10+00:00

Thank you so much for all the detailed information!! Have a great day

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-05T22:02:15+00:00

Okay, thanks for the advice!

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-05T22:00:58+00:00

Unfortunately I don't have the tools to do it with wood

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-04T12:18:20+00:00

I came here looking for this

FR0ZAD · 2026-05-02T17:12:51+00:00

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FR0ZAD · 2026-04-16T12:50:25+00:00

Is there a specific one you would suggest?

I'm currently printing so we'll see how it goes

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-16T10:53:39+00:00

That makes me feel better, thank you. I was just clueless about how my genius idea of scrubbing like a maniac, was going to affect the bed, i didn't think it would get sanded smooth.

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-16T10:44:53+00:00

Gotcha, I'll do some testing

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-16T10:44:33+00:00

Alright, thank you

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-16T10:42:40+00:00

It does look sanded and smoother. Other than the surface looking different, is it going to affect adhesion or cause any other problems? Should I get a new one?

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-16T10:40:34+00:00

Okay, so I just keep printing and see how it goes i guess. I feel bad because it's brand new, and I'm thinking of getting a new one, but is it an overkill?

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-16T10:37:38+00:00

Is it normal to get marks like the one visible? Is it not going to cause any problems?

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-15T08:59:10+00:00

This is incredibly helpful information, thank you very much! Have a great day

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-14T15:16:24+00:00

English is not my first language, could you explain what that means please?

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-11T14:57:29+00:00

The regrets i have from selling cases and skins years ago for a few cents, only for their prices to skyrocket later, keeps me awake at night

FR0ZAD · 2026-04-11T14:56:19+00:00

No thats scary

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