UV Unwrapping a wellington boot

#1

I have to apply a clients plaid/tartan texture to a wellington boot model. I got the model from turbosquid but the UVs supplied aren’t what I’m looking for. What’s the best way to do this? I was hoping to do some kind of pelt mapping, but as far as I know c4d doesn’t have that feature. The boots will be viewed from the front, so its the front and sides and the toe I’m worried about.

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#2

So I’ve cut the back edge and unwrapped the UVs and got quite a good result. The toe area is distorted though, what’s the best way to fix that?

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#3

Was the texture designed to fit the model ?
If not you could project it using Bodypaint, painting over it like a stensil, and finally get all the parts right …
Then bake it and get back the UVs