[pecenipicek]

Yeah, so. My latest project. And i'm more or less stuck, any help related to how to properly texture a model from the ground up is appreciated (tutorials, etc...)

I eventually plan to release this to freespacemods, so this is gonna go ingame.



Also, the UV map, if anyone is interested in a peek.


[edit]imageshack hates me... -.-

neways, the first person to note the resemblance to the BSG viper gets a boot to the head. ktnxbai.
[edit#2] fixed eyegougyness...

[Stormkeeper]

a boot to the head

Nice looking fighter.

[Galemp]

JESUS CHRIST

use lvlshot tags, man! I don't need a 4096x4096 line drawing in my face like that!

That's not a peek, that's an eye-gouger.

[pecenipicek]

as i said, imageshack hates me. instead of giving me bloody thumbnail img's, it gave me the huge links and it didnt want to upload em again.

will try to fix now

[edit]fixed.

[pecenipicek]

y'know, you could have at least left a comment concerning the model... not just the "aaah my eyes" factor...

[Stormkeeper]

Looks like it can move pretty fast. I kinda like dagger fighters too.

[pecenipicek]

and now i have a somewhat base texture... -.- bleh

[Stormkeeper]

I'd like to help, but I know even less about textures than I do about baking.

[pecenipicek]

baking what? bread?

i'm not using baking yet tho, will use it for glowmaps once i get to that point actually... -.-

[Stormkeeper]

Yea. I can barely bake bread, let alone models.

[pecenipicek]

baking bread is at least easy

compared to making textures that is. and much less time-consuming.

[Stormkeeper]

Well. I've tried baking bread thrice. Burnt it three times ... not to mention the time I set the oven on fire ...

Textures take longer, but well made ones always add the last bit of sparkle to ships.

[pecenipicek]

indeedy.

[pecenipicek]

a somewhat minor update...


yes, i'm aware of the seam, will be fixed soon enough.

[Aardwolf]

The way the grill-type thing blends into the metal texture---it might be good on a Vasudan ship, maybe even Shivan... but not Terran.

(I don't even know what universe this is for actually)

[pecenipicek]

i dont know whose its supposed to be

any tips on how to blend it then?

[Colonol Dekker]

You have a texture map?
What are you using, Lithunwrap or C4D stuff? For the textures themselves i use Photoshop and Paintship Pro, sometimes even Macromedia Flash....

[pecenipicek]

pfeeeh.

for uv mapping i first separate pieces of the mesh into more manageable pieces in bodypaint (included with c4d ) and then export to obj and import to UVLayoutPro (this app has the best flattening options ever...) then back and depending on what i need i either draw directly in c4d (tis a bit clunky since i dont have much experience with bodypaint apart from uvmapping) or in photoshop. that texture was made in PS. and its hoooorrible.

[Colonol Dekker]

Scoobs tutorial for th WEEEN!

[pecenipicek]

its usefull but while you're learning to texture its more of a "hit and miss" thing or in my case "clickityclickityclickity in photoshop with random brush of the moment-> cinema4d -> render image -> head meet desk -> photoshop -> unholy mother of undo -> rinse -> repeat"