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1. Re: Hard surface robot character detailing questions

   

   Reply by cryrid · Nov 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   You basically create a height map. 50% gray is flat, black pushes in, white sticks out. http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9046/normalmapminitutrf7.jpg has a good example

2. Re: Hard surface robot character detailing questions

   

   Reply by Cortes · Nov 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thanks for the responses! @Sean_EG The most important detail of what I'm going for are grooves to create the illusion of separate armor plates. I do in fact have nDo and am pleased with what it's capable of, but I'm not sure how to get a "negative" shape in it. Ndo is great for sculpting raised areas, but I haven't figured…