MAYA : BARREL TEXTURE

Something that I need to improve on is my texturing etc. A couple of weeks ago we worked on this by using ready made objects and texturing them using found textures, this process just takes practice I hope to soon be finishing all my models like this or similar. For this session I worked on a barrel 

GIVEN BARRELL.

This is the barrel model I was given set on a modeled section of street or alley, I was also given a template to work my textures into in Photoshop.

TEMPLATE.

Using this (the grid wrapping around the barrel and the circular shape being the top) i created a decent looking texture for this barrel.

TEXTURED BARREL 1.

TEXTURED BARREL 2.

TEXTURED BARREL 3.

I am very happy with the result as I have said this is my weakness and am happy with this result. there are four layers of texture in this one for the original wood, one for the fading look on the wood, and two for the rust on the bands around the barrel.