#2 Modelling the High Polygon Barrel - Maya High Poly to Low Poly Tutorial
Channel: Game Dev Academy
Date: 2016-12-26

In this step we'll create the high polygon version of the barrel. To do this we will construct the barrel out of individual planks and bevel the edges to make them look smooth. It's important to get some detail showing on this version so we can bake it into the normal map later.

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Use this link to watch this tutorial series as one long video: https://youtu.be/avlt97wVcyk

Here are the links to each individual step of this tutorial:
Introduction: https://youtu.be/wcem2Nm_a0Q
Finding Textures and Reference: https://youtu.be/V22yiupKWOA
High Poly Modelling: https://youtu.be/K2HWyIYJC7M
Low Poly Modelling: https://youtu.be/KHA7GX6vau4
UV Mapping: https://youtu.be/fYOVcCn8bB8
Baking Normal Map: https://youtu.be/7QeZlXo3PS0
Create Texture Maps: https://youtu.be/qYB6hAYXoho
Create Material/Shader: https://youtu.be/OXCrR5X_eTc

If you're struggling to follow along with this tutorial then you should complete my beginners tutorial first - https://youtu.be/tElsku3aKQI

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