M4A4 | Orbital Guard

EminentSun

Before anything else I think it is important to say this is my first skin and essentially my first time using Photoshop, so this will more than likely end up being Sh*t. I also won't be sugar coating my experience so all progress is subject to change or reversal (I am a bit of a perfectionist)

I know it sounds stupid, but Roman sci-fi was actually a thing:

But I love the purple and gold style (I know its from civilization):

EminentSun

So first update I have begun some of the basic design, I have very little time on my hands so I will be moving significantly slower than other people in this competition, but bear with me.

First step I Played with colors in the workbench to get an idea for the base.
 
Next introduced a solid-ish purple to the main area of the weapons, I do however feel that it needs some more variation. (Yes I realize that's my desktop; I don't have time for cropping)

While it is still really early on I would love to hear suggestions about what I can do to improve the weapon.

EminentSun

Last update for today. I've made a new pattern for the base of the gun, It may need to have the colors changed so that the variance is a little more obvious on the weapon, but It looks much better than before.


Up next for tomorrow: Finish stock and barrel, clean up center, design Greek style gold leaf for detail. Oh boy this is going to be my whole weekend isn't it.

EminentSun

Quick update for Fri... oh wait Its three am so quick Saturday update. I decided that since I will be adding gold detail later that the yellow lines would make the weapon to crowded:

Afterwords I finally imported something into CS, just to make sure the pattern looks good in game:

So yeah, now I'm going to take a five minute nap...