CG COOKIE on Twitter: "In Blender 2.83 metaballs are supported by Dupliverts and Duplifaces. Parent the metaball to an object and then enable Verts or Faces instancing in the object's properties. Voilà,
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Maritime Metaball by Fabrizio Boni on Dribbble
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