Jarold's Armory

[Jarold]

I'm using Wings3d and photoshop cs2 with the Nvidia .dds plugin.

Download :  http://www.mediafire.com/?1w8ptcynt9c6277  Must ask for permission to use, unless it is going to be used for NI.

See what i'm doing to help out our friendly neighborhood cRPG players! http://forum.meleegaming.com/suggestions...!-updated/



Estoc

Stabby two hander that has about 106 reach.

Estoc

     


Flambard - Two Handed

Ok so i'm obsessed with flame bladed swords, which is what Flambard means, so I made one. The Flambard has three different versions. It probably has about 117 reach.

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

One Handed Mourningstar

After many trials and errors I think I finally perfected it.

Mourningstar

Helmets

I was always annoyed by the way the great helmet just floated without a neck so here is something for the neck.

Great Helmet with coif

            Just the regular great helmet with a neck coif.

Horned Great Helmet

            Just the winged great helmet without its "feathers".



Flammard

Flamberge 1h

Greaves

Now please don't laugh at my first attempt at an armor piece.

Greaves

Random Models

Just random stuff that I made while bored.

Legendary Double Headed Throwing Axe

[Maroon]

Looking good! And you're right, the weapon is glowy because you didn't add a normal map yet, and the normal map defines which parts should reflect (like the metal parts) and which parts shouldn't. I'm typing on my ipod atm, so I can't refer you to some guides, but I will when I get on my pc

[Krilline]

It's a One Handed Flamberge ? lol

[Senni]

Looking good! And you're right, the weapon is glowy because you didn't add a normal map yet, and the normal map defines which parts should reflect (like the metal parts) and which parts shouldn't. I'm typing on my ipod atm, so I can't refer you to some guides, but I will when I get on my pc

You mean the specular!

Normalmap is used for adding fake 3d detail.

E.g. rather than modelling a scratch, you put it in the normalmap, ingame, it'll appear as if there is a physicial scratch (from the front ).


Also try to fill out the UV map as much as possible!

[Jarold]

So how do I make the specular exactly, I've been sitting here staring at my screen for awhile now. 

Also yeah i'm gonna redo part of the uv map to cover more area.

[Maroon]

[quote author=Maroon link=topic=12661.msg103325#msg103325 date=1367481934]
Looking good! And you're right, the weapon is glowy because you didn't add a normal map yet, and the normal map defines which parts should reflect (like the metal parts) and which parts shouldn't. I'm typing on my ipod atm, so I can't refer you to some guides, but I will when I get on my pc

You mean the specular!
[/quote]
Ah, so I did

Anyway, what you need to do, is, first of, save a backup of your texture.
Once you're sure you have it saved somewhere, combine all your layers into one (by selecting them all, and pressing Ctrl + E). Desaturate the entire image (Ctrl Alt U iirc), so that it turns into a black and white version. If I recall correctly, this black and white version should be in a new layer. If not, go back to your version with colours, copy it all, paste it in a new layer, and desaturate that new layer.
Next thing you wanna do is select all parts you want to have shiny (metal parts in your case), and copy that. Then, in the layers window, you can see a tab called 'Channels'. Open that one, press the button near the bottom of the window to create a new channel, which should be called 'Alpha Channel'. Paste your copied desaturated stuff in it.
Important to remember here, is that black = not shiny, and white = very shiny. So you'll want to make your metal parts pretty white, and the rest of your image black.
That's all you need to do to make your specular! The problem is, though, I haven't got a clue how to get it in game. Maybe Senni can help me out there?

[Jarold]

Spoiler

[quote author=Senni link=topic=12661.msg103357#msg103357 date=1367495977]
[quote author=Maroon link=topic=12661.msg103325#msg103325 date=1367481934]
Looking good! And you're right, the weapon is glowy because you didn't add a normal map yet, and the normal map defines which parts should reflect (like the metal parts) and which parts shouldn't. I'm typing on my ipod atm, so I can't refer you to some guides, but I will when I get on my pc

You mean the specular!
[/quote]
Ah, so I did

Anyway, what you need to do, is, first of, save a backup of your texture.
Once you're sure you have it saved somewhere, combine all your layers into one (by selecting them all, and pressing Ctrl + E). Desaturate the entire image (Ctrl Alt U iirc), so that it turns into a black and white version. If I recall correctly, this black and white version should be in a new layer. If not, go back to your version with colours, copy it all, paste it in a new layer, and desaturate that new layer.
Next thing you wanna do is select all parts you want to have shiny (metal parts in your case), and copy that. Then, in the layers window, you can see a tab called 'Channels'. Open that one, press the button near the bottom of the window to create a new channel, which should be called 'Alpha Channel'. Paste your copied desaturated stuff in it.
Important to remember here, is that black = not shiny, and white = very shiny. So you'll want to make your metal parts pretty white, and the rest of your image black.
That's all you need to do to make your specular! The problem is, though, I haven't got a clue how to get it in game. Maybe Senni can help me out there?
[/quote]

Hey thanks this will help me out a lot! Do you know if the background for the uv map has to be black or not?

[Maroon]

Spoiler

[quote author=Maroon link=topic=12661.msg103362#msg103362 date=1367498758]
[quote author=Senni link=topic=12661.msg103357#msg103357 date=1367495977]
[quote author=Maroon link=topic=12661.msg103325#msg103325 date=1367481934]
Looking good! And you're right, the weapon is glowy because you didn't add a normal map yet, and the normal map defines which parts should reflect (like the metal parts) and which parts shouldn't. I'm typing on my ipod atm, so I can't refer you to some guides, but I will when I get on my pc

You mean the specular!
[/quote]
Ah, so I did

Anyway, what you need to do, is, first of, save a backup of your texture.
Once you're sure you have it saved somewhere, combine all your layers into one (by selecting them all, and pressing Ctrl + E). Desaturate the entire image (Ctrl Alt U iirc), so that it turns into a black and white version. If I recall correctly, this black and white version should be in a new layer. If not, go back to your version with colours, copy it all, paste it in a new layer, and desaturate that new layer.
Next thing you wanna do is select all parts you want to have shiny (metal parts in your case), and copy that. Then, in the layers window, you can see a tab called 'Channels'. Open that one, press the button near the bottom of the window to create a new channel, which should be called 'Alpha Channel'. Paste your copied desaturated stuff in it.
Important to remember here, is that black = not shiny, and white = very shiny. So you'll want to make your metal parts pretty white, and the rest of your image black.
That's all you need to do to make your specular! The problem is, though, I haven't got a clue how to get it in game. Maybe Senni can help me out there?
[/quote]

[Jarold]

Yay! Finally got it finished now and i'll post what it looks like in the first post.

Thanks to everyone who helped me out.  ;D

[Jarold]

Added a few new models.