M37 Shotgun

Wheelz

I finished this shotgun just the other day, but there is still lots of work to be done to make it game ready. It is currently sitting at around 450k tris. What do you think? I need to make a normal map and other maps for it, but I cannot figure out how to make decent maps in Blender if my life depended on it. You see the straight edges on the ends of the receiver, stock and barrels? Those are the problem areas. I keep getting lots of distortion and I can't figure out why. HELP! PLEASE!

MurderzMedia

Being a blender user myself I suggest to not use blenders internal baker as it bakes without a cage and doesnt support antialiasing, If I was you I would download xNormal or Marmoset Toolbag 3.

Wheelz

I've tried using xNormal as well. Can't figure it out. I am not going to shell out nearly $200. Maybe later on down the road when I have money to spend, but for now, I want to stick with the free software.

Fweddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n8XsbrUxNI

A nice tutorial I found on the basics of using xNormal, hope it helps.
The shotgun itself looks nice, I can't wait to see textures on it!

Wheelz

Very nice tutorial video! I will see if it helps me! Thanks!