HTodays video is a complete guide / tutorial for creating a Desktop style Micro Biome Planter. We will be using Free assets from the marketplace and Path Tracing for a realistic finished render! Link to HDRI on PolyHaven : https://polyhaven.com/a/brown_photostudio_04 Link to Animal pack on Marketplace : https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/17c2d7d545674204a7644c3c0c4c58ba My Final Renders of my Original Micro Biome that inspired this. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KO9XyG Command to fix Foliage culling distance r.RayTracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.Culling 0 0:00 Intro 0:11 Download Assets / Plugins 0:39 Create New Project 0:58 Enable Plugins 1:20 Create Level and Add HDRI 2:56 Create Planter / Vase Glass 7:08 Create Stand 9:17 Create Soil / Dirt 10:54 Download Textures 12:00 Add Textures to Objects 13:05 Displace Soil Mesh 15:05 Adjust UV's on Stand 16:16 Create Glass Material (Lumen Version) 21:08 Add Foliage to Biome 26:11 Add Character / Animal 28:07 Create Floor and Displace 30:57 Create Camera 33:17 Update HDRI 34:24 Enable Path Tracing 35:29 Update Glass Material to Path tracing Version 36:16 Outro / Sample Images

This is PART 2 of Turning a Stylized Character into a Realistic style MetaHuman. Check out Part 1 here https://youtu.be/EUXOHDzgy2E Links to other Helpful Tutorials for accomplishing this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y42Qej7Bx8g&t=742s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iCMspltj24 Download the Mask I modified for this specific model creation : https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4fbdaf_fdca751b65374d69a2e7a168c3ca114e~mv2.jpg --------------------------------- Link to Stylized Character : https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/stylized-male-character-kit-casual MetaHuman Plugin : https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/metahuman-plugin MetaHuman Creator : https://metahuman.unrealengine.com/ View Final Rendered Images : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/aGX5nJ 0:00 Intro 0:22 Create a new Blueprint 0:52 Rename Stylized Meshes 1:48 Open Blueprint / Add Meshes 2:43 Construction Script for Blueprint 3:18 Create Level Sequence 3:45 Place Your New Blueprint into Scene / Sequence 4:01 Add Animation Track to Blueprint in Sequence 4:43 Modify MetaHuman Blueprint to Isolate the Head 5:25 Hide Body Parts 5:35 Mask Shoulders from Head 7:01 Add MetaHuman Head to Your New Blueprint 7:29 Size/Position Head onto Body 8:57 Set LOD Synce to 0 9:13 Update Blueprint in Sequence 10:37 Add Animation Track to new Blueprint 11:15 Outro

ADVANCED SPEED GUIDE Here is a Tutorial on how I took Free Marketplace assets of a Stylized Character and turned it into a Realistic Metahuman Character. * If you need a more step by step guide try this extended beginners guide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIxUJMmb77M&t=1530s ** Part 2 Creating a Blueprint to Combine the Stylized Body /Clothes with the Metahuman Head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l2WRBLYeFk&t=302s Link to Stylized Character : https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/stylized-male-character-kit-casual MetaHuman Plugin : https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/metahuman-plugin MetaHuman Creator : https://metahuman.unrealengine.com/ View Final Rendered Images : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/aGX5nJ 0:00 Intro 0:27 Download Assets / Plugins 0:52 Install Plugin 1:14 Create New Project / Add Content / Enable Plugin 1:45 Create MetaHuman Identity / Import Original mesh 2:30 Set up view for Solve 2:57 Promote Frame / Auto Track 3:40 Lock Camera / Fine Tune 3:57 Choose Body 4:08 Identity Solve / Compare Mesh 4:22 Mesh to MetaHuman 4:45 Open MetaHuman Creator 5:10 Edit Region Influence 6:10 Eidt your MetaHuman 6:25 Import MetaHuman 6:40 Add Stylized Clothes 6:55 Outro

Here is a Tutorial on how I took Free Marketplace assets of a Stylized Character and turned it into a Realistic Metahuman Character. * Are you a more advanced user? Try out the Speed Guide here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXOHDzgy2E&t=22s ** Part 2 Creating a Blueprint to Combine the Stylized Body /Clothes with the Metahuman Head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l2WRBLYeFk&t=302s Link to Stylized Character : https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/stylized-male-character-kit-casual MetaHuman Plugin : https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/metahuman-plugin MetaHuman Creator : https://metahuman.unrealengine.com/ View Final Rendered Images : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/aGX5nJ 0:00 Intro 0:12 Download Assets / Plugins 1:46 Create New Project 3:35 Enable MetaHuman plguin 4:04 Add Content to Project 5:53 Create MetaHuman Identity 6:40 Import Original Mesh into Indentity 7:05 Prepare Head in View 8:15 Promote Frame / Auto Track 9:20 Lock Camera / Fine Adjustments 10:50 Body Choice 11:34 MetaHuman Identity Solve 12:26 Open MetaHuman Creator 13:50 MH Beginning Edits 15:00 Edit Mesh Blend Region Influence 17:00 Customized your HM 22:34 Import MH into Unreal 24:25 Place MH BP 25:50 Place Stylized Clothes 30:00 Closing Thoughts