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1. Re: The Duke

   

   Reply by poopinmymouth · Jul 2007 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   Getting the diffuse map to work with a good volumetric normal map is tricky. You want to compliment the forms, not break them. The easiest way is to start with a light bake from the high poly, since that will assure your details are 1:1 in the right area. Since you now have "real" volume that lights in the engine, the need…

2. Re: The Duke

   

   Reply by Dank · Jul 2007 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   Thanks for the pointers "poop". Ill go back and try to make everything work together and get the details to pop out as you said. I did start with a cavity map converted from the normals map but I strayed quite a bit as ive painted the diffuse and everythigns ended up looking really flat. I think Im just not getting how…

3. The Duke

   

   Topic by Dank · Jul 2007 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   Hi everyone, First timer here, I need to start playing with the big boys and get some creative input. I was looking at "Vidars" low poly work posted the other day (and many others on this board's) and trying to figure out the steps I need to take to get my work up to his standard. My viewport image (max DX standard shader)…