Tread Texture Help

JoBritt · Mar 2020

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?

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/08/b0ss9k0e5940.png

Eric Chadwick · Mar 2020

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 · Mar 2020

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

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/fq/98aptwxpvyj2.png

JoBritt · Mar 2020

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

Eric Chadwick · Mar 2020

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 · Mar 2020

@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!

Tread Texture Help

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