take the text off... having a warning about the primary function of a tool actually written on the tool doesn't make any sense at all... my lamp has a warning on it that says if I turn it on it will illuminate the surrounding area... it doesnt make it sci fi by any means necessary... the only thing it comes close to is…
Usually you would want to set each UV shell/island to its own smoothing group, there are various scripts floating around that'll accomplish this quickly. Also, people usually separate faces with ~90 degree angles (or more) into different shells. And don't forget to set your viewport to Quality Normals (Xoliul's shader…
I must admit I don't get all the hate the text is getting. It's the only element that make the weapon cyberpunk instead of "generic" sci-fi. It's also give some background to the weapon, in a very obvious way I admit. The "clin d'oeil" is that the whole weapon is a warning. The text itself says "don't mess with this…
@Reale Hell yes I'll defend my idea until I die! On serious note, the design without being totally a joke is more like a background setting. There are lot of elements you need to connect. Yeah and don't you think it is stupid? We all read stupid notices on object because the companies who manufacture those objects want to…