Best Workflow For Creating A Specific Look

narticus

I am very new to Substance, but I'm quickly realizing how powerful it is. I am trying to achieve a look similar to this:



Mainly a blend of 3 materials: the base reddish metal, the greenish wet/worn metal, and the random and cavity based rust.

Should I create 3 separate substances in Substance Designer, then bring them into Painter, and apply? Or do you think these could all be created procedurally in Designer?

narticus

I guess what I am basically asking is: could this look be achieved through Designer or Painter alone, or would it have to be through a combination of the two?

Jerc

You'll have to go through Photoshop for the text , but apart from that I'm pretty sure using either SD or SP would work.

narticus

Yeah, I'll take care of the text in PS for sure. But with so many SD and SP tutorials out there, I haven't had luck finding one that details adding rust, specifically. Jerc, could you point me in the right direction?

Justin Meisse

There's a drip generator in Painter that works good for dripping rust. I made this to show you but I goofed and modeled it laying flat so the drip generator didn't work :P

narticus

Nice, thanks!

Is that a procedural generator, or do you paint the drips on, using gravity?
(admittedly, still a Substance n00b)

Justin Meisse

It's a mix of generated masks and painted masks

Froyok

You can also use the particles brush to generate the dripping rust (you can control the gravity direction and intensity in the particles settings).

narticus

Thanks for the suggestions! A link to my other thread for the train car: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153634&page=2

Now on to a completely different material. A rough tiled stone:



Is it possible to create a tileable stone material like this in Substance Designer? From what I've found online so far, it seems like more regular bricks and stones are possible, but what about something with this much variety (especially in the height map)?

I've done something similar in Zbrush before, but I'd like to create this one in Substance. If anyone knows of a good tutorial for creating stone like this, I'm all ears.

Tortuga

Yes narticus its totally possible. You might want to check this out: https://youtu.be/W6ou6kpZKMI

narticus

Thanks! That tut looks great.

sprunghunt

Justin Meisse wrote: »

There's a drip generator in Painter that works good for dripping rust. I made this to show you but I goofed and modeled it laying flat so the drip generator didn't work :P

The 'up' direction on the drip comes from the generated position map. When you look at the Position baker in the 'Scene Information Baking' dialog you can see that it's possible to change the axis to something other than Y.

For a model laying flat you can change it to Z or X to change the direction of drips and other gravitational effects.