3D Modelling using Blender

🎨 Blender & 3D Modelling Course

Create, Sculpt, and Animate Your Imagination

At Player Ready, we now offer a Blender-based 3D Modelling course for young people aged 10–19. Whether you’re joining us through Clubs, Alternative Provision (AP), Post-16 education, or from home through our Online Team, this course introduces the exciting world of digital creation and game design.

🧠 Who’s it for?

Clubs: Ideal for kids aged 10–16 who love games and want to learn how they’re made.
Alternative Provision (AP): Structured sessions with clear learning outcomes for creative and technical skill-building.
Post-16 Pathway: A taster of digital media and design, mapped to industry-relevant workflows.
Online Sessions: Delivered by our Online Team (Moos Army), available anywhere in the UK.

🗂️ Course Overview: 10 Sessions of Hands-On Creativity

Our beginner-friendly course covers the fundamentals of 3D modelling and introduces career-relevant concepts in design and game development. Each session builds on the last, empowering students to create, texture, sculpt, and animate their own 3D models.

Session	Focus	Key Activities
1	🧊 Blender Basics	UI tour, basic shapes, Minecraft-themed starter task
2	🛠️ Modelling Tools	Extrude, bevel, loop cuts — make a Fortnite-style pickaxe
3	🎨 Texturing	Unwrapping and colouring, Minecraft skin-style texturing
4	🌍 Environment Design	Modular modelling and trim sheets for creating scenes
5	🧟 Sculpting	Intro to digital sculpting — ideal for monsters, characters
6	👤 Character Design	Silhouettes and paper sketches for creative characters
7	🧱 Character Blockout	3D modelling of basic body/clothing forms, intro to topology
8	💡 Lighting & Posing	Presentation basics and visual storytelling
9	🎞️ Animation	Simple movement and keyframe animation
10	🌟 Portfolio Showcase	Present, review and save your final 3D model

💼 What Will Students Learn?

Blender interface and tools
Modelling using shapes, extrusions, and edits
Texturing and colouring 3D models
Sculpting techniques for organic forms
Basic character and environment design
Animation and rendering
Game-ready asset concepts: tri count, optimisation, hero assetsBlender session 2Session 5 – Sculpting

📍 How We Deliver the Course

🧑‍🏫 In-Person (Clubs / AP / Post-16)

Delivered weekly or intensively during holidays
Small group format in our venues: Truro, Exeter, Taunton, Portsmouth, Plymouth (and Basingstoke soon!)
OFSTED registered and eligible for Tax-Free Childcare

💻 Online Provision

Delivered via our Online Team, available nationwide
1:1 or small group format
Perfect for home-educated learners or flexible AP access

🎯 Outcomes & Progression

At the end of the course, students will:

Have a personal 3D model they designed and textured
Understand industry tools and terms (tri counts, UV maps, retopology)
Be ready to progress into more advanced digital design or animation
Gain confidence in digital creativity, project planning, and presentation

📝 Enrol Now

Ready to start your 3D journey or offer this course to a young person? Submit a referral here or use our Live Chat or Contact Form.