Military Props

YF_Sticks

Hey guys

Just finished an environment so I'm gonna make some military props. Some nice renders of some props that catch my eye.
The plan is to do two rifle-sights (red-dot and another), a knife and maybe a dog-tag or something like that.

First I'll be approaching the red-dot sight. 

I gathered some reference to get the sight from all angles:



First I'll block out the main shapes in Maya, to get a feeling for the scale:



I'm always open for feedback and inputs. Let's make some cool art together. Hope you enoy!

YF_Sticks

JoshuaG said:

It's off to a good start but I think the blockout needs a lot more work before any feedback is really given. 

Sure, can't say much now haha. I'll post an update soon :-)

YF_Sticks

Went pretty fast from blockout to highpoly and then to texturing. Here is some further progress on the reddot. I'm still working on some small texture details, but else I'm calling this guy done soon.



I'm always open for feedback and inputs. Cheers guys!

YF_Sticks

Finished the other sight for the small scene. Modeling wise it was a bit more of a challenge for some parts. Also with texturing the glass, it's a hard one. I messed around in Marmoset to get the look that I want. Feedback is appreciated!
Next, I'll do the knife.

ChrisFraser

That red dot is just primo. Great work

YF_Sticks

ChrisFraser said:

That red dot is just primo. Great work

Thank you!

v94e

Like that used but not too much abused look, especially the scope, nice work !

YF_Sticks

v94e said:

Like that used but not too much abused look, especially the scope, nice work !

Thanks! Yes I tried to go for a more subtle look. I used to overdo it all the time with wear. This time I really focused on precisely working with the masks and removing damage and grunge where it's not needed.

YF_Sticks

Working on the high poly for the knife. This is the toughest one so far, as the blade has some complex geometry. but made it work in the end Just need to add the back of the grip now.

Had some troubles at first, deciding on which knife to model. In the end, I went with the M9 Bayonet. I really like the shape and it has some "dominance" overall. Texturing wise, I'm gonna go for a little worn-out look, as I did with the sights above. 

If you have any inputs, let me know

Doxturtle

Nice work on these so far, looking forward to seeing the knife finished

YF_Sticks

Doxturtle said:

Nice work on these so far, looking forward to seeing the knife finished

I'm excited to texture this one!
Working on the final back piece now. 

YF_Sticks

Finished the knife and working on the render/composition now. It's difficult to place the correct lights in the scene with marmoset. Usually I just grabbed the lights from the HDRI image, but for this render I'm going with omni and spot lights. Here is a test render that I am going to adjust some more:



Also I am reworking some of the wear and tear of the Vortex. Let me know what you think