Are you going to create a bump texture of panel seams, bolts, and other details? In such a case you’d better unwrap this fuselage in a way that you will be able to match it later to the reference drawings (to draw these bump map details).
[SUB]The whole process of uv-mapping and texturing is described in Volume III of my book. At this moment it describes Blender 2.6, but is still useful :).[/SUB]
Are you going to create a bump texture of panel seams, bolts, and other details? In such a case you’d better unwrap this fuselage in a way that you will be able to match it later to the reference drawings (to draw these bump map details).
Excellent point. I hadn’t even thought of that, but yes, I am going to add panel lines, rivets, dirt, scratches and other stuff. I tried once again on my own, and I’m off now to read that section of your book. My method still gets warping and weird texture distortions on the top and bottom, but I’m making progress.
Today, I was planning on updating this thread. I had recently made significant strides in the UV-unwrapping and was just about ready to texture. Just minutes ago, I decided to update to 2.72. Once in 2.72, I accidentally saved on impulse, and since over the weeks I had gotten so used to saving at the Su-25 file, I did it without realizing. In short, due to severe lack of brain power, my Su-25 file is now the default cube. After much swearing, I thought about it, and I Don’t think there is a way to get that old file back (if there is, enlighten me). Nothing from that pre-2.72 session showed up in the recover autosave list, so I think I screwed it…in short, this plane is dead. Perhaps I’ll start over, perhaps not, but for now I shall try and recover it (probably fruitlessly). Just letting y’all know.
Checked those, all saved over
Lesson learned, saving all future projects to Drive and Dropbox.
Normally I’d be really pissed but that won’t do much. I have other projects in the pipeline anyway
If its anything, I learned a LOT about UV unwrapping on this plane. Next time it won’t bog me down so long.
Ohh maan!!! I feel your pain. Sorry to hear that you lost an epic project.
Since I lost mine, I not only create several versions of the file as I work on it, but also I back it up on Google Drive and in an external HDD that I have constantly plugged in as backup @ the end of the day…call me paranoid
One thing’s for sure is not as bad as it seems, because everything that you have learned in the process will never go away! I was so looking forward to have a head to head dog fight…F-16 vs Su-25T :eyebrowlift:
Thanks man…
Yeah, I have a whole local server set up, I really don’t know why I don’t use it. Consider all my future blends backed up and backed up again.
F-16 vs. Su-25…someday, someday.
But perhaps sooner, F-16 vs. JAS-39? :eyebrowlift2:
Thanks @TARDIS Maker, one thing’s for sure it has been an amazing modeling experience so far, I know @sdige will pull through at the end and we will make something happen…either with the Su-25T or the Gripen