How to Optimise beads/pearls decoration?

elias leoanrd

Hi, so i'm modeling an AK 47 with some african style decorations.

it should look like these beads this man is wearing


Obviously it's holding a lot of polygons, so how should i optimize it so i can unwrap it and bake it without losing the effect of the beads?

Neox

man it already looks like it was baked, so just bake it on. the stuff is so tight you cannbarely see the individual spheres, it should work just fine.

elias leoanrd

so you would just bake those beads on to a tube or something?

Neox

here is a quick overpaint

a3D

elias leoanrd wrote: »

Obviously it's holding a lot of polygons, so how should i optimize it so i can unwrap it and bake it without losing the effect of the beads?

You don't have to optimize and unwrap the hipoly. Just make a lowpoly and follow standard baking procedure.