Making a Midevil Armor Metal Texture (help pls)

[EricChadwick]

Here's one.
http://www.geocities.com/kingofdaveness/tut_stepbystep.html

Another.
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/qbranch/tutorials/metals.shtml

Not exactly shiny, but some good tips.
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/kingscastle/tute_1.htm

[leigh]

Like this??

http://leigh.cgcommunity.com/reel/elf_armour_new.jpg

I made this armour using handpainted maps, really easy. Just have a nice dark colour, and then high reflection, and low diffusion values :)

[Barbas]

I made this armour using handpainted maps, really easy
That is if you can paint like picaso or leigh
Leigh that the best cg armor i've ever seen!! :eek:

[Azure_Magi]

Thats pritty intense im going for more of a game art look but ill try out your tech, and thanks for the tuts posm

[EricChadwick]

Leigh that's very nice. Sweet like honey. I like the subtle gold colorations. The env map is great too, did you paint it, or is it blurred photo-source?

[Ian Jones]

Leigh, could you explain a little more what you meant by 'low diffusion'?

[leigh]

Lowering your diffusion value helps to improve the quality of your reflections :) It also prevents oversaturation of the surface when lit ;)

I wrote a bit about it in the Texturing For Dummies part... errr I think it was Part 4... here in this forum. You can also find it on my site - here! (http://leigh.cgcommunity.com/tutorials.htm) :)

[Ian Jones]

wow, you are quick.

Thx for the explanation. I had actually read your texturing workshop in the past, but it must have gone in one ear and out the other!

I still am a little confused however. For example... with 3DSmax5 standard materials it has 'diffuse' under the Blinn basic parameters and in the maps rollout further down it has 'diffuse colour'. So, my question is... in which slot do I put my colour map?

This may well be a stupid question... :)

[Ian Jones]

Or should I be avoiding the standard material altogether and just stick with either a raytrace, or use a brazil material which has proper slots?

[leigh]

Hmmm I haven't used Max for a long time, so I'm not sure about the diffuse colour stuff... I know that the raytrace material options work right though :)

[Ian Jones]

omg, I keep confusing myself even more. Sorry to hijack this thread.

Whats the difference between diffuse and diffusion? I thought they were the same? so if they are.. then why does a raytrace material or a brazil material have seperate slots for them?

[Ian Jones]

hrm.. I think I got it now. Max calls the colour slots 'diffuse' for some stupid reason. The raytrace material has a diffuse slot for colour map, and a 'diffusion' slot for a true diffuse map.

Still, why would a brazil material have three? diffuse, diffusion and colour.

hrm... I'm diggin a deeper hole now.

[Peregrine]

because brazil wants to provide things for everyone? color if you want it to be called that, diffuse if you like that, and diffusion is needed anyway... perhaps.

[EricChadwick]

Ask splutterfish. If you aren't registered, there's the chat. Also the free forum.

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