Texturing Weapons

[SatanSoldier]

I'm making a new sniper rifle. I got the model done and managed to get it in game and functioning. I also figured out how to export UV map from Blender 2.55. I can edit the UV map from gimp and export as a dds.

 

My problem is that With such a large weapon I can only Identify maybe 15% of the UV map and where it goes on the weapon.

What is the simplest way to texture a large weapon like this?

[throttlekitty]

Sorry, I don't think I understand the problem fully. If you're making a new weapon, you have full control over how the UVs are laid out. Maybe some screenshots of the model w/texture applied and of your UV layout would be helpful.

 

Or, I'd suggest reading up on UV mapping in blender.

[SatanSoldier]

I went and got a book on blender from the library, I think I can get it now.