Winchester M1873 "Blanket Gun" [ArtStation Wild West Challenge Entry]
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This was my submission for the Wild West ArtStation challenge.
This piece is inspired by a 17th century, Native American Blanket Gun. I had previously found an image of a "condensed" version of the rifle in the form of "Mare's Leg" from the film "Wanted: Dead or Alive". I wanted to create a gun that instantly transported you to the west while also giving it a sense of history, story, and prior use. The "Blanket Gun" concept fit very well with what I wanted to accomplish so it was very easy to start concepting right away. I went through many iterations before settling with the final design.
Please let me know what you think!
This piece is inspired by a 17th century, Native American Blanket Gun. I had previously found an image of a "condensed" version of the rifle in the form of "Mare's Leg" from the film "Wanted: Dead or Alive". I wanted to create a gun that instantly transported you to the west while also giving it a sense of history, story, and prior use. The "Blanket Gun" concept fit very well with what I wanted to accomplish so it was very easy to start concepting right away. I went through many iterations before settling with the final design.
Please let me know what you think!
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I like the details such as the feather and the Bracelet (excuse my french, now sure how it's called)
I believe you could have went with a slightly more contrasted lighting to really make the render pop a little bit more.
Great work regardless!
haha yeah i believe I would too lol
Only meant as a last resort in my mind. Since it has a much smaller ammo capacity, I was thinking that once the character ran out of bullets, they would flip it around and start going to town haha