How to achieve a paper tone ?

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Guys, im doing a turn-based isometric game, which i use the recycles mind as art theme. All units and buildings are made of cardboard and things like that.

But i could not achieve a nice feel of cardboard. Could someone give me a tip about how to achieve this tone ??

Source : http://wildfireworlds.com/

ps.: Forget about the tilt-shift effect, since i dont have a pro license.

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Answer by astorga · Nov 06, 2012 at 01:34 PM

I think a normalmap with a little noise could give the effect you want. A bumpmap helps too.

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rkaetano · Nov 06, 2012 at 03:38 PM 0

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Do you mean, a simple bumpmap with diffuse color below ?

astorga · Nov 06, 2012 at 03:50 PM 0

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You can use only with a normal map (http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Components/shader-NormalBumpedDiffuse.html) or you can use a bumpmap additionally (http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Components/shader-NormalParallaxDiffuse.html)

DaveA · Nov 08, 2012 at 06:41 PM 1

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Google paper normal map and hit image search. Or poke around at Allegrthmic (sp?, you know, the algorithm procedural texture guys). Soft shadows too if you can.

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Answer by Alismuffin · Nov 06, 2012 at 01:08 PM

One thing you could do is create a tilable cardboard texture and set your UVs up for tiling.

Do you have any 3D application? You would need that to set it up or a code that stretches the unity assets UVs according to the lengths of each side.

Another thing would be to bake the lighting to get lighting like that, however that is a pro only feature unfortunately

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astorga · Nov 07, 2012 at 08:26 PM 0

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AFAI$$anonymous$$, the free version bakes lightmaps.

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Answer by rkaetano · Nov 06, 2012 at 06:59 PM

I use Maya as 3d application. And what about a shader, to get this opaque aspect. ? If you look closely to the street, you will notice a little shadow below this, like a real paperboard would have. Can you imagine one way to do this with indie license ? Projectors maybe ? Or maybe the shadow could be part of the mesh object, and use a black texture. No ?

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