M870 PDW

Zi0 · Apr 2016

Hi Polycount,

I'm working on a short version of a M870 Remington shotgun.
My progress so far:

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I want to be able to put different stocks on it. The first one will be a folding stock so that the weapon can act as a compact PDW, the barrel will be short and the weapon will be equipped with a reddot.

Zi0 · Apr 2016

There is one part where Im stuck tho and I need some help.

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I'm working on the barrel right now and I get pinching with this block that sticks out of the barrel. Does anyone has tips on how the topology should flow in order to fix the pinching?

Gazu · Apr 2016

You must start higher, so that your Cylinder has from start more support edges.

ComradeDispenser · Apr 2016

Gazu said:

You must start higher, so that your Cylinder has from start more support edges.

basically this. you should have the barrel have a lot more sides than what it currently has, then try rewelding. the increased poly density will act as supporting geometry.

Zi0 · Apr 2016

Thank you for this advice, it worked!

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Zi0 · Apr 2016

Some more progress I made today:

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Feedback always welcome!

Zi0 · Apr 2016

Small update, now I'm working on a red dot for the shotgun.

It is based on the Meprolight M21 red dot.

Zi0 · Apr 2016

Reddot is done!

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Feedback always welcome!

Zi0 · Apr 2016

M870 WIP + Reddot:

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Zi0 · May 2016

I finally added a folding stock to the shotgun, I experimented with differed stocks and went with a non fancy looking pretty simple stock.

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Feedback is always appreciated!

Zi0 · Jun 2016

I noticed that the proportions of the red dot were off so I remodelled some parts to match the reference better.

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Zi0 · Jun 2016

Made a lowpoly for the red dot

UVs:

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Next will be the normalmap, feedback is welcome!

Zi0 · Jun 2016

Started texturing the sight:

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Feedback is more then welcome!

Zi0 · Jun 2016

I didnt like the stock so I made a new one

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Gazu · Jun 2016

i think its coming slowly together. keep on it

gfelton · Jun 2016

I think your topology is a little weird on the forestock, I can see some pinching at the point where the round grip portion meets the base. That's the only 'error' I can see so far everything else looks great, keep it up!

Zi0 · Jul 2016

Thank you for yout feedback, I will look into it!

Zi0 · Aug 2016

I have been gone for a while but Im back and I made some progress!

Working on the textures right now

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Feedback is welcome!

gfelton · Aug 2016

I know it's kind of late to be saying this but your edges are extremely sharp.

Zi0 · Aug 2016

Thanks for the feedback gfelton! Are they to sharp in general or in a specific area? Its never to late for such comments I will keep this in mind for my next project!

Zi0 · Aug 2016

Tweaked the textures a bit and made final renders:

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You can take off switch the stocks with different ones or use it as a under barrel shotgun:

M870 PDW

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