Near-Future Guns

Polygoblin

I'm developing a series of near-future guns. I'll be posting all the progress on them here in this thread for ease and simplicity.

I designed the concept myself with two mag versions, first being the extended mag.

Any crits would be greatly appreciated. I should note that I will do a once-over for proper edge thickness as I do the LP, so if you want to point out some edges that are too tight, please be specific.

Blaisoid

looks spot on, everything that concept has to offer is there on the model. concept itself also looks solid, although he way the trigger guard tapers and connects with the grip seems a bit strange imo. i think the design doesn't flow well there.

maybe the front grip could be more rounded to make it feel different from the body.

Polygoblin

Those are great suggestions, thanks. The trigger guard part especially. That part was one of those areas that translated weird to 3d. I'll play with both spots, thanks again.

PHArt

I'd love to see your iterations of the design process for this gun. Do you still have them?

Polygoblin

I do actually have the design evolution documented on my art blog: http://polygoblin.wordpress.com/

Polygoblin

Here's an update. Got my low poly ready to animate, and baked all the maps out. Starting to speed up my workflow there (thankfully).

Polygoblin

I’ve cleaned up the bakes, and fixed many shading errors. Now I’m just blocking out the materials and trying to decide on a color. Feeling the tan so far, but that’s just me.

Played with dDo a bit, rapid-prototyping and such. In the end, I used it to only build an organized psd with masked-off material groups and base colors. The detailing is nice, but I’ll want to do that myself for this project.

rockguy

Really cool weapon , and the high poly are very clean.

I kinda like the white in the gun also the green one

CordellC

Not sure what style you are planning to take it in, but the white with a complimentary splash of color would look really cool (e.g. orange, red).

Polygoblin

Thanks guys. It's funny you say that, CordellC. A few other people mentioned blending the white with an accent color. Seems to be a popular option. Intriguing, I'll play with it to see what I can come up with.

fragfest2012

I think the white is best, but why not have multiple skins?

Bonkahe

fragfest2012 wrote: »

I think the white is best, but why not have multiple skins?

This

megalmn2000

I like the white one.

Polygoblin

@fragfest2012 - We're actually thinking of doing that now. I'm going to keep the color layers isolated so we can create skin options, if needed.

@Bonkahe - animated gifs can change the context of a statement in a second, lol. Creepy.

@megalmn2000 - Thanks, man!

The gun will be (standard) tan, with white accents. As I mentioned above, we're kicking around the idea of allowing multiple skins. Updates soon.

Polygoblin

Just wanted to post an update on the texture. I'd say I'm around 70% complete. Primarily material definition so far. The rest should be detailing, with tweaks to the materials.

Polygoblin

I’ve been working on the textures, trying to beef up the materials. I have the accent color and polish left to do, barring any crits I may receive. I’m getting there…

Polygoblin

Calling this finished, although crits are always welcome.

Benton

I think it looks great, the materials are subtle, its not super banged up like most guns are. Thats a good thing.

Polygoblin

Thanks, I wanted to go subtle with the wear. I'm hearing from some other artists that it lacks character because of it, though. I'll have to touch a few things.

Polygoblin

Update, with some tweaks.

Computron

Perhaps it would be a good idea to not mirror the parts that are in plain sight when you ADS.

PhoenixWolf

i think you nailed the materials and in my opinion i would add a tad bit more environmental details well actually ware and tear

Polygoblin

Thanks for the tips, guys

@Computron - Indeed. That was a mistake I'm really stewing about. Thing is, the gun is already rigged and being animated. Client is happy with it as-is, so I don't want to backtrack that much. I'll have to take it as a lesson and be sure to be less careless next time

Polygoblin

Starting a new Sniper Rifle so I drew up some concept variations. It's intended to be the primary weapon for the Sioux character class.

CougarJo

Number 2 is sexyyy

TrampledUnderFoot

Definitely number 2

PhoenixWolf

^^agreed

CyberGameArts

#2 is definitely the best. Its like Midway between the two extremes

ExoCosmo

What about #2 with the scope of #3?

Computron

ExoCosmo wrote: »

What about #2 with the scope of #3?

This. with the bolt action part of 2.

Polygoblin

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Excited to see what the client decides on. Most people favor #2 so I assume we'll go with that one plus some modifications.

RaPtoR_v9600

number 2 bud

St.Sabath

It would be neat if you could implement the floating barrel concept into the sniper rifle!
Currently there are a lot of gun manufacturers experimenting with marksman rifles following the bullpup concept aswell(SIGSAUER for example)
imo number 2 has the best overall silhouette,number 3 has a issue with the buttstock,since most marksman are prone when they use the weapon,it would either clip the floor or bust your ribs on recoil.

Digital Cantina

Looking great so far! Cant wait to see the sniper come out

Polygoblin

Thanks dudes!

@St.Sabath - Thanks for the excellent feedback I have word on the direction we are going to take. I am going to implement a floating barrel like you suggested, and that buttstock was cut. You made a great point. I'll keep prone in mind when concepting.

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I created a pistol for a game named Final Rush, which has a playable demo HERE. The concept was designed by James Gammell. My focus on this project was time management, optimization, and speed.

Total development time: Approximately 93 hours

CyberGameArts

looks cool! really like that Red dot

BertR

Nice man! Are those 'U' shapes attachmentsrails? Rather interesting design

David-J

Niiice! love the gun. I'm liking how you are not going crazy with the wear and tear. Rock on!

Polygoblin

Thanks guys! The U-shaped designs are more of a heat sink to help vent the gun. It will be a consistent feature in the guns I am doing now. I really want to focus on more proper wear, but I still feel I have a lot to learn about oxidation.

Polygoblin

Here is a revised version of the sniper rifle concept. Mashed together a few different parts to create a single design. I worked to incorporate a floating barrel design and decided on a bolt-action rifle.

CyberGameArts

I like it

Polygoblin

Here's the high poly mesh for that rifle. You might notice several changes from the concept, most of which resulted from problems w the design. Crits always welcome

RedRogueXIII

Scope is very tiny, mounted higher than I think would be comfortable, and not very futuristic looking at all. Check out the Barrett BORS and Tracking Point for inspiration for futuristic looking optics.

Polygoblin

Ah, thanks for the suggestions! I'll address the dimensions and position of the scope, but I doubt there's time for a complete redesign. That said, these sites will be coming in handy for some future projects. Thanks again!

Polygoblin

Feedback welcome

theSixtyEight

Oh boy, the style of gun is amazing! love the mode! If you play around with some metal overlays, maybe some wood darkening (around places which are connected to metal) and specmap work, you will get awesome superb piece of art!

Polygoblin

Thanks Paul68Rageous, I'm really unhappy with the wood as is even though it's been approved. I plan to revisit the wood as soon as I can. Until then, I have to keep moving on the last gun I'm designing...

Polygoblin

Revised sniper rifle

Polygoblin

Hipoly update for the next gun I've been working on.

Shrike

Really enjoy the pistol and the sniper , but the assault rifle and the minigun feel overly blobby and not very dynamic. For the minigun, like half of the case would be useless and just make it heavier. Also it would be too heavy to actually use like that,
The concept just dosnt really make sense. The concept has an acoq or whatever sight aswell, something completely silly on such a weapon. Also the bullets are very tiny for those oversized barrels, you could put 4 of them in one. And that mag would burn away in 6 seconds.

ZacD

My major complaint is every gun is very flat, you should play around with the width of the gun a lot more in the blockout stage.