SPAS 12 WIP

Thanez

I'm still working on my black mesa weapon replacement pack, and it's time for the SPAS 12.

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I'm aiming for 10-15k tris for the view model, and will model in details that will render >10x10 pixels onscreen at 1080p and I'll be doing all the internals that are visible during normal animations unless I get too lazy. I'm ignoring the details on the heat shield under the front of the pump.
There's still a lot to do on this, and the stuff inside the stock frame is confusing me. Need more references there.
Do ask anything and crit harshly if you catch me doing bullshit.

Here's a marmo viewer of the HP: http://skins.thanez.net/spas12/wip1/
I'm using marmo to figure out my materials as I go, and it's proving a valuable asset in my workflow

Zi0

High poly looks good so far, the bolt is missing but I guess thats something you are going to make next.

Thanez

Yeah, I've got the breech block assembly, magazine spring, safety, both sights, carrier plate, shell*2 and various details all over left to do, but I just traded time with my GF. I help her with a certain chapter in her studies, and I get a whole day to model, so progress on this should be faster than usual

Thanez

Oh those are some nice suggestions. I really like that attachable stock option but I can't find any reference pics other than the one you posted. Any idea what it's actually called?

New wip in marmo with SIZE WARNING: 70MB

http://skins.thanez.net/spas12/wip2

Front sight post is too tall, I know. Something is wrong with my model but I don't know which part is off, cause shit ain't lining up properly. The sights should be lining up through that big old hole in the front of the stock end piece, right? I'm having a hard time finding refs that show the internals of the stock

Edit: New marmo wip with sights done. SIZE WARNING: 75MB
http://skins.thanez.net/spas12/wip3/
I might revisit the bolt breech assembly to make it more authentic. If you stare at it too long, the over-simplicity of it shines through.
Never mind about that whole sighting biz, turns out the springy stuff inside the stock covers up the sights. Silly contraption IMHO, but I should really study refs better before I start modeling :P

gfelton

No critiques here, just felt the need to say that your topology looks gorgeous

Pedro Amorim

Only thing I would say is that the stock is very thin. I would increase the thickness of it. Otherwise. Good job.

Thanez

gfelton said:

No critiques here, just felt the need to say that your topology looks gorgeous

Thanks, I try and do everything correctly until I can't, and spend a lot of time to make the right kind of compromise when I get weird topology so it'll smooth correctly.

Pedro Amorim said:

Only thing I would say is that the stock is very thin. I would increase the thickness of it. Otherwise. Good job.

Thankye, I'll be revisiting the stock, making both pieces thicker

Edit: I got to do some more stuff today. Haven't gotten around to the stock thickness yet

Thanez

Doublepost, yaay!
Got some more work in, redid the materials for the stock, fixed the width of it so it's ,5 instead of ,35 thick (45%-ish addition) which gave the added benefit of getting a stronger angle on those inward bends going towards the front (from top view), woo.

Pedro Amorim said:

Tighten up the graphics.

Thanks for the crit, Pedro. Too many people let me get away with bullshit

80MB link: http://skins.thanez.net/spas12/wip4/

I noticed how much better the shadows look in viewer VS toolbag, especially when two lights overlap and their shadows intersect, sheeeesh.
I have to look for a setting to increase

Drew++

Try turning on/off "Contact Refinement" under the lights settings and play with "Width" to get area shadows(blurry). Also perhaps try disabling/enabling "Front-Face Shadows" under Render. Maybe even High-Res Shadows, also under Render. Hope that helps!
edit: area lights/shadows/width aren't supported in Viewer, so you might get different shading results between the two.

Thanez

Thanks for the tip (huehue) Drew, I'll check it out when I get home