Ah okies, it never occured to me that it might be cast iron. But makes sense now that you mention it. Is all that detail in your diffuse? Also is it possible to have green cast iron or is it painted?
Low Poly model with the HP diffuse/polypaint applied. Much to do still but an end in sight. Need to tie the pieces together with one last pass of mud, wear n tear etc and add a few pieces here and there, mostly pipes and the ammo feed/containers. Then onto the stand and dio. C and C welcome.
Thanks for the input IchII3D, and the refs, always good to add to my collection. Just a quick one though, there aren't any normal maps on it yet :) Re: refs, lovely that they are, Im going for a more CAST metal look rather than sheet metal and alloys, a few of the plates and the canopy might be given a more aluminium feel…
Well, to be honest it seemed like a good piece with enough similar but 'maybe' slightly different materials to use as a polypainting exercise so its a bit fudged, I used aviation refs for the sculpt to a large degree so your totally bang on with your refs of sheet metal, but when I got to texturing I felt the pieces…
Some great refs there IchII3D, very much appreciated and thanks for the kind words. I'm such a light weight when it comes to texturing and am really out of my depth when it comes to making choices. For instance how much of the specular highlights, (the most white and shiny areas of exposed metal); I should paint in white…