Making easy bevels in Blender

A very quick way to get clean bevels on your lowpoly geo without having to go into Zbrush and Polish/get meshes ready for zbrush etc.

I'm using Zen BBQ to make the bevels, Zen BBQ is a plugin that will quickly let you make and preview the bevels in near-realtime.

Before and after. Preview is in blender viewport through a

Before and after. Preview is in blender viewport through a

I am selecting an sharp edge, then going to Select > Select Similar > Sharpness to select all edges of the same sharpness. Then applying a Bevel through the Zen BBQ radial menu.

This can be adapted to realtime use by baking down the bevels into a normal map.

This can be adapted to realtime use by baking down the bevels into a normal map.