Collab2021 – WIP wainscotting – onelombax – Team House Exterior

Homework Submission Week 2 – Sculpting and Baking

@theluthier 

Here’s the wainscotting sculpt, my approach to do this was straightforward (putting aside all the struggle ahah).

Step 1 – create non uniform edge using the trim smooth border (unlike the trim dynamic, this one give hard and tight edge)

Step 2 – add depth and detail using the build up clay (large horizontal ? stroke)

Step 3 – use the trim smooth border again with a larger radius (cover the whole plank) and gently trim the plank

Step 4 – the devil called baking… lot of test happened and even though the baking process work just fine (sse normal below). I just don’t like it but that’s may be tweaking too much

Step 4 – the normal map, look fine to me but the end result doesn’t please me so I don’t know I probably messed too much with the shader node (see below)

Step 4 bis bis – the curve map, from what I’ve seen this look proper.

step 4 – bis bis bis – and this is the ambient occlusion.

Step 5 – material setup, I basically added the curvature, normal and ambient occlusion map

 What happened you say ? Well, I kinda started with the beam and finished with the wainscotting so… yeah, I know… logic… (it should be before the wainscotting but since I applied for the wainscotting, here it is)

After cutting everything, it looked like a normal human wooden beam.

End result – This is what I get and am happy with what I’ve learned but I feel this is not enough for the quality we’re aiming for but then I don’t know how much lighting and texturing will transform this.

Now my final thoughts is despire the struggle, I’ve learned a lot and for that I am grateful. I also like to thank the many people who helped me with the sculpting week which, unlike week1, was quite hard for me. So thank you BananaOn’aStick1 (whoever you are on CGcookie) for all the advice related to baking (never forget to smooth meshes), @jakeblended for the tips about how to handle the wainscotting (I manage to have a 1024px plane), @blanchsb for the feedback on my result and the FAQ, and the people I forget to mention as well and the community in general.