AprogenT Metal & Plastic – Procedural Shader for Blender

Bring your models to life with AprogenT Metal & Plastic, a fully procedural shader designed for realistic metallic and plastic surfaces inside Blender. Built for maximum flexibility, it allows you to generate a wide variety of materials — from polished aluminum to rough industrial plastic — all without using any image textures.

Perfect for artists, game developers, and product designers who need clean, customizable, and efficient materials, this shader gives you full control over surface details, color variation, edge wear, and roughness with just a few sliders.

✅ 100% procedural – no textures required
✅ Easy to customize and optimize for any project
✅ Includes both metallic and plastic material presets
✅ Works with Blender’s Append feature — just plug and play

Whether you’re creating hard-surface assets, realistic props, or stylized scenes, AprogenT Metal & Plastic is the perfect foundation for high-quality renders and production-ready materials.

Included Files

• .blend file with the full node group setup and 9 material presets ready to use.

• .pdf User Guide, containing detailed instructions and explanations of every feature.

Compatibility
AprogenT Metal & Plastic has been created and thoroughly tested in Blender 4.5.1 LTS. While it may also work in other Blender versions, using a different release is not recommended for maximum stability and consistency.

Only works with Cycles render engine.

Technical Details:

• Developed and tested in Blender 4.5.1 LTS.

• Provided as a .blend file (project source) and a .pdf user guide.

• Built entirely with Node Groups for easy customization.

• Fully modular and non-destructive workflow.

• Compatible with Cycles render engine.

• Optimized for PBR shading with realistic and stylized material results.

• Neutral default render settings (Cycles, CPU, 64 samples, no denoise) for maximum compatibility.

• Recommended Blender version: 4.5.1 LTS or newer.