Hi, please critique
main
question is it metal enough ?, when I published it on artstation I was pointed
out that it too matte, on other hand some photo ref looking matte with layer of
dirt, or it just how it looks on photo not in real life ?, there also some cool
Colts from other artists which look matte but they I may assume may be in style
painted metal or have a lot of highlight details which overall give metal feel
I
made quick test renders with adding more glossiness in marmoset to whole model,
and they feel more metal in comparison
solved
maybe other things which looks not good ?
Marmoset Viewer and renders - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3Ql5D
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Thanks for comment ! ,
I assume we are on disputable territory, it’s about "selling" the material (as metal in my case) and how juicy textures looks, so I will make properly new more glossy variant and then will decide to "play safe" or not, as I will be looking for work with it
"and I would add more wear marks to the edges"
yea I thought about more damaged look but decided to more subtle one as on some references, it’s a bit more tricky to me because it’s not in black or dark color
"The barrel needs rifling though"
one of the intentional simplifications alongside with lower part of hammer, which wasn’t intentional is absent half circle cut on right side handle wood, I somehow managed to forgot about it on early stages, too much focusing on back and left side
Here are some references I dug up, maybe you can identify what needs to be changed.
Thank you for your feedback
"maybe try a less uniform wear pattern?"
on micro level (at close) I think mostly it’s at least ok, but on macro (at distance) it might be not much highlighted and noticeable, things to think about
Thanks ! , now I noticed it... not good
Again, most people seem to have a weird idea that guns are all made of unfinished stainless steel or something. Just not the case. I really recommend doing some research into gun finishes and building reference folders of them in various states of age and distress.
will definitely make deep investigation about WWI variants to be certain
question about metal look is solved
eventually I had to dig a little info about metal finishes and not rely only on ref pictures
1. all original WWI colts wasn’t matte and have charcoal blued finish
2. very early ones have very interesting finish which looked differently in direct and indirect light, later ones have more dull dark black finish