[Xlars]

Wow .. fantastic work on that texturing .. and all

[iker]

that's so real!

[mverta]

[UPDATE 11.21.06] Another shot of R2, with a few more parts completed... still a bit to go.

_Mike

[Fernando Tella]

Confess! R2 is your room mate and he likes to pose.

[mverta]

It's true; he's such a ham.

[Nicolas Rivera]

HI Mike. Love the images, you are a true master at this.

I have to confess that i have never tried to use UV mapping in any program, i have Hexagon 2.1 wich does UV, i have Cheetah3D which does uv also, but is it easy to do uv mapping?

thanks.

[mverta]

Really good UV mapping is more art than science, really. As you gain experience, you begin to recognize which is the best approach to layout textures on a model. R2 required a LOT of custom UV building to make sure things lay out properly, and I still tweak them all the time.

So I guess I would say that in a word, no, it's not easy. But then again, nothing is if you want to really do it well!

_Mike

[Nicolas Rivera]

Thank you Mike.

[ivox3]

Dang Mike, ... the R2 is seriously difficult to take in as a render. The dents and chips are really pushing the realism hard. ...killer stuff.

[mverta]

[UPDATE 11.25.06] R2 gets his 3rd leg.

_Mike

[Fernando Tella]

Amazing, Mike. Amazing.

[mverta]

[Updated 11.28.06] Maxwell vs. Photo

[MarkM]

Wow…that is stunning work!

[DrMerman]

Amazing Mike. The matched reflections are spot on. Crazy good

[tom]

Mike please, don't poison people