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JonasNoell

01-08-2003, 12:52 PM

Hello everyone!

I am currently working for a skin for this (http://www.gfx-center.de/anderefiles/battery/indexbat/blade_skin2.jpg) lowpoly weapon. You might recognize it out of the cinema film Blade 2. Here (http://www.blade2.com/html/images/2nd_concept-art_art_03.jpg) is how the concept artist from Blade 2 drove it.

My job is to do a propper skin for the model. I tried to make it look quite like real chrome, do you think I reached this goal?
Here is the WorkInProgress-Shot

http://www.nut-shell.com/~josh/Upload/files/Blade.jpg

Critics please! Thanks and out
cANt

gnarlycranium

01-08-2003, 12:57 PM

Looks pretty darn good to me, though I don't know about texturing... one complaint though-- why is the picture you posted so heavy? It took forever to load!

JonasNoell

01-08-2003, 01:14 PM

Thanks for your critic. I don't know why the picture took so long to load, maybe the server is busy at the moment. I'm sorry for that...

cANt

CGmonkey

01-08-2003, 01:39 PM

Awesome texture!!
I love it alot!

JonasNoell

01-08-2003, 10:45 PM

Here is a later WIP. The grey parts in the back of the gut still need a skin.
My intention was to make a real photorealstic skin, up to now I'm quite satisfied for this simple renderer. Some parts need some overwork, thogh.

http://www.nut-shell.com/~josh/Upload/files/Bladeskinned.jpg

Feel free to comment.
Thanks in advice, greetings and out...
cANt

gnarlycranium

01-09-2003, 07:16 AM

Yah, it was just the server... silly me.

That thing is looking awesome! One question though-- why are the symbols written on it outlined in white? They look painted on, are they supposed to be, or are they etched?

requiem

01-09-2003, 07:32 AM

can you explain how you got that brushed metal look or do you have a tutorial? is it just using layer masks or what...

JonasNoell

01-09-2003, 08:59 AM

Gnarly Cranium: You are right. Originally they should look etched, I need to overwork. It's that I firstly recieved the model yesterday and did the skin already 2 days before. I have to work for the details now...
requiem: No, it is not that simple how you explained it. Everything is actually handdrawn. For the whole skin up to now I needed about 6 hours, it really needs its time till you get the finished result. I furthermore payed long attention to reference pics.
Well, I have a Tutorial about skinning metal up in the texturesection (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36000). But I must claim, that the tutorials I made are ways easer than making real brushed metal, just try it out, you will get common with the basics.

Greetings...
cANt

requiem

01-09-2003, 09:17 AM

thanks. nice tutorial. short, but exactly what i needed.

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