Shorty Shotty

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Hey Polycount,

I've been chiseling away at this project for the last lil' bit, and just finished a pass in DDO and decided to show it off. What'cha think? I'll probably give it another pass to refine some of the scuff marks/scratches. I'm going to do a few extra textures like I did with this, and add a background/turntable when I've got some more time. Will also post wires and maps sometime soon, too.

Staubkopf

awesome looking shotgun man, cool
I think your pass is looking nice. the scratches do look a little random sometimes for me, especially the ones in the front piece in your second shot.
and plz post wires here^^
keep it up

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Thanks! Here's wires from the side.



I could probably fix up the scratches to make them not look so random - I was trying to mess up a few pieces that I thought would get rubbed against other metal pieces while being operated.

Also the ref I mainly used:

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Update - My video card died a week ago, but I managed to finish a new paintjob and redo some of the scratches this morning before it committed seppuku. Right now I'm running my PC in Safe Mode just to post these, so they might not be 100% there. Just wanted to post *something* while I wait in limbo for my new card.






Feedback would be super appreciated. I'll be able to keep working... eventually. Grrrrr.

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Teensy update- drew some ideas for skins and really liked this one.




Not 100% sure where I'm going with this yet, but it's something. Thinking of picking a different colour for inside the bubbles (tried purple, but that + green looks too clownish (no offense, clowns)). I might also mask out the insides so that the black finish shows through too. Thoughts, peeps? I was also going to add some nifty gradient behind the bubbles but couldn't make it look right.

theSixtyEight

there something wrong with your receiver, looks like your normal map or mesh has some problems because receiver has this kinda smooth/roundened look to it

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I'm not sure what you mean - just to be sure, the receiver is the part I've made funky with the green bubbles, right (I don't actually know a lot about guns, hah)? If so, it's supposed to be rounded - see my reference above.

theSixtyEight

I meant this

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OHHHHH, I see now. Hmm... might be a normal issue since the mesh is flat there. I kind of like the look of it as it is, but I might consider changing that if I have time.

CandyStripes05

it looks flat in the other images, i think the lighting in that shot is throwing you off is all

Kaine123

That may be fixable just by adding an extra loop to make a hard edge.

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Update- now with gradients!

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Some variations - might tone the scratches back on the black one.

CandyStripes05

I suggest more practical scratches, they seem pretty random like ndo did them all

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Updateru:




This is where I'm gonna stop for now. I'm going to take some time to make a small environment/pedestal type thing to show it off with and post when that has some progress.

@Candystripes05 Hmmmm.... I see what you mean, though I hand drew or edited a lot of the scratches myself. I'll work on it when I repost later. Thanks!