Battle Damage

JohnDelaquiox

I need to replicate battle damage on armor I don't know if brushes would work for what I need or if maybe there is a shader.

Knittingmommy

It depends on the type of damage you want to inflict.  I've had some good success with the following:

https://www.daz3d.com/mec4d-pbs-shaders-vol-1-for-iray
https://www.daz3d.com/fsl-filthy-dirty-future-iray-shaders
https://www.daz3d.com/fsl-filthy-dirty-iray-shaders
https://www.daz3d.com/ron-s-ripped-fabric
https://www.daz3d.com/ron-s-war-essentials

It just depends on if you are comfortable using just shaders or if you're also comfortable modifying textures in a 2D program.  I've also been known to take a prop or armor into Hexagon and bang the heck of out of, too, to get some nice dents and turn it into a morph.  That, plus shaders, actually does a very nice job.

I did this:

to Watch Dog before I even really knew what I was doing.  Just took it into Hexagon and banged the heck out of it and sent it back to DS and created a morph for it.  Then used the Mec4D shaders for the dirt, rust, and stuff.  They go right over the original textures and work really well.  I like being able to do things inside DS.  I'm still learning postwork so I'm not as good with brushes and doing things after the fact yet.

JohnDelaquiox

OK. Thanks! That is actually a big help.