How would I go about making the intricate designs on this staff?
This is my current model, but when it comes to the engravings and design, I’m not sure where to start.
Any videos and/or tips would be much appreciated!
If I had to do this, I think I would:
- Model the bigger ridges manually, using actual geometry.
- Find (or create) a trimsheet texture with lots of fine, ornate details and use it to add the fine details. If you don’t know what a trimsheet is, it’s a texture that contains a collection of multiple different patterns, which you can then assign to different sections of a model.
I’m struggling to find a good example of a trimsheet that goes to the point, so here is a demonstration with one I am making for my own use (wip).
It’s a sci-fi one, but the same principle also works well for stone ornaments, temples and other fantasy patterns. As you can see, I have a texture with multiple rows and squares of patterns and I have mapped the model’s UVs so those patterns can be reused on various parts of the model.
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This is another way it can be done…
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Thanks for the replies! Both were very helpful and I’ll look into them!
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