knife needs texturin crit + tips
polycounter lvl 12
i sifted through some texture tuts and picked up handy tips. this is what i have so far but im not sure if im doing it right. sorry for boring colour scheme.
am using the xolihul shader with the cubemap.
trying to go for multiple-material look, trying to separate the metal parts from plastic. etc.
is there any way of the clip showing a true brushed metal look or is it down to the spec rather than diffuse? also i dont know how to the get that tip of the blade lookin like a shiny metal rather than a white strip -.-
and somethings bugging me, while texturing, what is the best setup for xoliuls shader? no cubemap n one light?etc, cheers yall
am using the xolihul shader with the cubemap.
trying to go for multiple-material look, trying to separate the metal parts from plastic. etc.
is there any way of the clip showing a true brushed metal look or is it down to the spec rather than diffuse? also i dont know how to the get that tip of the blade lookin like a shiny metal rather than a white strip -.-
and somethings bugging me, while texturing, what is the best setup for xoliuls shader? no cubemap n one light?etc, cheers yall
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http://stephenjameson.com/tutorials/anisotropic-shader-for-hair/
While texturing with xoliul's i usually like to set up one material with what i imagine the final properties will be like, cubemaps, 3 lights all that jazz, then i copy it and turn all the effects off. While i work on the texture i'm able to alternate between these materials depending on whether i want to more clearly see my diffuse or the end result. There's no point only texturing with the default light and then turning all the effects on after you're done as it'll end up looking totally different, but at the same time, it's nice to be able to see your texture more clearly sometimes.
Don't have any texturing crits, but I agree you should add some more lights in it to show more of the geometry of this. I can't tell by just one picture, but do you have the handles hollowed out?
nice work so far
well heres a couple mins fiddling with the spec, looks less fake, set up a 3 point light setup. im too used to be spoilt with MR's fancy light settings so i did my best here .thanks for the link zacD on anisotropy
i wouldnt call it finished, but i wouldnt want to push it further as this is a stepping-stone project that helped me learn ALOT about texturing methods. but i also made ALOT of mistakes haha.
the anti alias is bitty here. i think its because of how thin the edges are in the psd. im gnna flatten the image and blur it a lil hopefully thatll solve that.
How I got this:
1. I used a stock base metal texture for the diffuse. I then used surface blur and reduce noise to smoothen it out, since you want the spec and gloss to do most of the work here. I also upped the saturation since the spec should have minimal color on this particular material, go look at some ref photos.
2. I found a great photo of a brushed metal in my collection, then combined it with the "dumb web graphics motion blur technique" of making brushed metal. Looks right good, that's the specular.
3. I inverted the brushed patterns on the gloss. This helps to fake the anisotropic shading and give everything motion. Brushed things generally have a very flat look to them, so I darkened the glos to give it a fairly wide highlight.
Never tried or "needed" to do brushed metal. But i thought about it from time to time. That looks super nice for 5 min racer!