Hi, I have some experience with UV’s and texturing. What is the best and most effective way to make good or more or less highly detailed rivets? Perhaps if you know some cutting-edge games like DCS or similar, you’ll see a lot of detail in rivets for plane panels. How is that done? Is that multiple…

Decals would be my suggestion. And if you intend to make and use them a lot, you may wish to look into the addon: decal machine.

Have you considered Panel Stitcher ( https://www.blendermarket.com/products/panel-stitcher ) [$]? I haven’t tried it but it may fit the bill. Cheers!

Hello Modron & pxlpaul, Thank you for the answers. I own decal machine. It’s a great addon, but I got lost by working on a model with hundreds of plates. Maybe I need to practice and find a good technique. This “panel stitcher” addon looks great. Maybe I try it. I`m wondering a bit because I can no…

Hi @fred1000 Here’s a tut for Panel Stitcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJUS1scyvpU This tut shows how to do it the old fashion way (by hand). It’s a bit older but techniques still apply (I believe): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HDVgR3QbbE Cheers and happy blending!

Thank you pxlpaul & rigoletto !! In the meantime I have bought Panel Stitcher. The first attempts with it are really convincing. I’ve had good success with my own experiments, but doing it by hand like in the video and trying some techniques is just crap because it would take me weeks with my model…

Depending on how you want to approach the whole project I think something similar to substance painter or substance painter itself would be a good idea. Second option would beeee? Sculpting! and after that just baking the high mesh onto the lower mesh which may also help… but then again that’s most…

What is the best for trick for highres rivets on a large model?

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rigoletto (rigoletto) July 13, 2022, 6:07pm 6

Here is one file i made for the Weekend Challenge using hair particles and real geometry, if you plan carefully you might be able just to make it without extra cuts, which i have must do.