A try at modelling - WIP

[HornetMaX]

Excellent !

This bike could become a living tutorial about how to create mod bikes properly in GPB.

[doubledragoncc]

Ah ok H thanks I had not unpacked that one, you are a diamond.

+1 there Max.

Rushing off to unpack paints....................................

DD

EDIT : HOLY COW!!!!! 18 paints, I am in heaven!!! LOT of work ahead but I love it thanks buddy

Love the paints: Red frame is gorgeous

[h106frp]

Once you have the AO overlays and UV's a lot of stuff can be painted very simply in a couple of mouse clicks so its not as bad as it seems - very easy in fact 

I have built the whole project using open source tools only so in GIMP i open the UV - magic wand select to get the perimeter, erase the internal UV construction lines and bucket fill the base color. Andy detail i construct on another layered copy of the UV and then add as a layer to the base color. Once all that is done i add the AO as another layer, make the white transparent to leave the shading and then set the AO layer to about 65% opacity before flattening the lot into the finished texture. No artistic ability required^TM bike painting

The total paint count is probably about 60 for the entire bike but that is for every nut and bolt on the model 

Forgot to mention;
Some of the files in the paints (mainly fairing stickers .png) are just reference for making your own layered textures. Changing them will not directly alter the bike paint, not sure i should have left them in as it might be misleading - sorry. The .tga are the texture files 

[BOBR6 84]

Awesome! Really want to be able to ''zoom in'' further in the viewer.. to check out all the little details on the dash. Very nice TY 

[doubledragoncc]

I want the viewer controls in the live replay with the free roam zoom and a chick that loves GPB lol

DD

[Grooveski]

Just had my first spin and man - what a job you've done!

I mind a year ago explaining that there was a model...
...and a texture...
....and a thing called a UV map....

You've come a fair way since, and created an absolute gem in the process.   

P.S. I'm a sucker for a Senna paintjob - there was one in the window of the Ducati Centre in Glasgow for a while and I done some serious drooling over it in passing. 
(but it was the Bostrom Rep I really craved - it had goodies I think - lots of goodies)

[HornetMaX]

P.S. I'm a sucker for a Senna paintjob - there was one in the window of the Ducati Centre in Glasgow for a while and I done some serious drooling over it in passing. 

You from Glasgow Groovy ? I've spent one year up there (2013-14): each time I passed in front of the Ducati Centre I was asking myself: who in hell could buy a bike up there ?
Had to run back to south of france.

[Grooveski]

You from Glasgow Groovy ? I've spent one year up there (2013-14): each time I passed in front of the Ducati Centre I was asking myself: who in hell could buy a bike up there ?
Had to run back to south of france.

If you mean who could afford it - The Bostrom Rep was the shop owner's and the Senna number was sold but still on show for a while.
When you were here it was probably 999s and the likes in the window.  They done nothing for me. I barely noticed them bar the clunky gearbox noises as they clattered round to the workshop.

If you mean the weather then yeah, we do tend to discuss fairing effectiveness, foggy masks and tyre rain capability a lot.   

[HornetMaX]

Option 2. You put that money in a bike and the you can use it what, 2 weeks per year ?

[matty0l215]

Option 2. You put that money in a bike and the you can use it what, 2 weeks per year ?

Welcome to owning an Italian bike, how can I help you 

[HornetMaX]

Option 2. You put that money in a bike and the you can use it what, 2 weeks per year ?

Welcome to owning an Italian bike, how can I help you 

I don't know, never owned one (except a 50cc Garelli VIP that hardly qualifies as a bike)

[matty0l215]

They aren't exactly the best all weather bikes (my Dad's old 1198 used to turn off in the rain, his 748 alarm blew up... because it got wet, his new 1199 dash misted up because it got hot. I can go on )

[PeterV]

They aren't exactly the best all weather bikes (my Dad's old 1198 used to turn off in the rain, his 748 alarm blew up... because it got wet, his new 1199 dash misted up because it got hot. I can go on )

Lol yeah tell me about it, my Moto Morini Corsaro 1200, also had trouble with wet and electronics, the speedo would sometimes show speeds of 380 km/h when it was doing weird stuff.
You got too love Italian bikes and electrical wiring, but hee that's the charm of an Italian bike.

[h106frp]

The discussion reminded me i forgot to change the tyre wet grip value 

Thanks for the comments so far - the Senna paint seems very popular.

These are the UV paint guides ad AO layers to buiild a paint - suggest making a paint from the UV grids first so you can see the mapping. Already decided i will probably re-UV the fairing at some point to use the texture space better as it could do with a few more pixels. Simple block color schemes, even a blue framed Bostrom rep  are easy enough though so it is possible to add a bit of variety for on-line testing.

Remember to export as .TGA for your final files before packing!

UVs and AO's - somewhere above i explained how to blend the AOs to you base texture paint - about 65% opacity looks about correct and its what i have used for the other parts
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5ctW4QlgobdMHViYmhwMjlVcWs/view?usp=sharing

You can also rip parts (brake rotors and clutch/sprocket covers) from the existing paint files to help build a new one

Have fun   

To get an understanding of the problems for painters i have started making my personal paint - just lower half done so far;

[HornetMaX]

You got too love Italian bikes and electrical wiring, but hee that's the charm of an Italian bike.

Full of charm indeed they are

But the corsaro had a hell of an engine, I recall reliable sources not hesitating in saying it was probably the best engine amongst big naked bikes.