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Been working on a Aluminum Texture color

Mach3DS

Mach3DS

Charter Member
Very Very early test. Completely new color and texture I'm trying out for aircraft aluminum. What do you think? Don't worry about the reflection so much as the color and little scratches etc. Is is ok?



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Hell yes !!
However, it's a bit too much reflective like that. I would reduce the reflection power a tiny bit. Like, only 5 or 10% less, see what I mean ? To keep these nice reflections (chrome effect) but to avoid have a real mirror.
 
Indeed very nice!

Could you lower the reflectivity so we can have a bit better look at the texture? It looks very nice now, but a bit too blue I think. The blue could be from the environment map though.
 
Looks excellent to me. Question though whether on something like this peoples' mileage will vary significantly due to different machine specs/settings?
 
From what I can see in the screen cap it looks like you are very close. Leaving the reflection value out of the analysis of course.

The deep black on the upper surface is very convincing. The trick is balancing the spec values in relation to the cube map. It looks good.

The bump alpha/spec alpha look exceptional. Without seeing the aircraft in motion it's always difficult to tell.

It's a bit hard to perceive your weathering because of the shine, but it appears that your foundation should produce a good end result. The magic is always in the texture art, hand painting the panel wear rather than using noise in the spec layer is the best approach. IMHO

Looks like a really good start. Beautiful.
 
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Too much reflection...Agreed. I just threw an alpha at it to get it in sim...I will reduce it..Ok sounds like color is good :) Gman is correct. Lots to do. Fiction is good!
 
This is getting extremely close to "photorealistic". Especially on the second shot :encouragement:

EDIT: just to be sure, this is the Vertigo Panther, right ? I haven't bought it.... yet...
 
Vertigo Studios F9F. Thank you. Getting closer. Applied to a stock paint, as to not reinvent the wheel.
 
Thanks for the info :) This plane is getting a 40% discount at pcaviator for Easter sales. I think I'm going to pick it up.

Applied to a stock paint, as to not reinvent the wheel.
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Would that mean that any repaint from that plane could benefit from these improvements just by copying a few files over ?
 
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