What ya Think

[Sir_Elendor]

So i made this model its not animated yet but before i animate it i want to know what to improve ( Mesh/Texture)
The Model is scratch made and uses the steamtank Texture.

 

[Verdun]

Looks like it could be useful, even though it's a little plain rigth now, but that depends on the context I guess. It looks a little like a toy canon.

What I would definately change is the wrap. The wheels don't look right (I know it requires some extra work to wrap these sides of the cylinder as well, but it's necessary). Also, the opening of the canon should be black.

 

[Sir_Elendor]

Yes the wheels and the opening of the cannon are my problem i dont really know how to wrap those sides could you tell me?

 

[Sir_Elendor]

bump

( plz answer my question in the post before)

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

well, unwrap it?
u dont even state which program u use...

 

[Sir_Elendor]

i use milkshape for modelling and bringing the texture on it .
I looked at a UV tutorial but it didnt help me i tried it by my self with lith unwrap but it didnt work. so plz how can i do it?

 

[Revilo]

Could you post a pic of the wireframe plz ?

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

the wireframe doesnt muhc help here with his problem...
i'm sry, i cant really assist you here!

in max (thats what i use) you selest the parts of the mesh and then put an unwrap modifier on it, where you start with basic unwrapping (box-, spheric-, planarmapping and alike) and then you need to push and pull the verts on the unwrap...

maybe it helps you understand the way u need it to do?

 

[Sir_Elendor]

Here the pic of the wireframe and a explanation what parts i mean.


the black round thing is the wheel. its right wrapped. the green round thing should be the top of the wheel its wrong wrapped cause milkshape doenst allow me to wrap to sides of 1object cause the wheels are created with 1 cylinder.

The Yellow thing is the cannon itself. ITs wrapped right.

The purple thing shows the opening of the cannon which i want to be black. ( the brown arrow points on the black "hole" which should be there.)

I cant make it black cause like the wheels the barrel is made of one the cylinder and with milkshape i can wrap only one side (like top or bottom or left,right whatever) and it automaticilly stretches the texture on the not wrapped parts.

So are you familiar to lithunwrap so you can tell me how i can unwrap it with Lith

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

i use roadkill for that matter
(next answer probably not before monday, i just moved to another city and can only get online at work)
but its an easy to use program!

 

[Sir_Elendor]

ok ill try that ty ( +rep for all theanswers)

 

[Just_Spectating]

there are WAY too many poly's for this small model.

the filesize will be killer.

you can achieve the same Roundness without noticing quality change with probably 1/3 the amount you used.

 

[Revilo]

So are you familiar to lithunwrap so you can tell me how i can unwrap it with Lith

I dont use lith but i know how to fix those in milkshape.

 

[Sir_Elendor]

So plz tell me !

@Just Spectating yep!
But i want to redo it with lower filesize but first i want to know how to fix my UV problem

 

[Just_Spectating]

it just seems like you need to increase the size of your wireframe unwrap on the textures to make them seem more detailed

 

[Revilo]

Right then try following these pictures, if you need words as well just say.

6. after youve hidden the inside of the wheel it should be easy to select the rim of the wheels

p.s to unhide just click the hide again

 

[Just_Spectating]

maybe you should look for a better texture

 

[Sir_Elendor]

oooh thank you so much! +rep! thats so nice

 

[Revilo]

No problem happy to help.

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

i think u can let the cannon like it is, but you should definatly reduce the polycount on the wheels!
you dont need so many cuts on the small side