Day 1: Creating a Realistic Mountain in Blender

https://youtu.be/tkF9bkUaIbM

Welcome to Day 1 of my 30 Days of Blender Challenge!
For the entire month of September, I'll be creating something new in Blender every day and sharing the process.
For Day 1, we're starting with a realistic mountain environment.

In this tutorial, I'll show you how I created the terrain using Blender's ANT Landscape add-on, then built a procedural scattering setup to populate the mountain with vegetation and additional details.

What I cover:

• Creating the mountain terrain using the ANT Landscape add-on
• Creating vertex groups to control where different elements appear
• Converting vertex group information into **Color Attributes** for use in the scattering system
• Blending different terrain materials based on the mountain surface
• Scattering trees and bushes across the environment
• Using Megascans assets to add additional detail and realism
• Putting everything together with lighting and materials for the final mountain scene

The goal of this challenge isn't to create a masterpiece every single day — it's to keep creating, learning, and improving for 30 days straight.

📅 Day 1/30 — September Blender Challenge

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🎁 Patreon members: The project files for this challenge are available to paid members on any tier.

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It's LIVE on SuperHive Market: Audio Reactive Plug - Launch Price is $20

Happy to answer questions about how it works under the hood!

Tutorials coming soon!

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Here’s a quick example, from a simple setup to the final result.

Curious what you guys think 🙄