Please texture this sci-fi weapon

Please texture this sci-fi weapon.

It is the “tau cannon” from the 1998 PC video game “half-life”.

The copper-colored parts are actually supposed to be copper, including the two donut-shaped coils. And the blue parts glow blue.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ansq7V5Mt2BrfYnh6vy_wDUqb5M

Here is a demonstration of how I’d like it to be textured the below photos are not my model, it’s just a reference



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pbr or normal?

here is copper http://prntscr.com/lgfdz4

Whichever, it doesn’t matter.

I tried to apply the materials and it looked horrible

Okay, then use pbr.

I’m not sure what pbr is, which is why I said use either method.

PBR is physically based rendering. It essentially aims to replicate the way light and materials interact in the real world, thus creating more realistic results. This should give you a decent idea of what it is: