3D Creative December 2015

3DCREATIVE MAGAZINE | Texturing sci-fi ships with MARI
Texturing bronze parts: Now let’s bring some color into this ship. I
05 have supplied all the textures used in this project in the downloads.
Import the Bronze 2k texture with the image manager. Select individual
components, create a new layer in our Diffuse channel and fill in the objects
with the bronze texture.
Making a rivet texture: For our ship to look as if it’s made of large
06 steel plates, using a rivet or bolt texture along the seams will help to
give the impression of material type and scale. Firstly, import the blue bold
picture provided into Photoshop, and use the Select Color Range tool to
select the blue parts. You can adjust the fuzziness to leave only the shadows
from the bolts. Then right-click, Select Inverse and delete the blue.
Next we can desaturate the color and place a small gray disc behind where
the bolts were to fill them back in. Creating a small gray disc is easily done by
making a circular selection and filling it with mid-gray paint. Then export this
as a PNG to retain the transparency.
Placing the rivet texture: Before we place the rivet texture created
07 in Photoshop, we first need to apply the base metal texture. Import
the ‘Plain Metal’ texture provided into the image manager, and on a new
layer, use it to texture the main body of the ship. When this is complete,
make another new layer and apply the rivet texture in such a way to create
the effect of panels where you feel they fit best. You can adjust the size of
a texture in the buffer window by holding Shift+Ctrl and left-clicking while
dragging left to right. You can also change the color or tone of the texture
being painted by changing the color in the swatch in the top menu.
Additional metals: To create a variation of metal types, I think we
08 should apply a lighter type of metal to the sides and front of the
body, as well as more bronze on some of the smaller details. We can achieve
Picking out the ship’s bronze detailing
Creating a rivet texture with Photoshop
Applying the rivet texture to a base metal texture
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