(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1. Research - reference is gathered from various sources, books, internet, movies, etc...
2. Concept Art is generated to narrow the focus and get everyone to sign off on a specific 'look and feel'

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3. Appropriate Uniforms and gear pieces are identified and ordered and arranged on the Mannequins using the concept art as a guide

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4. These Uniformed Mannequins are then Scanned in 3D and photographed in numerous arrangements to provide variety and flexibilty

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5. The Uniforms are then scanned and photographed flat so we can derive textures and detail maps

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6. The 3D scanned meshes are brought into Maya and "resurfaced" which is like 3D tracing. This gives us a mesh suitably optimized for games which we then 'Bake' the high-poly data into using Normal maps and Ambient Occlusion maps.

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7. An artist then uses this baked data as a template for creating the game textures painting in dirt, detail, and glossiness for the different surfaces in the uniform and gear.

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8. Shaders or Materials are setup to specify how the lighting reacts to different surfaces like canvas, leather, metal, etc.

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9. LODs or 'Levels Of Detail' meshes are generated for the distance rendering of characters. These meshes use progressively less polygons and are therefore cheaper and easier to render.

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10. The character is then rigged to a skeleton so that it can be animated and exported as game data.

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