You still need to better define the material on the handle, it looks too similar too the metal. I'd make the diffuse darker and try playing with the spec and gloss.
The grip doesn't have any texture right now At all. literally. So yeah, it will get a lot of work. The last render was just kind of for fun thing. Piece is far from finished
Edit: well. Not far. But you know what i mean. lots still left to do.
I think you went a bit overboard with the scratches on the gun, especially those on the tip of the barrel and the drum.
If you take a look at this pic, you will see that there is a little bit of wear around the drum indents, but it is not as sharp and crisp as in your texture, mainly because the gun is not painted, but treated in some way so it doesnt rust. Keep in mind that the pic posted is a pretty old gun, so it would probably be even less wear on a newer one.
I think you would rather see some more stains on the metal, not as much as here though. You would probably see some kind of oil marks on the gun, assuming it has been cared for, and some very sparse scratches.
You could also try to up the contrast on the spec a bit more, to bring more detail to the metal material. Color-wise I think a blue-ish tint doesnt work that well here, a more neutral/warm tone probably could look better.
Thanks for the feedback guys! Luckily i will be able to use a monitor worth is weight today (cintiq at school) and get a clear picture of how the peice looks. Both my panels kills colors and gamma, So I'm kinda flying blind while texturing. Hopefully today i can get all the layer opacities and strengths dialed in.
And i did realize the edge wear wasn't exactly what i intended. I plan on laying out all the edge wear and add a bit more variation to it and more fade were applicable.
Here are a couple refs that i like the edge wear on:
and even though its supper dark:
I feel like I can find a balance between nice interesting edge wear without making the gun full on Apocalyptic. Still lots of work to go.
I would just start working on the handle now instead of picking at the metal more. Right now the metal looks damn good and you can always come back to it later. 2 cents.
yeah. I noticed that once I compared the latest image to the earlier shots. Hopefully i can just adjust opacities and some contrast on the spec. Would hate to go back and redo the layers entirely.
GRRRR. I just looked at the gun on a different monitor, and it looks way different than when i was working on my main panel. -__-
Oh, Did i forget to mention this is suppose to be a plastic toy gun?
BAH! I fucking love learning lol.
Thanks for the feedback man. It's much appreciated. I have a serious problem leaving an asset imperfect, So rest assured I will work on this until it looks fucking awesome. Any other advise people have, now or in the future, Don't hesitate to share! Still supper noob at texturing and have lots to learn
Hotter....Colder? Still obvious WIP but hopefully it reads less plasticy now. Hard to pin down a material definition that is so different from gun to gun. Will have to work more on it tomorrow. Seems like there's no time in the day.
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Its coming along very nicely. I agree with Millenia its still a bit to cloudy. Maybe have some oil spill on the side where the bullet drum is, they get quite greasy sometimes. my 5 cent besides that its looking really sweet! KEEP IT UP!!
Lemme know if I'm getting closer or not. Really just trying new noise methods, various filters. Did some sharpening to remove the "hazyness" of it. Hopefully now some of those cloudy shapes are a little crisper. and others are pretty high frequency, but i feel good with them against the rest of the gun
Lemme know what you guys think! Sorry for updating like every day. i just don't want to head to far in a direction that isn't great, So getting feedback in baby steps helps me figure out what works and what doesn't. Thanks guys.
Edit: Disregard the grip in these. need to make it way darker now. and add all kinds of other shit it to make it not suck :P
Yeah! Definitely And yeah, grip has had nearly no love yet. I've been focused on metal mainly. Should be able to polish up the metal tonight and get the grip going in the right direction. and the bullets! Those things need a lot of love :P
Its getting there. But some areas of your texture are very bland and have little interest in them, if you don't mind my paintover
I think you could definitely push the texture a bit more, and pull out some more little details in certain areas. It looks good, but could be pushed further.
@Sir Apple: Yeah. Those areas do a appear a bit bland. They are a bit more active in different lighting, But i just took a look at the model and they could use some more stuff in there. Thanks for the feedback!
ghaztehschmexeh: Thanks man! If only the skills would pay the bills, I'd be set. And if anyone ever organizes a mod like that for CS:GO i'd be happy to contribute ^^
After looking at it today, I'm definitely going to make some changes before i call it finished. Once i have a few more pieces for my portfolio, I'll come back to this one and touch it up. Bump up the brushed layer, Make the oil/dark stains a bit more appealing, Make some other layers more intense/less intense.
So keep the feedback coming! I'll revise the model soon
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Edit: well. Not far. But you know what i mean. lots still left to do.
If you take a look at this pic, you will see that there is a little bit of wear around the drum indents, but it is not as sharp and crisp as in your texture, mainly because the gun is not painted, but treated in some way so it doesnt rust. Keep in mind that the pic posted is a pretty old gun, so it would probably be even less wear on a newer one.
I think you would rather see some more stains on the metal, not as much as here though. You would probably see some kind of oil marks on the gun, assuming it has been cared for, and some very sparse scratches.
You could also try to up the contrast on the spec a bit more, to bring more detail to the metal material. Color-wise I think a blue-ish tint doesnt work that well here, a more neutral/warm tone probably could look better.
And i did realize the edge wear wasn't exactly what i intended. I plan on laying out all the edge wear and add a bit more variation to it and more fade were applicable.
Here are a couple refs that i like the edge wear on:
and even though its supper dark:
I feel like I can find a balance between nice interesting edge wear without making the gun full on Apocalyptic. Still lots of work to go.
GRRRR. I just looked at the gun on a different monitor, and it looks way different than when i was working on my main panel. -__-
So annoying.
BAH! I fucking love learning lol.
Thanks for the feedback man. It's much appreciated. I have a serious problem leaving an asset imperfect, So rest assured I will work on this until it looks fucking awesome. Any other advise people have, now or in the future, Don't hesitate to share! Still supper noob at texturing and have lots to learn
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WIP flats for whatever their worth ATM:
http://i.cubeupload.com/KMKqzH.jpg
Lemme know what you guys think! Sorry for updating like every day. i just don't want to head to far in a direction that isn't great, So getting feedback in baby steps helps me figure out what works and what doesn't. Thanks guys.
Edit: Disregard the grip in these. need to make it way darker now. and add all kinds of other shit it to make it not suck :P
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I think it's about finished. Unless I/you guys see major flaws/game breakers, I think I'll shelf this one.
Flats: http://i.cubeupload.com/GZp5P1.jpg
It'd be sweet to get that working in CS:GO, I'd love to start a collection of polycounter weapons
I think you could definitely push the texture a bit more, and pull out some more little details in certain areas. It looks good, but could be pushed further.
Great model and bake nonetheless!
ghaztehschmexeh: Thanks man! If only the skills would pay the bills, I'd be set. And if anyone ever organizes a mod like that for CS:GO i'd be happy to contribute ^^
@CordellC: Thanks!
After looking at it today, I'm definitely going to make some changes before i call it finished. Once i have a few more pieces for my portfolio, I'll come back to this one and touch it up. Bump up the brushed layer, Make the oil/dark stains a bit more appealing, Make some other layers more intense/less intense.
So keep the feedback coming! I'll revise the model soon
I guess my only crit is that its very grey - would love to see some more color in here somewhere.
Regardless, very nice looking model
@Brandoom: yeah. I agree completely. maybe I'll try an old worn/torn lanyard when i update it ^^
as well as make the colors in the diffuse a bit stronger. Seems like i lost them somewhere along the way.