DA 2 style staff

greevar

So, I've been working on this staff that was inspired by the Dragon Age 2 staffs.

Here's what my staff looks like ATM:



I want to wrap the thickest part of the staff with scales like this:



Or this:



I plan to apply this as a normal map. What I'm wondering is if I overlap the scales, will the normal map come out clean or will I get errors? Do I need to "cut" the underlying scales to get a clean bake?

CJE

To be clear, you want to have scales wrapping around the handle?

greevar

CJE wrote: »

To be clear, you want to have scales wrapping around the handle?

Yes. Sorry, I wasn't clear about that was I?

greevar

Updated OP.