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It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
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Jukebox Hero Prop
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Been working on this one on and off since 2021. Time to finish it. Posting just one main shot first in case anyone has something to point out that I didn't think of. It's "mostly" there. Thanks. Marmoset Toolbag render.
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.. it seems you got the details very precisly (!!
Here's an old ice box I saw at a ranch, it's now used to hold animal food. Notice how the protruding edges show more wear.
I agree with the others about the wear. I feel it and the level of dirt, in this case the lack of it, is inconsistent. Some notes on what I'd expect to see on a jukebox this worn:
My rule of thumb for grime:
- It accumulates in corners, hard to reach crannies and under overhangs below the user's eye level
- May be absent or light and smeared on flatter, easy to reach and clean areas
About wear the suggestion in the post above is great, edges are vulnerable and go first. This kind of finish tends to yellow with time and it won't be uniform, looking like large soft yellow gradients depending in curvature and areas suffering more contact and receiving different light levels, splotchier if combined with grime.
That finish is quite hardy too, I expect to see primer in scratches before I can see the metal. Rust though is different. You'll see it where it's most exposed to humidity like close to the floor, and it comes in bubbles. Pop one and it's completely rusted underneath, leave it alone and the paint might not even change color, just form bubbles.
I couldn't quite find pictures of the rusting I have in mind, but it's similar to this (seen at the lid because most humidity is coming from inside the freezer):
Depending on the kind of paint bubbles can either crack like above or form bubbles within bubbles within more bubbles like this:
In an indoors appliances it never has vertical "leak" rust marks because the object isn't directly exposed to elements to have rain dragging the rust down.
Couple things:
Modeling is my strength. I don't think I've ever been critiqued well on Substance Painter work, going back to the 2014 beta. It's always not enough wear, too much wear, wear in the wrong places, wear is not well defined as to what it is, etc... These comments are typically for me. Also I was in fact working off of references of smaller objects for the wear, since most online Jukeboxes are in pristine condition.
One reason for the lack of dirt is that I'm having rough technical issues. First I had pixelation and large streaks in my generators. I figured out it was the textures inside the Mask Editor. Someone helped me figure out I needed to bake out of Marmoset at 32 bit, not 8 bit. This took care of the pixelation. Then I had to turn the Triplanar setting for the textures to "false" to remove the streaking. Unfortunately, I'm currently dead in water because now I can't save the file! With the 32 bit maps placed in, Substance Painter crashes with every save attempt.
I never did solve the tech issues. I finished this still using the 8-bit maps without the ability to use textures in the generators, just curvature, AO and position. Both Painter and Marmoset are s t r u g g l i n g. Clicking anything is a challenge. Ready to move on.