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[Megas Alexandros]

I have been working on a new hoplite texture, and I want it to look like this:

http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hoplitaizf3.jpg (render)

battlefield image

http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hoplitaipm3.jpg

this is my texture:

Battle field

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2908/ro...73350kx7.th.jpg

Actual Skin

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/4798/un...eekmase0.th.jpg


MY skin is still early, but does anyone have any ideas on how I could improve it to look more like Lusted's

[snevets]

Hoplite 1 has a bigger shield than yours, the contrast on the helmet is higher to add more reflections, the cuirass is darker or the unit is rendered with less battlemap lighting, the metal is more golden on his, it has a small crest which does alot for the helmet's shape. I recommend you reduce the amount of blue in the helmet, darken and shadow the black lines a bit (not so much as to make it look cartoony), then add a gloss map to the metal sections (including the shield) - there are tutorials around. I don't know what unit that is but I would recommend a symbol of some kind. You might also try a geometric pattern of some kind in the middle of the cuirass, it is a hellenistic unit afterall right?

[Megas Alexandros]

Thanks for the advice, I will change it the next chance I get.