Medusa Nodes is an advanced hair simulation add-on for Blender that utilizes a specially crafted procedural hair system. Using a custom physical dynamics solver, users can personally adjust the simulation’s freezing dynamics for optimized performance. It allows the users to model hairstyles quickly and easily with detailed realism, and with the use of multiple deformers and intuitive controls, it becomes an indispensable kit for any artist looking to level up their character design.

Irakli Kupunia – MEDUSA NODES Features

• Custom Physical Dynamics Solver: This new feature creates more detailed hair simulations, offering ample control over the movement and behaviour of hair strands.
• Freezing System: The application of this feature allows the freestylers to increase their workflow by a considerable amount with the freezing of the generated splines, especially during sculpting and procedural modelling.
• Flexible Node-Based Workflow: The combination of being node-based and highly intuitive makes the add-on easier to manipulate for adding hair with multiple customization options.
• Advanced Deformers: The add-on makes the work of detailed and complex hairstyles easier by including a vast range of deformers: Guide, Clump, Noise, Curl, Braid, Trim, and Children.
• Mask Groups and Region Maps: These features have targeted control over hair designs, allowing realistic parting and sections to be styled with great precision.
• Intuitive Interface: The add-on has a self-explanatory interface, which comprises a hierarchy viewer, an ‘Add Deformer’ button, and ColorRamp & FloatCurve widgets as well as CnBs, which allows for easy manipulation.

Preview MEDUSA NODES Blender

Image 1: Manually freezing generated splines (hair follicles) within the Generator now reduces unnecessary calculations, significantly improving performance by eliminating the need for repeated spline generation with each dependency graph update.

Image 2: The fishbone braids, where the side hairs automatically integrate into the main braid, may not be flawless, but they could still prove useful for some of you.