I am working on a character for whom I need a turban. While there are some very nice packages out there to buy, most of them are far beyond my needs and I don't have any money anyway. I have searched and searched for a freebie one, but alas, all in vain, and I can't model at all.

I'm not too fussed, but what I want is something along the lines of what this guy is wearing:

The model I want to put it on is Mike 2, but I imagine something like this would be very easy to resize to just about any figure.

If anyone wants to take me up on this, here is my proposal: if you could do the modeling (and maybe the UV mapping as you're likely to be able to produce a far more sensible map than I could), I will texture it, so that P4-P6 users could use it, and then we could pop it up into FreeStuff for everybody.

Any takers? I can't be the only person in the world who wants a turban prop! Must walk dogs now... I'll check for replies when I get back!

Message edited on: 09/21/2005 10:04

sniff Oh well...

Hi Strangechilde. I'm afraid I'm not going to be of much help (I can model a little, but I'm not very good at it...) But you state: "I'm not too fussed, but what I want is something along the lines of what this guy is wearing:" I see no picture.. If you have one, attach it to a new post. Maybe an indication of what you actually wanted would help? After all there are several style of "turban" (I'm sure that the wearers have dfifferent names for all the different styles, but in English, "turban" covers a great variety. Just like we only have one word for snow...) Cheers, Diolma

Diolma - there is a pic up there, not sure why it's not coming up when you view it ? if I get a chance later I'll have a play, but my modelling skills aren't brilliant either I have to say - will let you know if I come up with anything, but wouldn't hold your breath for it cheers Sean

Oh, dear. I wonder how many other pics I've missed. I'm using Mozilla ('cos I'm paranoid), so maybe that's the reason I (still) can't see a pic.. Maybe it's embedded in the HTML, and Mozilla can't sort that. (I'm NOT going back to IE if I can possibly help it.. ) But if Stangechilde would care to post a new entry and attach the pic (using "Attach File" in the "Post reply" box), then I should see it..:-)) I may not be the only one who can't see it.. Cheers, Diolma

Thank you thank you thank you, Diolma and Ssween! Any modeling skills at all are far better than my nonexistant ones, I assure you. Diolma, I'm not sure why the picture isn't showing up for you, but here's it's url: http://www.pretor.pl/expedition/grafiki/kosowo/niebieski-turban.jpg and I'll try to attach it as a file as well. It's similar to the style of turban you often see on Sikh men, but I am no fine distinguisher of turbans, and you're right, there are a thousand and one different styles. I'm not sure how difficult a thing to model that would be... I suppose it would depend on the level of detail you wanted to go for. I count six wraps down the left (his left) on that guy's turban, but you could easily go for two or three or even none and try to bring it out the detail with texture and bumps, in which case it becomes my problem. ;) If either or both of you want to have a crack at it, I will do what I can to do it justice. I'm no master texturer, but I have a lot of patience for sitting in front of Photoshop for hours. No rush-- I'm very grateful for your efforts! Thanks loads for your interest!

Actually, a turban would not be on the easy side, no wraps would be easy but would not look good, even with a good texture and bumps. Displacement might work for the details, but I still think you would need a basic turban shape. And as said before, there are Sikh turbans, Egyptian turbans etc. and since it's a cultural thing, I wouldn't want to put that amount of effort into something that might offend someone. Your photo reminds me of the Sikh variety, but I'm ignorant of the whole topic really. And I would need to find a photo of the back of the thing, which might be hard to find. I might have to ask someone to photograph him, or learn to wrap one myself.

Could I interest you in a nice fez? ;) That would be easy.

But I'll see what I can do. I'll play around with it, I'm thinking that I could use a turban prop too, and that I'm not alone.

Message edited on: 09/22/2005 20:45

Strangechilde, IM me with your email address, and I'll let you have the one from my David Fantasy set. You may want to do your own texture for it. Jim

Thank you both. Alexic, that's quite true: there's a great deal of cultural significance, and for myself I am quite ignorant of the details. There are quite a lot of Sikhs where I live, and to me in the picture I posted it looks similar to the turbans I see on Sikh men... maybe that's why I like it. I can see if I can find a few more photos. Pdxjims, thank you! That's very generous of you. If I do retexture it (and if the texture is any good at all) I will certainly send you a copy. That's a wonderful David texture in the picture you posted. Is that also yours? I confess I don't have David (and I've already called in my Christmas present!).

I've been a bit busy, and having a devil of a time working out how these things work again after all this time... but here's a quick preview of a new texture map for pdxjims's turban-- thank you! I remapped it, but it still takes your original files quite well. Look how happy Michael 2 is... coming along...

That looks MUCH better than my texturing! GREAT JOB!

Thanks bunches!!! If you'll PM me your e-mail, once I get it all together (I must find all those little blank spots in the map, grr!) I'll send you everything I've done. Thanks again for the model. It's turned out to be exactly what I needed!

I think I'm happy with the shading as it is now. A bump map and I may be all set. There's a wee patch at the back of the turban that is very ugly, but it would take a lot to fix it... I'm inclined to doom it to postwork for those who must render the back of the head...

I knocked up a quick morph target in Extreme Morph to sort of bouf the turban up a little bit, since I was looking for something a bit bigger and the model took it very well. A side-view, pre-bump preview:

Message edited on: 10/05/2005 18:56