Today, we’re launching Substance Material Kits, unlocking a whole new level of creative freedom for artists everywhere. These aren’t your average textures: they’re fully procedural, production-ready materials designed to adapt, scale, and bring your worlds to life faster than ever. Whether you’re a solo creator or part of a studio team, this release means more control, less grind, and limitless possibilities.
Creating high-quality 3D environments is time-consuming, especially when you need handcrafted, genre-driven materials that are versatile and consistent. Too often, artists are stuck sourcing materials that lack meaningful controls, come only as .sbsar files, or are inconsistent in quality. Building from scratch is tedious, and matching styles across multiple assets becomes a repetitive headache.
To solve these challenges, our new Substance Material Kits are designed with generalist 3D artists and studio teams in mind. These Kits provide procedural materials that are fully editable and crafted for high performance in production.
The result? Faster iteration, consistent styles across your world, and fewer late-night rebuilds when direction changes.
How Substance Material Kits Are Different
Our Substance Material Kits are rooted in genre research and designed for worldbuilding, just like our World Kits. That consistency lets you build environments that feel intentional, no matter the scale.
“The foundation of any procedural material we create is thoughtful reference gathering,” says Alexey Druzhkov, Lead Technical Material Artist at KitBash3D. “We study everything from color and mood to microdetails, then build the material in Substance Designer, starting with large forms on the heightmap. This approach ensures every material is readable, flexible, and ready for real-world use.”
Each Kit is designed from the ground up to be streamlined, versatile, and scalable, giving artists full control over their surfaces while maintaining a cohesive style across a project. These Kits are crafted with the same internal workflows our team relies on, making them production-ready from day one.
• Versatility and Editability: Fully procedural .sbs files allow you to adjust wear, patterns, color, and scale on the fly—no locked-in scans or messy photogrammetry.
• Resolution Independence: Materials maintain crisp detail at any resolution, ensuring they work for cinematic renders, games, and VR alike.
• Graph Hygiene and Scalability: Clear, organized graph structures make it easy for multiple artists to iterate, customize, or reuse materials efficiently.
• Streamlined Performance: Procedural setups are optimized for reuse across different assets, with logical pipelines and masked channels that reduce visual clutter and maintain performance.
“A strong procedural material is part of a system,” Alexey explains. “It’s predictable, scalable, and can be adapted quickly to new environments or last-minute changes.”
Whether you’re creating dusty battlefields or neon-lit sci-fi corridors, every environment demands materials that feel intentional and alive. KitBash3D’s Substance Material Kits deliver procedural, high-quality materials with meaningful controls, letting artists skip the grunt work and focus on what matters: storytelling.
From Armored Hulls and Military Ops to Work Zone and American Neighborhoods, Substance Material Kits are now available for purchase in our webstore and ready to download in Cargo for KitBash3D Unlimited subscribers. Shop Substance Kits and start building worlds that captivate.
