Took another crack at making a door today. This time around I focused on two things.

1.) Make the window smaller

2.) Use more normal mapping over geometry

Getting this setup in blender was much simpler this time around:

By avoiding details everything went by quicker in this stage. Only thing that took time was getting bevels right but really that’s like a 2 minute process. Once it was in substance I went crazy with some of the built-in normal modifiers. However it turned out much better than I expected.

I’m really digging the way the paint turned out, giving it that worn future painted feel. That being said the screws should probably have more wear on them, which I attempted to do but didn’t figure out how to add a mask paint layer until mid-writing this post.

Only issue right now is that the door feels barren and the handle seems out of place. I’m thinking I’ll try pulling it into unreal and adding decals dynamically (probably something like children’s drawings, posters, etc.). However that handle is a straight up eyesore. Also you can see the borders of the brush I used around the window:

I can go back and touch it up if I think it looks alright in unreal.