Quote: "Great job! Nice clean simple model"
thanks mate
Quote: "Any chance for a tutorial?"
i will see if i can put one together for you .
Quote: "What do you model in?"
3ds max 8
Quote: "Do you always make your texture map first? Does that streamline your model making? "
no not always ,but for this model i was short on time so i made the texture & used it as the model referance as well ,this makes life easy for the uv map as the basic shape is on the model & the texture so theres not a lot of editing to do .
Quote: "I'm finally trying to get a basic understanding of model making"
if you want to do it this way an easy start is to layout a simple box texture ( 6 squares all the same size on a 512 512 page )then paste in your textures save it ,then open your modeling app make a cube then apply your texture to it then ,go into uv mapping & map each side with a planer map laying each one ontop of one of your 6 squares .thats it you have a box mapped & ready to go.
hope this helps
cheers henry
