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 ===== Displacement mapping =====
+Besides some tests, Neith is the first model i make using displacement maps. Creating these is done by sculpting the model. This i did in mudbox. I exported the displacement maps back to 3dsmax to make some renders of the result. Unfortunately, a lot of artifacts occured, so i remapped Neith, resculpted her in mudbox and tried again. The results are a little better but still, artifacts occure.
+These renders show the progress so far. Notice the fact that there are some artifacts and that some of the parts of the armor seem not to be displaced. (This second fact occures simply because these parts contained so many artifacts that i decided not to render them ;-)). To reduce the artifacts, i plan to do some editing in photoshop, so...
+//to be continued...//
+{{:assets:modeling:femalearmor001014.png?500|Back}}
+{{ :assets:modeling:femalearmor001013.png?500|Front}}
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+Once the displacement maps will be acceptable, i'm going to ad some color! \\
+Still  wondering what colors to use, i probably will precolor some concepts in photoshop...
+==== In the mean time... ====
+Currently, i am redoing some sculptwork, partially for practice, partially because i wasn't completely happy with the precious version, and partially because i realised that the model i sculpted on earlier was about 50 times smaller than it should be for mudbox to get a satisfying result. So here is the first 'revisited' part: the shinprotectors!
+{{:assets:modeling:shinprotectorsdisplaced.png?500|ShinProtectors, now with slits and wibbly wobbly branches!}}
+So here's the plan: i'll treat the shinprotectors as a testsubject and finish them completely, then i'll move on to the rest of the armor.
+{{ :assets:modeling:shinprotectorsdisp_normal.gif?450|Displacement & Normal mapping}}
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+Imported the mudboxfile into max and extracted a displacement map (with [[http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/mudbox_2010_to_max/mudbox_2010_to_max.htm|this]] method). The result wasn't satisfying: everything was very blurred and most of it didn't appear, even after optimising search distances and the like. So i tried extracting a normal map... I think the combination of the two maps is what we need. Note that there are still some minor artifacts in the displacement map, but the good news is, i know why and i think i can easily fix it ;-)
+{{:assets:modeling:shinprotectors_1heightmap02_copy.png?200|Displacement}}
+{{:assets:modeling:shinprotectors_1normalsmap_copy.png?200|Normals}}
+{{ :assets:modeling:shinprotectorspainted01.png?500|Painted!}}
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+I did my first paintjob!\\
+Still a bit glossy though...\\
+(note: The scratches are there for purpose, they aren't artifacts)
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+//edit:// Reduced glossyness, added some more realistic lighting (a preset called 'late afternoon', which uses a hdr-image of a riverside to calculate lighting) and an ambient occlusion filter. Also changed the color of the jewel.
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+More sculpting!
+{{:assets:modeling:bodyarmorsculpted001.png?500|}}
+{{:assets:modeling:bodyarmorsculpted002.png?500| }}
+{{:assets:modeling:bodyarmorsculpted003.png?500|}}
+//"So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering."//