Low-poly Gun

bramnicaise

Hey folks, I'm looking for some feedback on this gun assignment. It's my first gun so I'm not sure where I should optimize more or improve the mesh. The goal is pbr in UE4.

Current stats are 16.2k verts/16k poly's.

Some parts need some more work, but I wanted to know if I'm on the right track Will post updates here as well if wanted.

Thanks, Bram

CarlK3D

- For the Low Poly don't be afraid of triangles. The model is all triangles in the engine. The only time tris can be bad is if you get shading issues
- Any edge that doesn't add to the silhouette or the model in anyway doesn't need to be there, Primary talking about flat surfaces
- Look at other guns of the same type and complexity to get an idea of tris counts you should be aiming for. Look at games like Far Cry 4, Battlefield 3-4, Crysis, CoD there are plenty of Art dumps on here to give you an idea. It's always good to aim for as low as possible but sometimes keeping a few extra edges will help keep the model looking smooth and "next gen".

bramnicaise

Here's an update to the gun, didn't change much in the low poly considering the limited timeframe. I did learn alot making this gun, here's the result.

https://artstation.com/artwork/pbr-steyr-aug-modded

edit: forgot to say thanks to Carl for the feedback

Bram