DOTA 2 First Workshop Item WIP

JohnyG

Hello Polycount

So this is my first time posting arty type stuff (so please forgive the amateurish quality) so if I’m in flagrant violation of forum etiquette apologies in advance.
I started working on this item last night with a concept doodle in Photoshop and downloaded 3D Coat to see if I could actually get a working Item (for Skeleton King) into DOTA 2.


This is where I’ve got to (let me know what you think) the model is all voxels:
*see attachment*


Now according to Valve’s rather broad workflow (http://www.dota2.com/workshop/) I need to “Unwrap the 3D model like a bearskin rug (UVs) so you can texture map It.” I’m a little bit at a loss as to how to do this. From some internet trawling I think I need to “retopo” the my model in order to create a UV map, and apparently 3d Coat can do this automatically but I can’t seem to find the magic button I need to press to do this. Failing that is it better for me to put a map together manualy as outlined in this video? [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVm-iSFyek4"]3dCoat 3.5 - Intro to Retopology tools - YouTube[/ame]
Thanks for your help/feedback.

DWalker

As far as the "unwrap like a bear skin rug" - I believe they were just referring to texture mapping using non-technical terms. Just do a web search for "texture mapping tutorial" for your 3D modelling program. It should be very simple for your model.