3D MAX HELP

you need maybe to learn pelt mapping...there is several good tutorials online covering that

I think texture the most difficult during creat 3d models.
Learn a little everyday, just like me who start to learn 3ds since last month, and carry on. I think finnally you can make a wonderful texture.

Thank you guys. Hopefully someone will post who can texture ships, and them make them look right in the game!

DANMAN

I'm not sure how much you know about it, but in MAX they have tutorials for these sorts of things. I have MAX 8, and if you click on help, then Getting Started/Materials & Mapping/Managing Texture Coordinates/Using Unwrap UVW, it will tell you how to unwrap your model into flat faces that you can render out as a 2D image file that looks something like this:

You take that image, and paint it

That's now your texture file. When in MAX, you apply it to your model, and it will place your texture on the model according to where the unwrapped faces are on the unwrapped image.

It's not something you will be good at in the beginning, but that's how I do it. The MAX tutorials are invaluable

Thank you very much Blackhawk2000,
This is exactly the kind of help I was looking for.
By the way, that ship looks awesome. What mod is it for? Looks like something right out of Starblazers...

DANMAN

Its from this mod:
WWW Link

Thanks Blackhawk!

i learned overnight at this site.

UVW Mapping in 3DS


be sure to read it all at least twice, and the third time find the controls as you go. I printed out the whole site and went through it with simple things like sphere's, boxes, etc. They attempt to do your ships. Its alot easier than it looks

Thank you very much darkshimmer!
I will use this to make some awesome ships for 7 DEADLY SINS.
Thank you, thank you!

Blackhawk2000:
Thank you also, your help has been great. Thanks for the link too.
DANMAN