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Re: Colt Dragoon
The diffuse seems alright. It's a little plain and you could add in some subtle, localized wear even if you don't want that really worn look. You may also want to consider darkening it and adding some cubemap reflections to really enhance that metal look. Any reason why there is no AO on the spec? Why would the shadows be… -
Re: Colt Dragoon
Those scratches in the paintover don't really match the ref and look overdone. Also, the engravings should be dark on the diffuse and black on the spec. Notice how in your ref there's all sorts of interesting grime accumulating in different ways around the engraving. -
Re: Colt Dragoon
Need to make the inside part of your screws dark on the diffuse and spec. Add lots of brown/grey grime to the crevices and make that solid black on the spec. Also might want to add some spec-only grime and schmutz on the metal and wood. -
Re: Colt Dragoon
Finally got all the extra normal detail in there, did some more work on the grime, got the AO for the screws in there, and got the engraving on the cylinder. I think I'm gonna call this done for now, I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. All c&c is welcome as I may go back and do another newer version with all sorts of… -
Re: Colt Dragoon
Here is a pretty good diagram of why you wouldn't put AO in your specular map. http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=972306&postcount=41 You asked "Why would the shadows be shiny?" well if an area is lit then there's not going to be any ambient occlusion there, just direct light. The spec map controls how much how… -
Re: Colt Dragoon
Matt remember it's ALWAYS better to make textures higher res than what will be used, just in case you need a higher res version for another platform or for a cinematic. You can always down res, but you can't up res. It's looking good but way too much reliance on your normal map still. Your diffuse and spec map should still… -
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While that's technically correct, there's a lot more to how light works in the real world than in games, since our engines aren't that advanced yet. If they were, we'd be using all flat texture maps with no AO in any of them. But in games we still need to do hacks to make things look like they do in the real world, even if… -
Re: Colt Dragoon
Looking pretty sweet man. Just a couple things: Your spec could benefit from a little more variation/contrast I would say. Nothing too crazy though. Also some type of reflection (cubemap/realtime) on the metal would help it alot. Also a 2048 texture I have to say, is pretty redonkulous. A 512 is more likely for a first… -
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@ Kitteh: Yeah I've never been particularly comfortable doing grime, I either end up with it being too subtle or too much. I've re-done the grime a bit, focusing on crevices where I would imagine dirt would collect. @ vcool: Agreed, I went ahead and made a cavity map from the normal, darkened it up quite a bit, and then…
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