ANDEWEGET wrote:@kinetos
Looks good, some things you could do to make it look even better:
Make the visor a bit bigger, it looks pretty small from the front view compared to the rest of the helmet.do you mean the eyeglass panel, or the sheets of metal that shade the glass? either way, i think the scale is fine.
Paint in some shadows, makes the shapes more easily readable.Ok, I made a small adjustment based on this, and I think it looks better.
Erase the UVs from the top part.I don't understand...
Maybe some edge highlighting in the texture.There are 4 layers in my texture, A layer than defines custom shading, for the darker parts and the manual shadows, which is a smooth white in most places, and flat shades of gray in others. then there is a scratchy texture layer to give it some wear and tear. i don't like this layer as much currently... and the a layer that adds the mouthpiece and eyepiece textures. and then an AO map. i assume you mean i should edge highlight the texture layer, but i think i want to replace that layer anyway.
Just some suggestions. Thanks

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kinetosimpetus wrote:

ANDEWEGET wrote:@kinetos
Looks good, some things you could do to make it look even better:
Make the visor a bit bigger, it looks pretty small from the front view compared to the rest of the helmet.do you mean the eyeglass panel, or the sheets of metal that shade the glass? either way, i think the scale is fine.Something like in the picture I posted, maybe not as big.
Paint in some shadows, makes the shapes more easily readable.Ok, I made a small adjustment based on this, and I think it looks better.
Erase the UVs from the top part.I don't understand...Marked it in the picture
Maybe some edge highlighting in the texture.There are 4 layers in my texture, A layer than defines custom shading, for the darker parts and the manual shadows, which is a smooth white in most places, and flat shades of gray in others. then there is a scratchy texture layer to give it some wear and tear. i don't like this layer as much currently... and the a layer that adds the mouthpiece and eyepiece textures. and then an AO map. i assume you mean i should edge highlight the texture layer, but i think i want to replace that layer anyway.I mean just taking the brush tool and adding some white lines on top of your texture where hard edges are(not as in hard edge marked on the model but edges which produce hard lighting(shadows). Ive added a layer of those on the paintover, but its only on 10% so you might not notice it. I usually have loads of layers for every pass I do on the texture, just to be able to switch em off and on to see how it looks. A good way to give the model some "structure" is, in my experience, using a high rez dirt/grunge brush, create two layers, one for white, one for black. Then "tip" the brush as long as it needs to cover the parts you want to give some structure(whatever material you want to simulate). Dont make strokes, but tip it, you dont want to cover it completely in black/white. Then adjust the opacity depending on which material you want to create(lower for cloth if at all, higher for metal, highest for stone). You could use photos, too. Then I usually add another layer for "real" dirt, which I dont apply as broadly, but just in some areas. This layer has a higher opacity, because it should be noticeable. The "structure" is just something you would not notice as actual "detail" of the texture.
Just some suggestions. Thanks Glad to be somehow useful.

Maveritchell wrote:Looks nice; did you use either of the Softimage Mod Tool tools (Ultimapper/Render Map)? I can never get quite that (LOD) quality with them.

naru1305 wrote:btw i planned to make a TOR smuggler unit in xsi, lets talk tomorrow via xfire about it

Delta-1035 wrote:@Lephenix: I think I have a really good use for that awesome gun!

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