The Scoundrel

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Hello!
Starting up a small hobby project during evenings/whenever I got the time.
I found this site (http://future52.com/) with some really interesting concepts. I'm starting out with The Scoundrel, a fairly simple concept.



Progress so far:




And for a 3D view: https://goote.ch/45ffa280dc31421c86ac3b68b8f5533e.scene/

This took me longer than expected, and it became not-so-low poly in the end. Fun though!

Not very far along as you can tell, but it's getting there.

Even though it's pretty simple, I'm looking for any advice=)
I'm trying to figure out the pipes. The overall feel I get from the concept is pretty low poly, vith hard edges, but would it be nicer with the pipes super smooth instead? idk..

EDIT: 3D view of an earlier version: http://goote.ch/112aaa46cfc04da7b916d3bab5c90168.project/

EDIT02: updated pictures to newest version

EDIT03: Last and final update.

danscott

Looking very nice.
I'd say kep it low poly and have the hexagonal pipes.
I'd also say leave it flat shaded after texturing to kkep to the art style of the concept.

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Went away for the easter holidays with no access to any computer. Took a couple of hours after work tonight to rough up the last pieces. Just a general draft.

I'm really looking for topology advice here, especially for the big piece in the lower right.







3D view here: http://goote.ch/112aaa46cfc04da7b916d3bab5c90168.project/


The next step would be to add in some of the bigger details. Holes, a few more bevels, sunken edges etc. Suggestions, critique and feedback on how to accomplish this is greatly appreciated!=)

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Long time, no free time. Finished up school and managed to get a job which is eating up a lot of my time, so I hardly ever have time to work on this. Took a couple of hours tonight to add in some details, but I'm not sure how to take it from here. I really like all the little creases and details, but at the same time I don't want to make it too high poly.

Aiming for no more than ~20k tris, which I guess is a bit much. Right now it weighs in at roughly 10k. Any suggestions on topology make it more optimised is, as always warmly welcome!=)

Pictures below!

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Its been super long since I've had the time to work on this...

Finished up the mesh today, and applied a SUPER LAZY NON FINISHED texture for reference. This might turn out ok!

(SUPER LAZY meaning a planar mapping and then slapping the concept image as a texture.)

Full 3d view: https://goote.ch/0dbed997d72745b1935be7515d3f6736.scene/


Screenshot

Brian "Panda" Choi

Where do the shooty bits come out from . . .?

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Huh. Panda, that is an excellent question. The concept didnt give much to go on in terms of depth, so a lot of it is guesswork of course. To be completely honest, I thought for the longest time that the concept was a space ship of some sort, and not a gun.

You are correct of course, that is a relevant question. Ill add some shooty bit exit point somewhere in the vincinity of wherever the front of this thing is.. Any suggestions on the dimensions of this thing? Where is it too wide/thin?

Brian "Panda" Choi

At best, given the concept, it looks lke a mounted weapon for a vehicle of some sort.

To me, a muzzle would be at the left end of where the three "energy rods" of teal are.

I'd keep the dimensions as is, besides making adjustments to the muzzle. The heft and chunkiness of the gun is a huge part of its character to me.

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So, finally manages to finish this one. Last I left if, it had a super lazy texture.
That is now rectified.

Here it is, in all its glory: The Scoundrel.

As always, link to a full 3d view with wireframe: https://goote.ch/45ffa280dc31421c86ac3b68b8f5533e.scene/




And the 256px texture:




Link again: https://goote.ch/45ffa280dc31421c86ac3b68b8f5533e.scene/