HK - Hourly Morning Sessions

aaronmwolford

Hey guys, I've decided to start an hourly session of modeling before going to work each day. I'm starting with the talented Alex Jessup's concept of his HK G56. All credit to him. My plan is to spend no more than an hour on these models a day and continue working on my other larger projects in the evenings and weekends.

First hour down and I'm working on the proportions and block out as there is no side view. I'm comparing other HK's proportions in effort to get a strong top view.

tynew

Ben Bolton actually did that exact same gun a while ago in a tutorial series. You might find it useful.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128414

I think he is a bit busy to finish the series though but I learned quite a lot!

aaronmwolford

Awesome. I'll check it out. Definitely will help with figuring out the thickness of the gun.

aaronmwolford

Had to take a bunch of time off from this project to focus on freelance work as well as some polycount challenges. Finally got back around to it. Areas in purple are not finished yet. Thoughts on the high res sculpt? How are my edges?

aaronmwolford

Spent today finishing up the high res sculpt. Let me know if anything sticks out as an eye sore.

aaronmwolford

Yikes the anti-aliasing is brutal on these photos. I'll re-render this evening and upload again along with, hopefully, the in-game mesh.

aaronmwolford

Quick question in regards to unwrapping for an FPS. I assume it is best to make the uv islands pertaining to the viewer larger than the rest, but is it best to keep the main structural forms of the mesh all the same size? I.E. stock, receiver, hand guard, magazine.

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

aaronmwolford

Calling this done. C&C welcome for future projects. Hope ya'll enjoy!

CharacterCarl

Wait...no more than an hour a day?! That's impressive, dude!
I just spent a good half day getting proper bakes out of a not very complex mesh of mine. Still fixing things most of the time instead of getting stuff done but slowly getting there.

Chase

That's a bang up job!I feel like you might want to move your contact info in some of the images cause it's hard to read with the model being right behind it. I'm always drawn to the scopes and this is no exception! Good job

aaronmwolford

Thanks guys!

DerRaz: I wanted to approach this model as more of a lunch crunch, but seeings that my lunch hour doesn't allot the time to work on portfolio work, I just made it a before work project. I won't like I spent some longer sessions in the final days of this as I was ready to finish it.

Chase: Thanks. I see what you're saying I'll adjust the typography on some of the shots.

aaronmwolford

Another updated texture that I went back and reworked. CC welcome as always! ::smile: