Modular weapon pieces

armagon

I've noticed that there are many weapon parts that could be modeled in high-poly and reused when creating new weapons. Muzzles, magazines, cylinders, bolts, handles, etc. Is this something common? Having many high-poly parts, stitch them together, then create the low-poly and go ahead with it?

Fwap

It's pretty common, it's referred to as kitbashing.

armagon

Thanks, didn't know that term. I've been able to find lot's of tutorials and many kits for robot/sci-fi stuff. Do you guys recommend any kits for weapon parts?

Mark Dygert

The best ones are the ones you make. There are quite a few "asset browsers" for 3dsmax, floating around scriptspot.com. They are great at helping you kit bash. If it's something you do a lot of, its worth setting up a good workflow, especially if it allows for drag/drop functionality.

Here are some of my favorites.

Asset Browser Pro
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/hcg-asset-browser-pro

Project Manger
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/project-manager

Primitive Maker
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/primitive-maker

The Asset Browser built into 3dsmax 2015+ isn't too bad either.
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/3DSMax-Archive/files/GUID-B438EC84-0070-4CDB-BCF6-4901AE87BC38-htm.html

armagon

Thanks a lot for the info. Kit bashing is quite fun!