Creating realistic Cuts and Scratches

SoundStage

I am working on a project, on which I need to make my weapon look as if it has taken some real beating. My intent is to add scratches and bruises to my weapon. I have finished creating my color map and normal map for my weapon. I did try creating cuts and scratches on normal and color maps, but it did not give me satisfying results.

I have used 3ds max for modeling, photoshop and gimp for texturing my weapon. Now I need to know exactly what to do to get the results that I aim for.

I am not using zbrush as I have no idea of how to use it.

Ace-Angel

Pics or didn't happen.

Also, Gloss/Roughness and Spec will do wonders.

Racer445

http://www.cgtextures.com/

Jack Ryan

Usually, some good brushes that add grime and scratches into your diffuse (and accentuated in your normals) combined with specs to really bring them out will be adequate to make your weapon look like it's really seen some service.

SoundStage

I need to add scratches and cuts to this texture.

SoundStage

Thanks for your suggestions. I have added scratch textures to my diffuse map in overlay mode. Do I do the same for my normal map??

@Jack: Must I convert my diffuse map into normal map after I add scratches? Because it is almost impossible for me to do the same two strokes with brushes.

SoundStage

Here is how my weapon looks like now.



Just the same texture applied on both normal and diffuse map.

Now how do I increase the depth of the same scratches?

AlexCatMasterSupreme

Well, look at other people's textures. And dude bake a normal map and light this thing, consider learning some more basic stuff before trying to complete a whole asset.

SoundStage

Here is my model with lights, normals and color map.



@Alex: I am a noob and I am still learning what to do.