Texturing Tutorial
By Shadow

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To manage this properly you will need a program or programs capable of simple drawing (PaintBrush will do) and a program capable of touching up textures (most importantly it must be able to darken/lighten textures)

The programs I use:

  • Paint Brush,
  • Photo Suite III

Ok the first step..

You will need to find/make a background. Typically this is a panel texture. You should be able to find plenty on the net (try modelling sites such as SciFi-Art or Babylon 5 - The Place to be. Alternately you can usually get away with a simple all grey background.

Now for this tutorial I will be doing the Akira's bottom saucer. This will require a radial panel texture. This can be either made using similar textures found on the net (for example Pedro's Akira textures. Be warned though they're not accurate. They're very close but… Anyhow).

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