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Re: Can you bake with averaged normals when not using one smoothing group?
The chamferzone video is old is my guess. Look at a newer one not 6 years old on his same channel, you'll see him use averaged normal projection in the droid vid for example. But yeah non averaged normal projections are probably mostly used for a skew correction or some floater issues. (nothing wrong with that, I wouldn't… -
Re: Elysium SMG
Here's some shots of the high poly work. I originally set out to do more sculpting for the sake of practice, but as time wore on I opted to save time on the last of the body seams with floaters/NDO like I would in production. I also used a coworkers super handy script for duplicating along path, which allowed for the use… -
Re: Modified Mossberg 500
Looking good so far, althought there are a few areas I miss from the original. This one fore example: But perhaps you just decided to keep them out of the model? Or maybe you'll fix it in the textures. And isn't the barrel usually black coated metal? Also, on your highpoly, it looks like the trigger-guard is just a… -
Re: Portfolio wips
hah yes, I thought I'd try using a normal sphere instead of a subdivided cube wich I usually do (I blame the weather/heat :p ), and it looked fine in the viewport, and then with a proper material I saw that that wasn't the brightest idea ^^ and yes, the receiver/grip/charging handle are from the previous one, but that one… -
Re: [UDK] The Riddler's Den
Been Making Progress, with the Camera HP today :) Need to get braver in making detail into the mesh rather than using floaters: And I took into account what Warren said about liking the composition with the split in the room, and I have to agree, I prefer it too. I decided instead of the arch, though, to have some ceiling… -
Re: Bathroom Tiles
If the sides of your grout trench are not sloped you run the risk of not capturing the sides and the normal map comes out flat or just captures a few pixels. It also helps if you bevel the edges of your tiles a bit to help capture that change in angle. When the projection rays hit the surface its looking for angled… -
Re: Poly modelling low to high
What are you even modelling? Some sort of robot part, a car, character? It really depends on the piece so if you wont give us more information no one will be able to help you. But if you really don't want to, then take your references and think how the form would look like without the details that can be baked into normal… -
Hard Surface/ Prop Sketchbook
Decided I'd make a thread to post my stuff, I'm working towards creating some portfolio pieces for a junior prop/ env artist position, I'd love to hear any feedback you guys have for me. So far it's just a load of random stuff modelled for practice or from various concepts, let me know if you have any questions. Futuristic… -
How do you make geometry text for normal map baking?
Hey guys! I faced with some annoying issue in 3ds max while making floaters for my highpoly. I use Text tool, then bevel it and apply chamfer modificator. If I do quiet large chamfer it starts to look ugly, when I do little it looks acceptable, BUT: after exporting it to Substance Painter to bake normal, or any other 3d… -
Re: [WIP] BFG Highpoly Model - Feedback welcome! :)
Thanks for the input, all! <3 I appreciate it a lot. The handle is something I actually redid from the original, having put the gun into the hands of our trusty Unreal scaley boi. I eventually decided that the heft of the gun made holding it on one side too unwieldy, but the grip on one side is where I defaulted to as…
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