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andalusian
11-01-2009, 06:26 PM
Built in 3DStudio Max 9
Images I've include are the front view of the house, my main reference image, and a texturing test.

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My demo reel is in a sorry state right now so I'm giving it a make over.

I'm looking for the best way to go about texturing this lovely little old house. I used reference images to ensure proper proportions.

I built the main house, roof, balconies, proch etc seperately and attached the elements to make one object for easy unwrapping. This house is going to be old and little scruffy, but not damaged. I attached a test image of what I'm going to do for the siding - normal and spec maps were used.

I'm wondering if I should use subobject material for this or just unwrap and plug in the appropriate spec and bump maps?

Was creating seperate objects and using attach to most effective way of building this?

I also contemplated just using planes with alpha maps for the spindles on the balconies but I hate how flat it would look. If this house had more floors I might do that. What are your thoughts?
GradiusCancer
11-02-2009, 11:34 AM
It's really up to you since this is an artistic showcase as opposed to a working piece of game art. I tend to keep things separate so they are easy to work with, adjust and manipulate into pieces. Multi/Sub-Objects are great for setting up a clean looking material editor, and translates directly into Unreal perfectly for setting up materials.

I wouldn't worry about using alphas, Those are simple shapes, and polygon counts don't matter as much these days.

This may be relevant to your interests;
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=132&t=821025
gsokol
11-02-2009, 02:37 PM
Nice start there. Are you from Schaumburg, IL by any chance?
andalusian
11-02-2009, 05:48 PM
GradiusCancer - Thanks for your reply, I'm going to experiment with multi sub object materials in the unreal engine...a clean material editor is always good thing :D.

gsokol - Actually I'm from Elk Grove, It's about 10 minutes away. I've Been in Schaumburg for the past couple years.
GArriola83
11-04-2009, 03:48 PM
i went to ai schaumburg as well, gsokol knows me. go to see some work from that school
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