This recipe will show you how you can take one of your sculpts and create a stencil from it that can be used on other models. Using this technique will help you build a library of details that you can come back and reuse. Even if you do not want to use the exact same details in another project you can use the stencils, created using this method, as a starting point for a new sculpt or stencil.
1. The following steps will help you create a stencil from one of your sculpts: The first thing you will do is create a sculpt of the details you would like to use as a stencil. For this example, I used curves (as seen in the following screenshot) to help with the spirals and straight lines.
2. Now you will go into Top view so that you are looking at the sculpt straight on. One way to do this is by going to the Object List window, right-clicking on the Top camera, and choosing Look Through.
3. Another way you can do it is by using the...