About this asset

This grey slate roofing Substance material for Substance 3D provides a fully procedural, tileable surface with realistic stone texture. This procedural material reproduces the aesthetic of traditional grey slate roofing tiles. It features a high-fidelity stone surface with natural weathering and variation, meticulously captured in a parametric graph. The material is presented in an.sbsar format, allowing for infinite, non-repeating tiling across large roof surfaces or building facades. The output includes standard PBR map channels for base colour, normal, roughness, and height, ensuring physically accurate light interaction. The texture captures the subtle irregularities of hand-cut stone shingles, providing a convincing depth and scale for architectural exterior visualisations and detailed roof modelling.

The download is a 369 KB file containing a Substance (.sbsar) material that opens in Substance 3D Player, Sampler and Painter and in renderers with Substance support.

Users can load this.sbsar file directly into Substance 3D Painter or Designer to adjust parameters such as tile wear, colour variance, and surface roughness. When used in 3D host software or render engines, the material allows for dynamic resolution scaling without pixelation. Simply assign the material to your roof geometry and adjust the tiling coordinates to match the required scale, utilising the height map for displacement to achieve genuine geometric relief on the tile edges.

This material is essential for exterior architectural visualisations, particularly for residential projects requiring authentic slate roofing profiles. It integrates seamlessly into traditional, vernacular, or restoration-focused designs where realistic stone texture is required for roofs, dormers, or vertical cladding. Professionals will find it useful for creating high-quality, close-up details on roof eaves and ridges. Pair this asset with stone chimney stacks or timber guttering systems to enhance the overall realism of your building exterior, ensuring a consistent material finish across large-scale roof planes.