Tread Texture Help

JoBritt

Hey guys,
I am attempting to make the texture for the red and dark red tread but am having some difficulties about ways to go about it. Would any anyone happen to know the best way to approach this?

Eric Chadwick

Looks like a repeating pattern to me, with an offset for each red bar.

Can you show your attempt so far?

I would break it down into parts. First I would create a single diagonal bar as a mesh, and add the metal caps on each end. Then duplicate it along the tread. Then create a tiling texture of the red pattern, dark red "S" shapes on a light red background. Then I would UV the diagonals with a small UV square so the "S" pattern would tile across them.  

JoBritt

@Eric Chadwick Apologies for the late reply! Here is my attempt so far 

JoBritt

Hmmmm how would you suggest going about the S shape patterns?

Eric Chadwick

It's a really simple pattern. Just drop some dark red dots on a red background. Tile it. Create a new material for the diagonal-bar meshes, and UV your tiling red texture so it repeats a lot.

JoBritt

@Eric Chadwick Thank you so much my man!! I'm gonna give it a shot and I will let you know how it turns out!