Texturing Character 1: Space Trooper

 The space trooper had many dark and dirty colours on his character. Due to this I often used a fill layer to fill the entirety of the mesh part with the main colour and material while using a black mask to hide it on any areas with a different material, however this character had many individual mesh parts so a black mask was not always needed, for example the fatigues did not use a black mask. I did however make use of layers to add dirt and bullet marks on the armour and clothes as well as to add alphas (decals) and other freehand details such as the red stripe on the cigarette carton. 

I used various brushes to apply different effects, this can be seen with the dirt and blood on the clothes and faceplate. I also made use of alphas to have decals and other symbols on the character as well as text on the characters armour and flame thrower tank. 

To apply some facial hair I used a brush with a material which was darker and slightly bumpy, this gives off the appearance of some darker light stubble which I felt suited the character as soldiers are not often allowed full beards.