carry on the theme onto the numberplates or leave them plain with a couple of sponsors and a bit of colour?

change a few things and finally upped my graphics so to shows shading etc.

major lolathon in this thread, typical yanks just stick to polluting the atmosphere with your v8 barges whilst watching your close relatives shag each other while playing the national anthem on a banjo and thinking up of countless different vehicles which could race through mud or crush cars whilst ...

just got my prototype yz250f out of the crate for a test run. cosworth 250f motor with big valve head/ forged internals personalized hinson racing clutch cover pro carbon racing rocker cover/ half frame one off ohlin carbon forks set up perfectly. samco sport blue hoses ap racing custom master brake...

robbimagg wrote:Yahama GREAT work!

and people say that mx vs atv looks better then mxs ...

Only time mx vs atv looks better then mxs is when it's thrown in the bin lol

Haha obviously some type of joke here surrounding giopandas template so obv not gunna use that one lol been a wat for s while so need to play catch up. cheers for the advice with the burn and dodge tool ill have a play around after work.

Thanks for the help everyone but I think a bit of personal research is needed, wish there was a good enough template for the shoei apart from pathyrs but nevermind not slating it's better then nothing

what is all this talk about a spec map? info needed people

sort of but with the mouthgaurd, on my helmet at the moment its just black and apart from the shape on the model itself its all one colour and looks flat. but i want to change the colour and make it look like that in the picture. any step by step guides or helpful info please.

thanks alot for that im going to go give it a try now. how can i tell where the contours are on the 2d image though? is that when you got to look at the spec map?

im just trying to improve a helmet im skinning at the minute and need advice.

well this is the thing i think im looking too far into it and don't know how to describe what i want. basically the blue part on the front of the helmet isnt just a "gloss" finish like when you paint something on PS using a paint bucket etc. how do you get from the basic "gloss" colour on PS to that...

like what overlay/filters/colour variation adjustments etc do you have to do to make a "anodized" colour effect. or is it just all in the shading?

tips needed please.

for anyone who is good on PS. can anyone tell me the secret behind making something look shiny, as in if i wanted to make the beading of my helmet look shiny instead of just the plain colour straight from the paint bucket on ps? like the front blue part of the helmet: http://www.mastersofmx.com/imag...