Adding Hair to a Human Head

The Hair And Fur modifier adds hair to a model.

In this tutorial, you add both facial hair and head hair to the head of a Viking character. The work proceeds in three steps of increasing complexity:

Beard The beard has very little styling,
Mustache The mustache requires some styling and brushing.
Head hair The hair on top of the Viking’s head is shaped by a spline cage.

Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced

Time to complete: 1 hour and 40 minutes

Preparation for This Tutorial

If you have not already downloaded the tutorial files (MAX scenes and other assets), download them now and unzip them into a project folder called \Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 tutorials. See Where to Find Tutorial Files.
On the Quick Access toolbar, click (Project Folder) and set your current project to Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 Tutorials.

Create the Beard
Create the Mustache
Create the Head Hair

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