Low poly mini scene

synty · Jan 2012

Basically just wanting to improve my low poly texturing skills over the next week or so.

I have been making little scenes and props to practice.
Ill chronicle this one here, maybe get some texturing tips wen I get there.

So far just finished the model:

300 tris, will aim for 128 or 256 texture, Uving now

Anthy9986 · Jan 2012

The second picture is not showing up.

Anthy9986 · Jan 2012

also that is a massive candle.

Snader · Jan 2012

I'd give the barrel some more sides (make it 12 sided or something) and an extra loop, as well as 1 or 2 more sides on the chest lid, and I'd add a floating box for the lock. Also a few sparse tris on the mop.

I'd make the stool square with slightly tapered corners to spare some polies yet look a bit smoother. And I'd make those thin pegs 3 sided if they aren't already.

synty · Jan 2012

yeah the model itself was just a really quick mesh for painting, although good point about the lock, ill add one after the maps done. Also re-sized the candle.

Heres what the uvs look like

The floor will be a RGB+A separate map.

synty · Feb 2012

Have started the texture, Also added more spans in the barrel and a lock both done post uvs.

How the texture looks so far:

Advice welcome as I'm trying to better my "Hand painted" texture skills.

The texture is still wip.

megalmn2000 · Feb 2012

Did you tried to bake an ambient occlusion map and overlay on it? It can add more depth to the shapes.

synty · Feb 2012

yeah, i bake them with turtle in maya, altho im going to try paint it on this one with soft gradients, some of the uvs are over lapping as well.

synty · Feb 2012

any idea on how i can make the top of the stool look nice? i want some sort of wood end grain but have no idea how to paint it...

salacious_Crumb · Feb 2012

Looks like a good start. You could get some other subtle colours going in your textures. A floor might be nice too. Thats quite a small texture size. Are you working at double that, then resizing it in PS?
Have a search on here for hand painted threads. Theres been a few and some have really good advice in them.

For the stool you could try something like the texture they used on the wood ends in Stormwind:
http://azerothremembered.blogspot.com/2010/07/eastern-kingdoms-stormwind-city.html

synty · Feb 2012

Thanks for the advice, That website is really cool great reference

Added a floor and some AO both wip, Gana have a crack at the top of the seat now see how it goes

Hayden Zammit · Feb 2012

Looks really nice. Like the texture work so far.

velendil · Feb 2012

I love it !

marq4porsche · Feb 2012

Looks great, and those shots from wow were pretty sweet as well. Great reference to draw from.

synty · Feb 2012

Finished the top of the seat,

Also found a site that has a good tutorial for texture painting http://www.smileybones.com/tutorials/

Tigerfeet · Feb 2012

Actually, having the top of the seat be a cross-cut I think made more sense if you're going to have a vertical grain all the way around.

PLing · Feb 2012

Yeah I quite the old seat top style.

ikblue · Feb 2012

Nice mini scene! I agree with Tigerfeet I prefered the circular top for the stool. Maybe it just needed to be a bit more detailed and contrasted (it misses some darker strokes)...
Anyway, I like it