Combat Knife - Advice needed
It's pretty basic model but I'm trying to practise finishing assets. So this is the third thing I've textured, and I don't feel all that confident on it.
How can I improve this?
How can I improve this?
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To be honest I'm not that happy with the handle, it should look like the below image. I couldn't think of how to achieve that effect, this was the best I could come up with :P
I'll add some wear to the blade and see what I can do with the handle today and post again.
That's a very cool effect on those handles. Comparing your handle to the references, the only real problem with yours is the contrast in the handle. it looks like the white is a little darker than pure white, but the darkest part of the pattern is a medium gray; there just isn't a very large range of contrast in there. That simple fix should do a lot for the knife.
They should looks like this, different knife design, but made from the same company.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jdHVdWy9XeE/SdTB4Dx3OiI/AAAAAAAACgE/RS53jfe9OJM/s1600-h/KLBlog+414.jpg
The speckle for the blade, I did try but I always here about using "natural" rather than generated noise, but I couldn't find anything suitable, any suggestions?
http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/index.php?pageid=racer445
I also decided to just have a plain handle, I think doing that wood effect is above my skill level at the moment.
And is it safe to assume the subtle edge wear is painted in?
I also painted some faint white/black smudges near/onto the edges with low opacity soft brush.
I see where you are coming from with the shapes, the big blobby bit isn't great for example. I'm just really getting used to the technique (which is awesome btw, thanks for explaining it to me!) and picking out decent shapes and stuff.
As for the brightness, I guess I overdid it with the levels.. or perhaps I should use a lower opacity clone tool brush?
By the way, are there any other texture websites outside of cgtextures?