[WIP] Beretta UGB25 Xcel
Weird ass shotgun is weird.
I'm not sure how the action works, but its a break open barrel that then sucks another shell in through the side after the first is ejected out the bottom. So your second shell is stored outside the gun, I thought it was kinda cool and that's why I chose it.
I'm been working on it, on and off for maybe a week and a half now and I decided I'd start a thread before I ruin it by attempting to zbrush the grips.
It's not a perfect replica, my trigger guard is a way off and some of the screw holes shouldn't be on both sides but I'm happy enough.
Other than a spot of zbrush I want to add some kind of make shift shell holster for the stock and maybe tie wrap a torch to the front. I kinda want to go down the post apocalyptic route, my logic being here in England a trap shotgun would probably be the most common weapon to find (shotgun licenses are only £50).
Crit and cool ideas always welcome
I'm not sure how the action works, but its a break open barrel that then sucks another shell in through the side after the first is ejected out the bottom. So your second shell is stored outside the gun, I thought it was kinda cool and that's why I chose it.
I'm been working on it, on and off for maybe a week and a half now and I decided I'd start a thread before I ruin it by attempting to zbrush the grips.
It's not a perfect replica, my trigger guard is a way off and some of the screw holes shouldn't be on both sides but I'm happy enough.
Other than a spot of zbrush I want to add some kind of make shift shell holster for the stock and maybe tie wrap a torch to the front. I kinda want to go down the post apocalyptic route, my logic being here in England a trap shotgun would probably be the most common weapon to find (shotgun licenses are only £50).
Crit and cool ideas always welcome
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Good luck!
Can you elaborate so I can fix it haha? Do you mean the shells or do you mean the reciever?
And Yes all the gaffer!
Quick and dirty screen grab of what whats been giving me a headache today... straps...
The whole post apocalyptic idea was a bit of an afterthought, I probably shouldn't be rolling with it haha.
And yes Dan there will be zbrush love, lots of zbrush love! I'm just leaving it till everything is measured up in maya....
Maybe instead of the clip on the shell strap, make it an actual pants belt. Or maybe but some nails in the stock so it can be used as a deadly melee weapon..
Just a couple ideas...
And yeah nails in the stock would probably make it look alot more lethal, but the idea I have in my head is that its more of a teenage girls shotgun, not some war hardened brute.
she's not particularly strong, so she couldn't really use it for melee, thus the teddy bear idea, its like her best friend, she feel safe with it close, so she stuck it to a shotgun she found. I'm more after personality now than lethality...
I also thought about one of those little battery portable fans on the side instead, I hear there's this global warming thing?
Been messing around in zbrush today, was a good test of methods for getting grip detail on, The stock I masked off using an alpha the shape I wanted, and then used a tileable alpha + drag rectangle brush the stamp the pattern on.
The fore end I did differently because I didn't want any seems in the pattern and I would have had to work in a non plannar way. I uv'd it and made a displacement map then used zbrush to apply the disp to the mesh, which gave me alot more control and thus I think I got better results than the stock.
I might redo the stock, but it can wait till i'm bake testing as it might be negligable...
That said I have no idea if i'm doing it right....
Progressively dirty screen grab; Honestly feel like about to overheat and crash....