Finally got around to coloring this model.

I'm learning as I go with this, because I never texture my 3D models.



So far, this is just the color map with a basic material.



I'm gonna try and make this as good as possible, and that includes these things.

color map

Bump map

specularity map

Special shaders / materials

That should make him look pretty realistic.

Then for animation, I'm planning on doing a low polygon version of this guy, then using the high resolution mesh for the Normal map.


For those that don't know, Normal mapping is the big thing for next gen games.

It let's you transfer detail from a high polygon model to a very low polygon model. Making the low polygon model look almost the same as the high polygon model.

It's like a more advanced bump mapping system.

so yeah...


I'll post updates as I go, if anybody wants to see them.

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About the design

I'm not sure if I'm going to make the tail metallic like in the game.

I was thinking of giving him some kind of armor.

I'll do his main separately.









He looks blocky like that and with the low resolution texture, because I'm working in Zbrush and that's just how models look in that program.

Later on I'll transfer it to 3D studio max and it'll look smooth.