Sketchbook: BetaRazer's Art

BetaRazer · Apr 2014

Greetings,

Finally get to post this onto the Polycount Forum. Glad to be here at last.

My speciality is within 3D environment art, and a few more assets besides. Feel free to praise/critique/rip apart/suggest/destroy etc. More I learn, the better.

I'll start off my thread with this: a model of the British L115A3 sniper rifle. A long standing favourite weapon of mine that I've always wanted to complete. I'll upload some of the references I've used too.

Finished the modelling a while back. This version has no attachments to speak of, so no Bipod, Monopod or suppressor. I've chosen a standard Schmidt & Bender 5x25x56 PM II scope. Nothing fancy.

BetaRazer · Apr 2014

How it all started:

Triangle count of around 6k. 90% complete with the mesh/model.

BetaRazer · Apr 2014

Been testing out the mesh in Marmoset Toolbag 2. Still needs a few more edits. Material is not meant to be that shiny.

BetaRazer · May 2014

Mesh just about complete. Fairly satisfied after some changes.
These include the selector switch, minor edits to the scope, the muzzle brake and the buttstock. About 10k triangles in total.

BetaRazer · May 2014

Model complete. Started applying some normal map details. Put straight into Marmoset Toolbag 2 for results.

BetaRazer · May 2014

Testing out some base colours. Adding some more details before this gets wrapped up.

BetaRazer · May 2014

Finished model. May re-visit at some other point in time, to add more such as attachments. 10k triangles with Diffuse, Normal, Specular and Gloss maps at 4096 x 4096.

BetaRazer · May 2014

BetaRazer · May 2014

Continuing from my last successful weapon art entry, here's another that I'm attempting: the AKS-74u.

Below are some of the references I'm using, the 1st proving to be the most useful.

BetaRazer · May 2014

Refined the mesh a bit more. Still more to do, haven't achieved the desired curvature of the upper casing. The folding stock will come at some point soon.
At this point, it is starting to look a bit more like the AK-74u, in contrast to the above reference.

BetaRazer · Dec 2014

Maybe not that finished yet, but getting closer. Might be tempted to change the tape and the bolt somehow.

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BetaRazer · Dec 2014

More art lately progressed with;

Marmoset Render of Dumpster:

Sea Freight Tank, aiming to finish this. Loosely based from this reference:

Work-in-Progress

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BetaRazer · Dec 2014

Thought I'd post the RPG-7 of mine here as well. Rendered in Marmoset 2.

BetaRazer · Dec 2014

Other miscellaneous art stuff of mine, including some WIP vehicles;

FROZ3N · Dec 2014

absolutely beautiful.
can you describe the process for that last studio?
sooooo sweeeeettttt!!!

BetaRazer · Dec 2014

@FROZ3N - The studio environment wasn't that difficult to put together, took me a little less than a day. Just some solid modelling with simple shapes with a Mental Ray renderer; something I haven't used in a while. Something in the back of my mind I've wanted to produce.

I'll upload this too, based off a tutorial I came across for a Sci-Fi designed panel. Tested in Unity to start with, complete with a reflective cubemap. Didn't like that much; the Marmoset renders I prefer much more.

I probably will not use this for the near future; but that doesn't stop me from producing more as its a nice exercise to learn.

BetaRazer · Jan 2015

Some more PBR asset testing. Trying to get to grips with this workflow. Based from a tutorial. More will come.

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BetaRazer · Jan 2015

Expanded on the living quarters/gaming diorama I've been working on. First being a Mental Ray render, rest following in Marmoset 2. Just a typical scene which might portray an ideal workstation setup.