Help With Texture

[Lene]

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6829/rooftexturehelppn7.png[/IMG]

This is supposed to be a roof for a house. Unfortunately as much as I try I can't seem to give the roof panels a texture. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Tana]

Texturing is a bitch... SK's much better at that than I am...
but as Refrence I always look at this site:
http://www.mayang.com/textures/Architectural/html/Roofing/index.html

In Mack's Blog there was a roof that you might want to look at too: http://cyocorune.cocolog-nifty.com/sozai/images/map002.png
and another one that's been released:
http://www.mogunet.net/~mack/looseleaf/02/map01.png

For your game you're using the Vex template with a more simplified method of shading right?
Are the roofing slats meant to be flat or rounded?

 

[Lene]

Wow, this is a long time coming.

But they're supposed to be flat.

 

[regnar]

Mayang is good for texture. I suppose you're using photoshop for your textures... if you're not you should!
I suggest :

1 - add a layer of roof tiles on top of your texture
2 - make the roof tile layer greyscale (control+shift+u)
3- in layer mode put the multiply blending mode (if it's too dark drop the oppacity of the layer)

that should help get detail. try the burn and dodge tool for highlights and shadows to give it some depht.

good luck!
can't wait to see the finished product...

 

[Diddle]

I was only able to make a damaged roof, but ill try to see if i can get a texture that might work:
http://xs204.xs.to/xs204/06312/rooftexturehelppn7.png[/img]