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jaydon

Hey guys, figured i would finally start a thread so i can show what i am up to and get some community opinions.
First of all here is the Presentation shot for Sand King's Wretched Crown


I am now working on a tail, but the one i started ended up looking like a big mess when it came to textures. Is it best with some items to overlap UV's for maximum detail? For example Sand kings tail segments, should they all be the same?

ElectroNugget

Overlapping the UV's is really a style choice. It's not unheard of in games as far as I know. If you really want the extra space I'd say it's not a bad way to get it.

Soldeus

Definetely yes, overlap as much as you can(without making a clearly repetition over the texture, things like spikes and so on should always be overlapped imo, you won't notice the difference and it saves so much UV Space) .

With the tail for example, I would go with a vertical simmetry over the whole tail.

jaydon

Thanks guys definitely something i will look into much further this time around. back to retopo now!