This is a little project I started fiddling with a long time ago. Well, okay, a very long time ago. But I finally pulled it to the top of the pile and have finished a beta version at least.
Here's a shot of the finished product, and a link to the beta version for anyone that would like to test build it and give me feedback. Even if you don't want to test build it, I'd still appreciate feedback.
It took me a long time to come up with textures I liked, and while they're nowhere near perfect, they look pretty decent. I still want to find better textures for the base (a polished copper kind of color) and I may just map the gold bits in the center to one of the images I've found on the web, though none are really high resolution.
The reason I haven't just mapped it to an image is that I can't find one with even lighting. I want the model to have consistent coloring so that when it's displayed, the actual lighting illuminates it, rather than having an artificial lighting.
If you have a link to a good Gold texture, or a good polished copper please share it. I have a few more ideas as well, but I'll post those later when I get around to testing them. Whenever that is.
Download Beta Version
Here's a shot of the finished product, and a link to the beta version for anyone that would like to test build it and give me feedback. Even if you don't want to test build it, I'd still appreciate feedback.
It took me a long time to come up with textures I liked, and while they're nowhere near perfect, they look pretty decent. I still want to find better textures for the base (a polished copper kind of color) and I may just map the gold bits in the center to one of the images I've found on the web, though none are really high resolution.
The reason I haven't just mapped it to an image is that I can't find one with even lighting. I want the model to have consistent coloring so that when it's displayed, the actual lighting illuminates it, rather than having an artificial lighting.
If you have a link to a good Gold texture, or a good polished copper please share it. I have a few more ideas as well, but I'll post those later when I get around to testing them. Whenever that is.
Download Beta Version