Vanilla to Bimbo+ (A Vanilla Upscaling Guide)
A guide for people mildly experienced with Blender on how to use proportional editing and sculpt tools to create vanilla upscales. This guide assumes you have some upscaling knowledge (how to transfer weights/import into textools/etc) but will talk you through any keybinds or processes I do step by step. Though this was made for the Bimbo+ body, it is applicable to most/all bodies that exist.
Processes this guide covers: Separating by loose parts; shape keys; extruding vertices; joining meshes together/taking them apart; general upscaling knowledge.
Introduction
Hi, I’m Khara! I am an affiliate of the Bimbo Boudoir and I have been in love with vanilla upscal...
Intro & Notes
This goes in depth on who I am to teach you this stuff (hi!) and also notes and links to other gu...
Step 1: Prepping the Mesh
Before you upscale, you must prep.
Import/Material Setup
Import the vanilla item of choice into Blender. I’m using the Ravel Keeper’s Chestpiece of Castin...
Fixing Unconventional Vanilla Parts
Opening the parts, you’ll notice that SE doesn’t always follow the 'traditional' modding conventi...
Fixing Backfaces
Turn those backfaces on (using Viewport Overlays > "Face Orientation") and in anything more compl...
Separating by Loose Parts
Because I forgot I was making a guide, I started a different upscale in the time that passed betw...
Situational Issues
These are some issues I have had when separating by loose parts, that I will fix as I come across...
Step 2: Subdivision & Fixing Up The Mesh
Making it prettier after separating out the parts.
Subdividing
Once you’ve prepared the coat by removing backfaces,I find this part pretty easy and self-explana...
Merging By Distance
Up until now, unlike in a normal upscale, we haven’t really done any sort of merging by distance....
Marking as Sharp
After you’ve merged by distance, you’ll notice that a lot of edges will look distorted or particu...
Step 3: Upscaling & Weighting
Now we've made it!
Step 4: Final Touches
Once you’ve finished the upscaling and weighting to your satisfaction, it’s time to take it all a...
Step 5: Import into TT
Vanilla-specific notes on what to do in textools. This does not teach you how to use it specifica...
Step 6: Testing in Game
Things to look for while you're testing all your models!