Dr frankensteins Bed

here is the bed low poly,  how do you work around .02 k size images to upload?

https://i.servimg.com/u/f59/19/06/21/30/bed14.gif

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c2Xq1peFM0

my progress for review

Hey Stephen its looking good man

Answers to questions below:

Need to camera match the reference more closely:
-- No it looks good

The graininess of the AO pass
--might be from the samples size in max, but don't worry about it you can adjust it in photoshop

The bed to highpoly
-- no its ok,

Problems with mental ray
-- looks like its on the wrong uv set maybe? but don't worry about mental ray I would not use it, also don't worry about renders at all just look at it through the viewport

does the bed frame need high poly normal details
-- no it does not

UV Uwrap
-- looks ok, but did you uv the entire bed mattress, if so you should delete the polys covered by the blanket, and re-uv. This will save a ton of uv space

Underneath connection and stand:
-- it looks fine dont worry about it, I like how it sits on the ground now

Deleted opposite side faces:
-- please add them back in, we may/will use this in other games and it may not be in the same orientation. Only delete downward facing polys that no one could see no matter how the bed is rotated. but have them share uv space of what you already rendered

looking good thanks man

bed - first pass textures

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c2XvbXer7m