Zbrush alpha ona curve, help please :)

Borx25

Hi, im new here.

im making an armor, just for fun and to practice with zbrush and max, got the basic shape done, now i want to add that detail to some borders, made the alpha in photoshop, more or less like the reference but i see no way to put it in there right, without overlapping and such.

So i'd need like a way to place the alpha on a curve (so it will deform a bit) and like tiling right.
btw im still a noob with zbrush, so maybe its so easy to do it and i havent realised...

anyway thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

here the image:

Bartalon

If it's seamless, you might be able to use the Alpha Roll brush

http://pixologic.com/zclassroom/homeroom/lesson/3d-brushes/

kurt_hectic

Dude, add it later, in photoshop you can easly bend it with puppet tool.

convolution223

When I use the Alpha rolling feature it just makes a bunch of instances of my alpha with a space between and not fully colored, even though i have it set to Freehand and the RGB is maxed at 100. Any thoughts? I might just do the Photoshop method but would like to do it in zbrush so I don't need to worry about if the UV layout will be slightly warped.

I've also tried using radial symmetry but when the instances overlap it looks horrendous.

Placing each one by hand is a pain and they never line up exactly, even though it's tileable.

EDIT: Just realized the photoshop idea is for creating custom alphas for each use, not for painting directly on the diffuse map. But in my case, I want to create a belt that goes all the way around with a pattern.

convolution223

..