This UV mapping tutorial shows how to combined UVs generated from a lathe object with UV generated from cylindrical projection derived UVs. It also shows how to create a stencil map in Photoshop based on these UVs.
Here is the related texturing tutorial.
Here is the related tutorial on preparing the lamp post geometry.
Here is the START FILE. Rendering with splines vs rendering with polygons.
Adjusting and optimizing the original lathe profile.
Optimizing the polygon mesh derived from the lathe.
Taking a look at the UV map generated from the lathe object.
Taking a look at the UV map generated from the lathe object.
