[bizzybody]

I was looking around for things to scan for model textures when I picked up an oil filter and had an 'Ah-ha!' moment. Here's a small scan of the end of a Fram oil filter that screws to an engine. I selected and filled the hole in the center with black then selected around the outside and cut to a new layer, then copied that into the PSD for one of my fighters. With some scaling it became part of the texture for the gun and missile ports.

With some imagination it could also be an engine exhaust, a fuel hose connection, a power or data jack, or various other things.

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[Colonol Dekker]

Bump map it, and add some glow map stuff, and we have a new Beam Cannon,
Cheers, i'm off to scan some more techno stuff..........

[Kieve]

Ingenious. Or as the Guiness guys say, "Brilliant!" XD
Seriously, awesome idea. Never would've thought of that one - although I'll bet wheel drums and other automotive parts could be cool too.

[Vengence]

I decided to take it to a new level! Organic hand hulls!1! lol I scanned my hand and edited it just for the sake of doing it really.

[Flipside]

Yup, I've been using tricks like this for a while, another good thing to cut stuff out of is images of circuitboards, if you do it right, it can save a lot of work for inset details etc

[spartan_0214]

someone more software proficient than I am should put those on, say, a Deimos, and post a pic. Anybody?

[Vengence]

If it was me... organic Deimos lol! Well no, I'm not interested in doing this yet but it will certainly give 'photo realistic graphics' a new meaning.

[Tyrian]

I see maybe a logo for a 3rd party faction in that hand scan.  But that's just me...