3D Creative December 2015

3DCREATIVE MAGAZINE | ISSUE 124
Texturing the propellers and side engine
Adding a wood paneling effect to the nose of the ship
Painting the windows: Using the provided texture ‘dull window’,
12 we can now start to fill in those windows. After importing the texture
using the image manager we can fill in the window panes. If the texture looks
a bit too dull or dark, we can boost the lightness by using an adjustment
stack on the layer with the window texture.
Wooden texturing: In keeping with the vintage theme and in the
13 interest of variety of texture and materials, we can paint a nice
section of wood paneling on the nose section. Using the wood texture, first
paint the front’s side panels, before moving or baking the texture. Select the
Spline Warper tool on the top and drag a rectangle around the shape. Using
the frame that appears, drag the texture to fit the general shape of the nose
by pushing and pulling on the frame edges. Then hit ‘B’ to bake the texture
in place.
The propeller and side engine: Using the texture ‘round metal’,
14 we can paint the propellers now. As this texture is very brown, I will
Adding dirt and grime build-up gives the textures more depth
use an adjustment stack to desaturate it to be almost gray, and darken it just
a little as well. Next, for the side engine section, we can paint the inside of it
using the ‘mesh’ texture. At this point we may fill in the rest of the side engine
using the ‘plain metal’ texture. We can update our specular map with these
textures as before.
Adding dirt and grime: As a finishing touch it’s always good to
15 add some wear and tear to a vehicle like this. First make a new layer
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