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   Fishout

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   08 Mar 2016, 12:30AM

   Could you please make a same/similar texture for the stealth blade too?
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   cat_woman1989

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   11 Dec 2015, 8:17PM

   Great texture! Love it!
   
   Unfortunately, it really needed a Normal Map. And your Specular Map didn't seem quite right after I made it. I made new ones that seem to look better in game.
   https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B98BVedRgFa_V0Nsb3F1YTFRZG8/view?usp=sharing
   
   New Normal, Old Specular:
   

   

   
   
   New Normal, New Specular:
   

   
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      Nixsy

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      11 Dec 2015, 9:03PM

      I still have a bunch to learn, so this is awesome thanks =)
      
      [Edit] I see now invert the spectacular. =)
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      cat_woman1989

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      11 Dec 2015, 9:19PM

      I recently learned how to do this myself. I don't think it's too hard.
      
      GIMP has plugins you can download for a Normal Map filter. All it takes is some tweaking to get it to look right.
      
      And Specular Maps I learned a very basic way from an old Quake Tutorial. lol
      Not as fancy as Bethesda's but it gets the job done.
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      Nixsy

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      11 Dec 2015, 9:27PM

      as hard as it does not seem the help is appreciated =) I have uploaded a 1.1 with credits given to yourself =) tomorrow I plan to try redrawing the full textures all maps =)
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      cat_woman1989

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      11 Dec 2015, 9:31PM

      Oh, cool. Thanks.
      
      I tried inverting your Specular Map like you said. It looks a little better but the handle is still way too glossy.
      
      Not sure how to fix that. Out of curiosity, by what method did you create a Specular Map?
      
      

      

      
      
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      Nixsy

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      11 Dec 2015, 9:37PM

      Photoshop then looked at the colors and adjusted by hand looking at what seemed right.
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      cat_woman1989

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      11 Dec 2015, 9:39PM

      Basically editing while checking against a render?
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      Nixsy

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      11 Dec 2015, 9:41PM

      just what looked right by eye, Have sent you a copy of the files I worked with.
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      cat_woman1989

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      11 Dec 2015, 9:56PM

      Okay! I think I got a much nicer Specular Map done. What I did was use your original spec map, desaturated it (luminosity) and adjusted the black/white levels.
      https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B98BVedRgFa_OFBBRVdoTnRCUHM/view?usp=sharingp
      
      Looks smoother now and not as rough.
      
      

      
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      Nixsy

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      11 Dec 2015, 10:18PM

      dang that looks awesome
      
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       cat_woman1989

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       11 Dec 2015, 10:30PM

       Yup. Sexy, smexy knife.
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       Nixsy

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       11 Dec 2015, 10:41PM

       To me Damascus has all the right hallmarks of the ultimate steel
       
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       Iamimpossibru

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       12 Dec 2015, 12:14AM

       Been waiting for a Damascus steel weapon. Was too lazy to make one myself, so I've been waiting patiently. Really enjoy this rework from Cat_woman tho. More identifiable texturing. Great work you two!