Need some help with a scalpel I'm making.

ZenDavis

I have made this scalpel but it has no depth. The polygon is one sided therefore but with a 2 sided material of course.

The problem however is when I render the texture the orange parts are also grey and that's how it looks on the texture. But when I apply the texture on the model I see the oranges appear right there. After baking the oranges are just like a line with the outline you see on the model and from there are stretched towards inside until where you see above.

I'm trying to figure out how I can make the edge of the scalpel look like a proper blade. Any advice please?

tigg

what do your uvs look like? It looks like the outside ring of faces isnt taking any of its own uv space, so thats why it just stretches one pixel out the whole way.

ZenDavis

The UVs look exactly the same as the model. Its one island without any seams in it. So why does the area around it not have a uv space on 0-1 ? I'm selecting flatten mapping with 45 degree as usual.

iconoplast

The UVs don't look the same as the model. You don't have the edges at all there. It's only showing the center of the blade. Find the edge polygons and space them correctly and you should be set.

poopipe

Or planar map it if you arent some kind of masochist..

ZenDavis

Hey guys. Thank you for all your help! Got it looking right! Yeah I know. I probably overdid it on the DOF.