AK-74 Blackknight Weaponary

Urdwex · Aug 2016

Hi fellow Polycounters.

Here is my version of the popular AK.
It is an portfolio piece withe the purpose to practice baking an texturing.

I modeld the entire gun with the interior parts just for personal favor. And for the possibility of customization. So the AK could be without the cover of the reciever and the gas piston in engine.
Although I spend many hours researching the AK is not perfectly accurate, I think it's okay. Only the experts among us will know

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My goal for texturing was to make an old used gun.

For highres Images with a little bit of compositing visti my artstation:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZOLlG

For this thread you get the unpolished Marmoset renderings. So you can better judge my work and give critique. Please let me know what you think. So I can improve the AK further and improve myself.

Thank you!!

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Gazu · Aug 2016

Love it, but im not sure about the Metall Parts. Arent they more black and underneath more shiny/steel?
Something like that: http://files.gamebanana.com/img/ss/skins/5033c684b3af2.jpg

shubham kumar · Aug 2016

I think you have increased the light intensity too much , its just blowing off everything
In my opinion increase HDR light just a little bit and then light up your darker areas with child lights with combination of darker red and blue and yeah like Gazu and joshua said darken your metal little bit it will give a nice contrast to your weapon .

gametime · Aug 2016

here you go, have my like. fantastic work.

Having done this gun myself including all the interiors, I can really appreciate the work that went into this.

regarding the texture, I think it's refreshing.

Urdwex · Aug 2016

Thanks guys.

I get what you mean with darken the metal and I think I will sit down an rework the materials.
As refernece I used the AK47 picture from wikipedia and others. So I tried to achiev a very used but not scratchy look. Like this picture. For more referneces here is a nice forum thread with differnet AK's: https://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=4&f=64&t=117611

But I totaly get what you mean guys. I need to show more parkerization. So the gun feels older.

I try to play with my HdrI and the overal settings. Wireframe will follow soon.
Thanks a lot guys.

AK-74 Blackknight Weaponary

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