Hey Eric! Thank you so much for your feedback! Please ignore the lightning, the photos are directly from the Substance Painter viewport, they are not renders. I agree it's flat right now. I want to render it in Marmoset. But I can try to make a bigger difference in roughness in the asset. I will check the example that you…
I'm very early on my journey here as well, so take what I say with a pinch of salt. But I think in terms of visualizing where you need to try to get to it's helpful to take a look at the portfolios of the finalists of the Rookies Awards https://www.therookies.co/contests/121/finalists. Those are basically the best people…
EZ all, I've started using Max again over the last couple of days because I've had some time on my hands finally. I haven't forgotten TOO much, but I just have a quick question about the "unfold" feature of the Unwrap UVW modifier. Usually the command works just as expected (if I can picture the UV's unfolding in my head,…
I might be wrong, but I think it could stand to be slightly wider, by about 5 - 10% maybe . And I don't necessarily agree with dirtying it up. I like it how it is. The Kalashnikov is the most produced assault rifle in history (I believe it's still in production even today, in one form or another), so there are probably…
IMHO I would rather start by enquiring with the shop if they can even process polygon models at all ; because if they can't then the time spent sculpting in Zbrush would be wasted. But if they can, then you could get some example files from them to see how they set them up : do they need a thin surface, or a thick slab,…
You certainly can, however the purpose of trim is reusability too so unless you have some similar assets like bicycle for example that can use that same trimsheet it will just be like a unique texture. Here is a good example https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Z5Ngl8
Well you're right, my professional experience is all open-world stuff, so it's usually a question of 'does it even need a normal/spec map?' rather than whether it needs a color spec map or not. I do have a personal interest in this stuff though, and I try to keep myself up-to-date on what other people are doing. Always up…