Its a Multi-Material which allows to scatter different types of steel bolts, screws, nuts with different heads with multiple head types such as hex, mushroom, flat, and torque mushroom. Its a full PBR stencil I designed and developed to significantly speed up my own Substance Painter workflows.
Key Features:
- 20 Bolt/Head Variations: Includes optional washers, adjustable scale, and independent color controls for both washers and heads.
- Scatter Methods: Compatible with both Spline and Brush tools. A quick demonstration is included in the video preview.
- Dynamic Controls: When scattered via spline/path (with Path selected), all parameters remain editable. Note: When applied as a stamp across the full texture set, parameter adjustments are disabled.
- Material Application: When used in UV/2D view, ensure Channel Mapping > Mask is set to Opacity. This is a standard Substance Painter requirement to avoid affecting the entire square canvas.
- Brush Hardness: Adjust the Brush Hardness setting to control transition sharpness during application.
- to get bespoken ALPHA when using the PATH tool - remove the default one - this way you can bypass the default ALPHA by unlocking extra options in the brush’s CHANNELS MAPPING. Now assign custom opacity behavior to your tools simply by selecting OPACITY under MASK.
Please bear in mind:
- Height Displacement is dependent on mesh density. Low-poly meshes will not displace; medium-density meshes may stretch. For such cases, consider relying on Normal Maps and Parallax Shader Displacement instead.
- Substance Painter duplicates both normal and height maps during use. If your final model does not utilize displacement shaders, it's recommended to disable the height map to avoid redundancy.
📦 File Format & Availability
- Packaged as an SBSAR file - simply drag and drop into Substance Painter.
Available now on:
- ArtStation Store:
https://www.artstation.com/a/49253839
or on my gumroad:
https://gbaran.gumroad.com/l/stecqz
As a thank‑you - here’s a 33% gumroad discount:
BOLT33
Video with the tool in action