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I decided to design a retro robot style Desert Eagle based off of robots such as this
This is a rough initial design of the gun:
I like the colours so far but it needs more detail so I'll be looking for new things to add.
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I think the red either needs to be darkened, or should have a subtle pattern in it. Either way, best of luck
Using this reference image:
There's a weird gap left in the texture at the top of the barrel (not pictured) but apart from that I'm happy with the result so far. Decided that the type of skin could possibly be custom paint job, but will more than likely be gunsmith.
Also made some cool painted on arrows on the top:
Started taking some 4k screenshots as the thing is basically done at this point, finished the alpha earlier today as well, all that's left is to create media for it.
I've also included a step by step guide on how I gave a retro sci-fi feel to a blocky font.