Forgotten World War 2 Weapons [WIP]

Dagon

I'm trying to model a series of lesser known World War 2 weapons mostly submachine guns at the moment, the hardest part I find to model are the receivers depending on how complex the weapon is though, I have a history of not being able to "finish" models which I'm trying to get rid of. I often end up stuck on a model not knowing how to model a certain part etc and just give up on it, Any tips on modelling weapons would be awesome! thanks.


Italian Carcano 1938 Bolt Action Carbine





United States M1a1 Thompson Submachine gun Subdivision surface modifier applied




German Schmeisser MP41 Submachine gun





German Schmeisser MP35 Submachine gun




Italian Beretta Model 38

Dagon

New PPSH 41 Russian Submachine gun - High Poly, There are some inaccuracies but I'll get to that tomorrow. Been up all night.

Laughing_Bun

are these really lesser known? Ive seen most of these in countless world war 2 games

Sir Apple

I would agree in saying the PPSH, and even more so the Thompson, are very iconic

Dagon

That's true the PPSH and the Thompson are quite common. I modelled the Thompson way before the other weapons. I did the PPSH because it looked like a simple weapon to model... I'm going to add detail to the other models now.

ambershee

Haha, I'd argue that these are all fairly iconic save for the first (probably because not many games feature the Italians).

Dagon

I have never seen the Carcano, Beretta Model 38, Schmeisser MP41, Schmeisser MP35 or the M50 Reising in any WW2 video game. Yes the Thompson and PPSH are common but they are only two of the models. I can't change the title of this topic so deal with it.

Colditz

Dagon wrote: »

I have never seen the Carcano, Beretta Model 38, Schmeisser MP41, Schmeisser MP35 or the M50 Reising in any WW2 video game. Yes the Thompson and PPSH are common but they are only two of the models. I can't change the title of this topic so deal with it.

Carcano - Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Beretta Model 38 - Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
M50 Reising - Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
MP41 - Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Dagon

Never played any of the games listed. Whether the weapons have appeared in countless video games, films or whatever is irrelevant. I worked hard on them and that's what matters to me.

Matīss_Sola

It looks amazing!You have done a great job here
Especially i like the lighting, it's soft and makes those models stand out.

ambershee

Dagon wrote: »

I worked hard on them and that's what matters to me.

Absolutely

sipher3325

Ya the title of the thread is irrelevant. The guns look good and i like the ppsh. You going to make any low poly versions of these?

Dagon

I'd like to make low poly versions. I'd probably just remove the subdivision modifier and delete the supporting edges. But whenever I try and bake the normals and AO maps they turn out pretty bad. I normally use Xnormal to bake them but if that doesn't work I use Blender's baking tools. But everytime things turn out ugly seams and artifacts etc. I have yet to master that aspect of 3D art unfortunately.