Photoscan a Gun?

Haytch

Hey guys, Want to try and get into trying to Photoscan Guns, I've got a Baretta replica I'm thinking of Scanning, is there anyone who's done a similar approach and got good results before or any pointers I can get?

Cheers

Henry

Eric Chadwick

Metallic and reflective surfaces do not scan well. The reflections confuse the stitching software.

You can try spraying the items with a dulling spray, but then try to get that off afterwards, yuck.

oglu

guns have to be modeled clean... scanning wont work... and if i need a cheap model i go to turbosquid...

Scruples

Oglu is right, unless you can get sub-millimeter accuracy it will look bad, it would make good reference for modelling around and texturing but other than that.

Cathodeus

There is a way : 'Putting paint on it like this it's not reflective anymore' [washable]

AlecMoody

If you want to scan something like a gun, treat the surfaces with a developer spray. Cantesco d2000-a is $6 a can.

A few reasons not to scan a gun:

*Guns are easy and fast to model
*You will still need to generate a clean low. If you are already doing a clean low, you could do a clean highpoly with minimal extra work.
*Anything you plan to animate or move will need a separate scan.