WIP - M-29 Incisor (Mass effect)

fandiwhuang

hi everyone , I'm currently working on this gun based on Brian Sum's concept art from mass effect game.

here's the concept art


the final gonna be low poly and
this is what i got so far...(high poly)








any feedback and crits are always welcome ...

fandiwhuang

just finished retopoing and UV-ing the gun
the model has 12k tris so far


low poly mesh


UV

skyline5gtr

Clean and looks accurate, cant wait to see the bake

fandiwhuang

quick test bake

(low poly+ normal map)



quite happy with the bake result except on this part



i triangulated my mesh and also moved my mirrored UV by 1 before baking , not sure where this seam coming from ...
any idea how to get rid of it ???
i also did redo the uv but the problem persist

artstream

Make sure that Marmoset is set to the corresponding tangent basis for your normals (if you baked in XN, make sure Marmoset is using that algorithm).

fandiwhuang

tangent was set on xnormal since the beginning so i dont think thats the problem

fandiwhuang

uhmm nevermind , i redid my smoothing group and the seams magically disappear


bake result:

MrOneTwo

Your edges are too tight. You need to loosen those on your highpoly. You are loosing them in your lowpoly.

fandiwhuang

thx for the feedback MrOneTwo ... i will try loosen it a bit before i do a proper bake

Bek

Those UV's need some tweaks.




Generally I try to straighten as much as possible. You should check that the distortion is acceptable while doing so though, as some pieces might have text or something that needs little to no distortion. Aliasing is usually worse/more noticeable. And with the red part, there's no good reason to have a straight piece like that at an odd angle (which will cause aliasing); you should find a way to pack it in straight.

Grusti

A few months ago I modeled the same model

fandiwhuang

thanks everyone for the critiques.

i straightened up some of the UV's and also changed some part of my high poly.
and now, im in the middle of texturing process
here's what it look like so far ..

Grusti

Can you share decals? plz)

fandiwhuang

IlyaIvanovArt wrote: »

Can you share decals? plz)

uhm they were generated in substance designer and i believe everything i used for decals was there by default

fandiwhuang

fixed some seams and crank up normal map little bit

i guess i'll call it done now

oxblood

The bake turned out great, but you could really push the textures much more, you could have the paint peeling with the metal showing behind it, and the black metal doesn't look very metalic, so you could also add some scratches and work a little more on the spec/gloss to really make it look realistic

artstream

I would also suggest going back to the textures and giving them a bit more love. It's reading like a toy right now instead of a weapon. Some of this could also be your lighting set up as well.

fandiwhuang

hi,thx for the feedbacks
now you say that , i realised it indeed looks more like a toys :lol
maybe because of the plasticy blue part ?

i tweaked my texture little bit and push up a bit of roughness map.
made 2 version of it ,not really sure whether want to keep the plasticy look or go metal for the body part.

oxblood

defiantly getting much closer! get some scratches on the black metal and a few scratches on the paint and this will be looking great! also.. the blue in the concept is a bit lighter.. but thats up to u .. id personally change it though.

fandiwhuang

added some scratches on some part

@oxblood :
i think my model was darker because of lighting?no?
i changed the light position , tell me what you think

billymcguffin

It needs a bit more green and slightly less saturation to match the concept. Right now it's looking too purpley IMO.

Also in the concept, the blue part of the handguard bit is lighter and less saturated which helps I think.

Color pick from concept: http://www.color-hex.com/color/1f2e55
Color pick from render: http://www.color-hex.com/color/2f49b9

Arendt

Looks awesome , but as billy said it could be more dark blue instead of purpley ^^

ScottHoneycutt

billymcguffin wrote: »

It needs a bit more green and slightly less saturation to match the concept. Right now it's looking too purpley IMO.

Also in the concept, the blue part of the handguard bit is lighter and less saturated which helps I think.

Color pick from concept: http://www.color-hex.com/color/1f2e55
Color pick from render: http://www.color-hex.com/color/2f49b9

+1

Great work overall. I did a mass effect gun recently myself. These models are deceptively heavy time-wise. It still has more of a toy feel to it. The yellow paint on it could really feel less overlayed.

fandiwhuang

hi , thx for your input !! you guys are awesome

so here i changed my colour a bit , bump up the roughness map of the lighter blue part and i also erased some of the scratches because i thought it was too noisy

more feedback/critique is more than welcome

GrungyStudios

dude, nice. Really good textures here

GrungyStudios

can we see the updated texture flats

fandiwhuang

GrungyStudios wrote: »

can we see the updated texture flats

sure ...



what i labelled gloss was emissive ...my mistake

ScottHoneycutt

Better, but the middle section is way more saturated than the front and back. There is a slight value change in the concept there, but I think it should still read the same saturation, especially with the yellow. The middle is much better than the front and back color.

fandiwhuang

changed the saturation and also fixed the yellow paint

@ScottMichaelH : :lol thx for pointed that out , somehow i had an opacity on my yellow paint node