[WEAPON] M60 7.62x51mm GPMG

[Wilkinson]

fine, I sent him a PM...

update:
First basic color applied.


Must add some color variation, scratches, some screws and stuff...

If you dont mind me asking.
1) How did you make the Normals by Hand? They are amazingly well done.
Could you maybe post a tutorial or where you learned this method from? I remember seeing a link but cant remember where I saw it

[Salmonella]

theres no special method, you just draw what you want in grayscale and use tha Nvidia normalmap plugin.

basically, you start with a 50% gray background, white is bump and black depression, if you wanna it smoother -> gaussian blur, shaper -> sharpen and the overall height you adjust via contrast or into the plugin.

for the holes you paint in black over the alpha channel in the difuse texture.

heres one nice overview
Making normal maps from images or 2D art work pt1 : KatsBits TUTORIALS

[Adriaan]

It looks great already! Really good work!

[Rhino]

Looking really, really good Salmonella

BTW, still aint had time to check out your static you sent me and I think you have made some more recent ones from that one, can you sent me your most recent statics so I can review them for ya?

[Chuc]

I'm not home yet so I can't send you anything at the moment :9

[Hauteclocque]

Only two days and you're back !
We miss you

Nice start on the texture Salmonella ! for someone who doesn't have any skills...
I'm sure Mafia will give you his tips

[Salmonella]

Looking really, really good Salmonella

BTW, still aint had time to check out your static you sent me and I think you have made some more recent ones from that one, can you sent me your most recent statics so I can review them for ya?

I have 6 finished and 3 or 4 to go, I'll give a break on the m60 to finish them, then I send it to you.

I'm not home yet so I can't send you anything at the moment :9

alright, for now I'll be using the edited tex from the game.

Update,

added ammo box and belt
added lots of bolts and other stuff on the normalmap.
tweaked color saturation/variation
changed some misconceptions on the model( topcover and handles)

[FPaiva]

The barrels looks like concrete, you should use some levels on it.

[Z-trooper]

The barrel's texture is way too grungy. Maybe if you turn down the contrast on that layer it could work very well.

good work on the other base materials. Overall I am very impressed with the effort you have put into painting your height map - that is the dedication that ensures PR quality work.

[Paladin Necroman]

I think the barrel looks good, showing off the years of use and the rudeness of it. Some guns in games look too brand new and shiny and polished, i don't think a standard brazilian army gun with 30/40 years of use will look so perfect.

[FPaiva]

I think the barrel looks good, showing off the years of use and the rudeness of it. Some guns in games look too brand new and shiny and polished, i don't think a standard brazilian army gun with 30/40 years of use will look so perfect.

Brazilian Army uses the FN MAG GPMG, not the M60. The M60 is used by FARC

[Paladin Necroman]

Brazilian Army uses the FN MAG GPMG, not the M60. The M60 is used by FARC

Ok, i was trying to make my point it shouldn't look so new.

[Salmonella]

[quote=""'[R-COM"]FPaiva;1272291']The barrels looks like concrete, you should use some levels on it.[/quote]

The barrel's texture is way too grungy. Maybe if you turn down the contrast on that layer it could work very well.

Agreed, it doenst look like painted metal, I'm still getting some practice on the textures.
I just don't wanna make that pitch black flat textures where you can't see the model's details

good work on the other base materials. Overall I am very impressed with the effort you have put into painting your height map - that is the dedication that ensures PR quality work.

It isn't a great effort at all, is much easier and faster than modeling and baking the highpoly.
I was excited when I found that GPUmeshmapper, from AMD, that uses GPU instead of CPU, It do the job 10 time faster, but you still have to redo the baking thousands of times until you get a "clean bake".

the map its pretty simple, a bunch of lines n circles


[quote="Paladin Necroman""].... standard brazilian army gun with 30/40 years of use will look so perfect.[/quote]

Paladin, M60 is for FARC and other factions maybe, Brazil will be using the FN MAG, which probably will be the next model I will get involved with.

[Chuc]

If you look at the barrel texture painted on the negev it's rather plain, with only painted highlights and stuff from the AO.

[Gu^n3r]

reminds me of black hawk down

[Salmonella]

al right, another update, I'm tired of endless adjustson the texture, so that is the final texture(at least for this week, lol)

a Ideia of how is gonna be the first person view



a less concrete like barrel, and worn paint...

[Anhkhoa]

The barrel looks a bit cartoony and straight out of the modeling program with just a black coat IMO. And the scratch texture is still a bit over the top.

[Salmonella]

The barrel looks a bit cartoony and straight out of the modeling program with just a black coat IMO. And the scratch texture is still a bit over the top.

Yeah, thats why I said I'm tired of adjusts, I'll leave it for a while.
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I was just playin around with the stationary version, the M60D
Still don't know if it gonna fit any FARC role, maybe on the Chinok like someone said, but here it goes.
m60d - Google Search



the major changes, 2 handed rear grip

modified trigger system

modified rear sight, and removed forehand grip

[Silly_Savage]

That's odd, I thought porn wasn't allowed on these forums?

[HangMan_]

I hope we can see the stationary one on the huey