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FPSC Classic Models and Media / Advice about metal textures

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Sandante
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Posted: 1st Nov 2012 22:16
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Hi all. i made some scifi textures and i need your guys opinion about the metal.

i made a screenshot before this is gonna be locked. and here is the texture i was talking about.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/826/fpsctest2.png/

My problem is, does it have to many lines in the texture and how can i make it better??.

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Disturbing 13
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Posted: 2nd Nov 2012 00:19 Edited at: 2nd Nov 2012 00:27
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Find or make a base metal texture and overlay it on top of your texture using a filter. Filters do wonders for changing the whole look of a plain texture


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Sandante
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Posted: 2nd Nov 2012 14:42
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Disturbing 13

thank you for taking the time to reply.i appreciate it m8.

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Troutflies
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Posted: 2nd Nov 2012 16:38
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@San XL

Check this Tut out by Bond1. The tecnique he uses really works well. I simplify it a little to suit my needs, but it really can make a difference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gqp4bNJ52M
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A tip I can give is to remove the shading, e.g all the white or dark parts, so that it is essentially just a flat texture, with no shading at all.
Shading is something that should be handled solely by the lighting of the scene, and shader maps applied (particularly normal map)

Other than that, the overlay suggested by Disturbing 13 is a great idea to add some more depth.

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Sandante
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Posted: 3rd Nov 2012 01:24
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Thanks alot guys for the nice tips.

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Black Profductions
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for metal dont overdo the diffuse map, work mostlly on the specular which will give it that metal feeling

Cheers,

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Sandante
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Posted: 7th Dec 2012 03:23 Edited at: 7th Dec 2012 03:25
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sorry guys for the major bump. i have tried the shaders and i came to the conclusion that its not my style. so i decided to create a scifi project where i can easily create my own style of textures.

here is the example

http://imageshack.us/f/819/snapshot9ym.jpg/

[and textures are in the download for free use

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Posted: 7th Dec 2012 06:08
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If that works for you then great; it's what allot of people do. I myself seem to make better creations (IMO)without shader effects. The texture looks great by the way.

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