Quicksilver Industries - Silverback

aaronmwolford

Hey guys, 

I've been getting some great feedback on how to improve so I decided to work on one of Shockwave's Quicksilver concepts. Man, there are some sick designs there! So this is an early block in. Trying to work on the junctions and scale. 

I included the silverback concept as well as the bullshark one because I really liked the sight on it. Do you all think the sight is taking away from the piece. Should I stick to the concept for the silverback? It may be a bit overpowering and effecting scale. I've highlighted some areas that I'm unsure of the functionality as well. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. 

My overall plan is to take some liberties and upgrade the s*** out of this thing with attachments and visual interest. 

Cheers! 

jhoythottle

Looking good man,  looking forward to seeing the final piece. The scope you have seems to fit a bit too perfectly on the stock of the gun.   It should either be a bit smaller or moved down the barrel so it overlaps different section. 

aaronmwolford

Thanks Jacob. Yea I'm thinking the scope might be the wrong choice the more I look at it. I'm going to look more into this. 

aaronmwolford

Does anyone know of any good resources for breaking down firearms and functionality? I'm seriously considering looking for weapons classes.

ComradeDispenser

aaronmwolford

Thanks Comrade! That's super helpful. 

aaronmwolford

Just a quick question. Wouldn't the adjustable knob for the stock extension be vertical? Horizontally it looks pleasing to the eye, but doesn't seem to make sense. This example shows the horizontal dial adjusting the top panel. 
 

aaronmwolford

Making some progress on the attachments. Here is the flashlight. The gun itself is blocked in, but needs some more TLC before I post it. I'm going to focus on the rest of the attachments before posting. My plan is to make a 2048x2 texture for each attachment and treat them as separate pieces to allow for customization. Attachments left:

Sight
Silencer 

aaronmwolford

Making some more progress. The sight still has a lot of work to go. Some areas of smoothed, but others are not. 

gfelton

Looks quite nice, looking forward to seeing it fully textured and unwrapped!

aaronmwolford

Thanks gfelton. I'm planning on posting the sight next. 

Amsterdam Hilton Hotel

Few little things I noticed with the flashlight, gonna link it so I don't dump a paintover in your thread - http://i.imgur.com/4gTDuif.jpg

Keep it up, this guy's guns are good material to work from

aaronmwolford

Thanks for the feedback Ben especially the screw head sizing I would have missed that... Yea the knurling on the front part does seem weird. The reference had it, but I need to learn to take some artistic liberty. I'll make these changes and repost with the next update. 

aaronmwolford

Another update. Went back and fixed the flashlight to Ben's points. Also here is the AIM Dual Rail Sight with a compact scope. Really dug the silhouette of this sight so I decided to give it a go. CC welcome as always. 

aaronmwolford

Iron Sights. 

kohg

This is turning out really good

aaronmwolford

Thanks Kohg! Hoping to get the rifle posted by next weekend. 

aaronmwolford

Hey guys. Finally I've had some time to get back to this. Quick question since I've never worked on a fully ambidextrous rifle before. What areas of the functional parts are actually ambidextrous? I want to assume everything I've outlined in red, but not entirely sure. 

aaronmwolford

Furthering the high poly a bit more. I plan on taking some keyshot renders for the final presentation. Anything weird stand out? I'm going to add the remaining details in Substance or Quixel. 

aaronmwolford

Hey guys. I'm working on the bakes and I'm having some weird artifacting going on in the bottom two images. The uv's are offset and the issues don't show up in the normal map. Any thoughts?

ComradeDispenser

how does the lowpoly look for those parts?

aaronmwolford

Comrade, I figured it out. The tangent space in Toolbag needed changed. Here are the most recent shots. CC welcome as usual. 

Gazu

Hey Aaron, youre getting better and better.
Good Work, keep it up!

aaronmwolford

Thanks Gazu! 

gfelton

Some of the scratches on the scope don't make much sense to me, perhaps giving the wear a more logical placement would help it? That's rather nit-picky. Anyway, this is coming along really well, you're doing awesome!

aaronmwolford

Good point gfelton. I'll revisit those areas on the next update. Thanks!