M2 "Ma Deuce"

DRoss3d

Here's something I've been working on for the past week or two. I've still got a few small details to put in before I'm calling it done, but I wanted to get it up here to see if I missed something. Please feel free to C&C, it'll help me out a lot. Thanks!

Joost

Model looks pretty good, though the edges seem very tight.
I'd work on your presentation a bit, even if it's a WIP. The green background is very distracting. Also I'd put a darker material on your model with some more reflectance. And turn on SSAO.

skyline5gtr

Looks good, The inner part of the first tube is too thin. Looking at some of the ref it needs to be much thicker inside those holes.

DRoss3d

@Joost Thanks, I'm going back and adding some bevels to soften some of the edges. I've always struggled with presentation, I'll definitely change the background, and add a base material that helps some of the details pop out.

@Skyline5gtr I actually cheated on the barrel sleeve. I used a parallax map to create the holes. I had some issues using booleans, I was always left with distortion when I would smooth the mesh. I also tried using a bend modifier on a plane but the results weren't as clean as I had hoped.

skyline5gtr

I made a model like this is the past, i used the create circle on a plane and bend it worked ok for me

Joost

Did you put the bend modifier on top of the turbosmooth mod?

DRoss3d

Here's how the sleeve looks like if I use plane/bend method. It creates a weird wavy surface. I feel like it should be obvious what I'm doing wrong, but right now I'm drawing a blank? I probably need to sleep on it, and take a Sudoku break.

Joost

Looks like you did the bend before the smoothing?

skyline5gtr

Like Joost said there is an order in the modify stack in order to get the smoothing right

DRoss3d

:poly115:

Wow, I can't believe I didn't think of that. It worked! Now to model in the rest of the detail and smooth out my edges. Thanks for the help!

DRoss3d

It's been a while, but work has kept me busy, especially with the holiday season kicking in. I was finally able to get back to modeling. Here's what I have so far. I re-modeled most of the components making the edges smoother and re-scaled a few parts of the tripod as well. I'm about ready to move on to the low poly, but any C&C would definitely be appreciated. I've got a few other projects that I'll be posting in the coming week or so that I've been working on in my spare time.

Gazu

Cool