[WIP] - Martini-Henry

Wesley · Apr 2011

Hey folks, pretty much finished the high-poly modelling in Max, then going to take it into zBrush to add some more detail and rough up the surface a bit. Feedback at this stage would be great, so any is welcome!

(I realised as I was uploading these pictures the ram-rod and barrel sights were missing. Also, my Nitrous viewport gives me some odd shading.)

Colditz · Apr 2011

I like the model, but most edges of the metal pieces are way too sharp.

Kitteh · Apr 2011

+1, edges are way too sharp, they won't even show up in the normal map. I modeled this gun once a few years ago, cool gun

Wesley · Apr 2011

Okay, cheers for that guys. Is this better, or do I still need to go a bit further? I'm not too sure how far you should exaggerated the edges for sake of the normal map.

ayoub44 · Apr 2011

Great work man , post some render shot

will be nice .. keep it up

Wesley · Dec 2011

Sparkwire · Dec 2011

A lot of your edges are still too hard, and you could definitely cut down on some triangles on that pinkie-guard(???).

Wesley · Apr 2012

Okay I thought I'd try and finish this off. I've been working on the darker metal.

Diffuse and spec:

Wesley · Apr 2012

Added a gloss map.

Xelan101 · Apr 2012

Your spec seems way too dark right now. Metal has a relatively high specular, there's no reason your spec should even be darker than your diffuse when texturing metal. If you want the metal darker you should really darken up the diffuse and then hit it with a bright spec and just keep darkening the diffuse until you hit the colors/values you like. Right now it feels very matte and not metal at all.

Also you should use the opposite of the color of the wood on your spec map because right now with the orange highlight it's reading as copper to me, and looks more metal than the metal does, because of the higher spec on the wood. If you invert the color and bring the spec down somewhat (depending on how lacquered and shiny the wood is meant to be) you should get a softer white highlight which will help it actually read as wood.

For more info on how spec works with different types of materials try checking this out http://www.manufato.com/?p=902

Wesley · Apr 2012

Hey man, thanks for the feedback. I've read that article a couple of times, I guess I've just been going down the wrong path for a little while. Everything you've said makes complete sense. I'll make some changes and post up the results.

Thanks again man!

Wesley · Apr 2012

Ok I've worked on the action body. Need to clean up my PSD and get the rest of that metal grouped with it before starting on the wood.

Wesley · Apr 2012

Okay I'd love some crit on this.

Xelan101 · Apr 2012

So much better than it was before, the metal definitely reads as metal and the wood reads like wood.

My only suggestion is to maybe make the gunk at the connection point between the stock and the metal piece a bit more subtle it seems a little bit too harsh, same with some of the scratches. I'd just knock them back a bit in that 3rd map of yours (which is the gloss? right?)

Also I'd make the scratched off paint/metal around the bit below the barrel a tad more subtle as well.

Otherwise I'd say this is pretty much done.

Finalstraw · Apr 2012

Looking much better. However the cuts and scrapes in the spec are far too harsh on the wood! Assuming the scrapes are a separate layer, wack the opacity down on them to about 50% and try it out.

The metal however is looking good, the end of the barrel is looking very nice, that is the real stand out bit for me. Again though, the contrast on the metal is quite intense, a bit much perhaps.

Wesley · Apr 2012

Thanks guys!

[WIP] - Martini-Henry

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