MP5K-PDW
polycounter lvl 8
Hi guys, so i have been working on this MP5K for a while now and i think i have come to a point where i am ok with it, not to happy, i know there is much room for improvement and i would like to hear what you guys think i could do to improve it, i am using Substance Painter to texture.
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(if i may say, add some uniqueness to it, like stickers, sharpie writings, stuff like that. use wisely :P)
This looks pretty good but I think your presentation is letting it down a bit. With a stronger presentation and lighting setup, you could really make those materials pop off the page more.
Your high poly renders do this very well and would like to see that same look on the game res renders.
@gonzo yeah you are right the presentation could use some work, i will however make a decent presentation once i am fully happy woth it.
@creativehd yeah i basicaly made a rectangles, added them into zbrush and used inflate to make the weldings
Also the Metal looks on some Spots some Kind of "Blobby"
On this Spots, the Damage is also to high.
But i like your work, too
The metal scratches are little deep in places, particularly on the welding spots noted by Gazu. The bump on the plastic looks a little large in scale.
You have surface wear but it's not consistent across the model. Any raised section will receive a degree of wear, particularly areas that are commonly touched such as the iron sights, which have little wear atm.
Also, there doesn't appear to be much of a metal response from the raw metal beneath the scratched layer.
Have a look at these worn mp5s, note the wear placement, variation, as how the metal underneath responds to light. Also look at how worn the end of the barrel is due to operation.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/For_their_own_safety_foreign_aid_workers_in_Afghanistan_become_familiar_with_weapons.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/US_Army_53627_Week-long_trip_to_Iraq_ends_for_eight_combat_vets.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Gary_Sinise_with_MP5.jpg
Good stuff so far!
Edit: Few more
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/120121-F-YC711-018_%286834892283%29.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/2012.3.24_%EB%8C%80%ED%85%8C%EB%9F%AC%ED%8C%80_%EB%82%B4%EB%B6%80%EC%86%8C%ED%83%95%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287368111316%29.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/French_milouf_DN-SC-92-00540.JPEG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/HK_MP5_%286110432280%29.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Police.gun.1.london.arp.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Pakastani_Navy_member_aboard_the_HMAS_Toowoomba.jpg
I think you went a bit heavy on the upper receiver wear.
I've added some feedback/suggestions here, it's in the image but I'll just recap:
Add wear where indicated.
Add scratches to areas indicated.
Check the material of the rear sight is accurate
Material check of the steel, include surface noise in normal map?
Tone down wear on upper receiver.
Check how the damaged plastic looks in reference and try to match it.
Just some suggestions, I hope they're of use.
Keep on working, this will be good!
Looks like someone sanded the painted metal down.
I would consider that wear on the receiver and switch it for defined metal scratches with proper form, right now looks like a soup.
edit pic, see how the wear is defined and not all over the place.
But you can do it better, i know that!
This is really turning out great!
other than this, really loving it, the damage now is looking a lot better. keep it up.
The wear on the cocking handle is too large and consistent, this is supposed to be plastic and the wear doesn't look right.
The wear on the muzzle is a bit too consistent on the raised sections, I'd tone that down a bit and make it thinner.