M1 Garand Action Modeling Help

AverageAce

Hey guys,

I'm currently trying to model the action of the M1 Garand shown in the images below. The receiver is made of many complex shapes that I'm not quite sure how to model. I'm trying to model it all as one peice, ideally, because of the way many of the forms flow together and control it with support geometry. Any tips on how I should attack this?

LMP

Are you trying to High Poly or is this low poly?

If it's high, you really should model any piece that's physically separate and separate pieces.

commador

Don't try to make it out of one single piece. That will be much harder to do if you want a good high poly model.






Just collect more reference. The M1 Garand has been around for 78 years. There is plenty of reference images for every part from every angle.

AverageAce

Thanks so much! I'll give it another go.