Massive HW2 Interceptor progress dump

When last we saw the interceptor it had no texture, and the interceptor has quite a lot of detail going on in it's texture so i broke down the panel compositions here for ease of viewing.

next I created an abstract diffuse to define where the panels were in texture space so i could work mostly on the texture sheet.

Next using the guide I created  a base diffuse for the fighter.

Then added some grime.

Then useing this as a base I created the maps I needed for UE4 which were (deep breath) Albedo, roughness, Metalness, AO, Normal and emissive. put the whole thing int UE4 and bam, project complete.

Final thoughts
what went well:- breaking down the panels into an abstract diffuse to work from worked really well, will definitely do again
what went poorly:- the interaction of the generated normal map and the geometry is a bit naff in places, next time will mix a baked base shape map with the extra panneling effects map. also most of the wear and tear is lost from the final paint to import, need to experiment with better ways of adding damage that shows better in UE4

Step2

Tweaked the geometry a chunk and experimented with adding creating a high poly for the paneling of the ship. didn't work out so instead I have decided to generate the normal maps by painting them. So I unwrapped it and am now deciding on the best tool to paint it.
Step time - 1hr
Total time - 1hr 40 mins
Projected finish - 4hrs

New Personal project, Higarrian Interceptor, HW2

Been a while since i made a post and i need to do more practice whilst looking for work. So i'm going to make some homeworld ships. starting with the interceptor.
time so far 40 mins.

Robo Rohnin

Wip robo rohnin, next step is the polish pass. then its time for bake and paint, and then rigging + animation for ue4 :S

Tileing rock tutorial

More materials

now to use the mats to make a scene

Used my stone to create some textures

was much quicker than i though it would take, having the reusable stone was very helpful.