Sword

Following the M1 Garand, I decided to pick a relatively simple subject and tried to go through the whole workflow of modelling, UV, normal mapping and texturing quickly. This project took about two and half weeks. 

M1 Garand Quixel DDO rework

Went back to Pluralsight to re-learn how to work with Quixel DDO.

M1 Garand textured with Quixel DDO

Fine tuning the normal map

Relearning map baking and Quixel Suite NDO

I realised I didn't really master the technique of map baking (normal/ AO maps) and NDO earlier. So I spent some time going through the tutorials in Pluralsight before I worked on the Garand again. Next tutorial is DDO on texturing the model.

M1 Garand - Baking out normal and AO maps

M1 Garand - UV layout