Blender - My first model (sword) - trouble with texturing

v0dKA · 2005-06-30T07:15:03

After dropping my attempts at modeling last year, I reopened Blender today and gave it another try. After refreshing my memory, I created my first model (not including "practice models" that I made following tutorials): My plan is to UV map a nice texture to it next. However, it appears that some normals are flipped, especially around the handle. When in Face Select Mode, they draw transparent. Supposedly, the steps to fix that problem are: select the face in question, enter edit mode, and press CTRL+N - if that doesn't give the proper results, press CTRL+ALT+N. I tried that procedure, but is seems to have no effect. When I press CTRL+N, Blender responds with a confirmation query, as well as it should - I confirm the action, but it changes nothing when I return to face select mode. On the other hand, if I press CTRL+ALT+N, nothing happens - not even a confirmation query. It appears as though Blender doesn't even respond to the command. What makes this even more difficult is that it's tough to tell which faces have their normals flipped and which ones don't. If one face has its normals flipped, the faces behind it are still rendered white -- that makes the improper face look proper due to the rendered face behind it. Anyways, I would like to ask anyone with a little more experience to download have a look at my model. Please tell me 1) exactly which faces are flipped, since I couldn't figure it out, 2) how to actually flip the normals, since the above procedure doesn't seem to work in my case, and 3) provide some general comments about my first model, and point out my Mistakes before they turn to Habits. Thanks, I would appreciate any insight! The blender model (zipped) can be downloaded here: s2.zip[Edited by - v0dKA on June 29, 2005 8:39:19 PM]

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Started by v0dKA June 28, 2005 11:23 PM

9 comments, last by machine_gun_man 19 years, 7 months ago

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June 30, 2005 07:15 AM

I'm just wondering, why didn't you decide upon using orco texturing mode.

I find that really simple to do with humanoid figures since the a texture image really only needs to be a front, back, top, bottom, or side view. The most difficulty I find with this method is assigning specific materials to specific regions of the model.With no idea as to which regions I should unwrap for complex models, I tend to stick with this method for my texturing.

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