WIP - Custom M4A1

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

UPDATE:
ok

So i call this one done!

If you wanna see more shots, here is the link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8l8LyE

Thanks a lot for the feedback!
I would not have finished this one without posting it here ^^

Hey Guys

I've been playing a ton of Tarkov the last couple of Weeks

That's why i decided to create a fully customized M4A1

I call the Blockout pretty much done!
Here are 2 Shots of it and a List of all the Parts!

Parts:

M4 Body

Vltor MUR: MODULAR UPPER RECEIVER

PMAG D-60® AR/M4

Strike SI AR Advanced Receiver Extension

FAB Defense GL-SHOCK AR15/M16 Shock Absorbing Butt-Stock

EMG/SAI QD Rail with JailBrake Muzzle Device

Barrel 20 inch for AR 15

MAGPUL PTS AAC Blackout 51T Flash Hider

762-SDN-6™ Fast-attach 7.62mm silencer

J P Enterprises Ar 15 M16 Adjustable Gas Blocks A2 Style Gas Block

Magpul Industri MPIMAG583

NcSTAR MPR45 45 Degree Offset Rail Mount

AR-15 RAPTOR-LT CHARGING HANDLE 5.56

Magpul MBUS 2 Front Back-Up Sight

Tactical Dynamics CNC Aluminum Skeletonized Pistol Grip for AR15

PTS Fortis SHIFT™ Vertical Grip

Zenitco Klesch 2IKS

EOTech ATPIAL AN/PEQ-15

Zenit-BelOMO PK-06

Primary Arms SLx 3 Compact 3x32 Gen II Prism Scope

c&c is very welcome!

realfolki · Jan 2020

Looks amazing!Cant wait for the high poly parts!
10/10 would loot.

Zi0 · Jan 2020

Blockout looks fine, keep it up!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@realfolki cheers mate! 10/10 would not die with this!
@Zi0 thanks mate! i will do my best

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/54/fdnxwzv847em.png

i already started modelling the highpoly

fdfxd2 · Jan 2020

Satisfyingly soft bevels. kinda like melting chocolate, I'm kinda hungry now...

Can't wait till the whole gun is like this.

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@fdfxd2
haha ^^ thanks

i hope it will not take too long for me to finish the highpoly

Today i found some time to put the "Zenit-BelOMO PK-06" onto the "NcSTAR MPR45 45 Degree Offset Rail Mount"

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/9h/9b3r4q84ztav.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/7e/o9ly4qnz8sia.png

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Just finished the highpoly of the body

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/xi/849wdh8jvuza.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/oc/4amdhld3hvbu.png

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Had some more time today

and here is what i have so far

So what i have so far is:

M4A1 Lower Receiver

Vltor MUR: MODULAR UPPER RECEIVER
Barrel 20 inch for AR 15
NcSTAR MPR45 45 Degree Offset Rail Mount
Zenit-BelOMO PK-06

Strike SI AR Advanced Receiver Extension
Tactical Dynamics CNC Aluminum Skeletonized Pistol Grip for AR15
MAGPUL PTS AAC Blackout 51T Flash Hider
762-SDN-6™ Fast-attach 7.62mm silencer

i hope i will be fast with the rest as well

but i think the "hardest" part of the weapon is the upper and lower receiver

so thats already done!

Zi0 · Jan 2020

looking good!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@Zi0 cheers mate!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

one asset a day

For today i did the PTS Fortis SHIFT Vertical Grip!

As always C&C is very welcome!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

And todays asset is the EMG SAI QD Rail

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/3a/7890xvrki0z3.png

Deniell · Jan 2020

Lovely. Looking forward to see final result.

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@Deniell Thanks mate!
I hope the HIgh res will be done soon!
I will for sure model one more piece today

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Todays after work asset is the Primary Arms SLx 3 Compact 3x32 Gen II Prism Scope!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/85/u1aqr08v69yf.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/j3/0ocl5jd6b4q7.png

as always, c&c is very welcome!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Today i modelt two smaller things

The "RADIAN WEAPONS AR 15 RAPTOR CHARGING HANDLE" and the "MAGPUL M LOK ALUM RAIL"
So nothing major, but its something

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/de/hu7x64qu8nfy.png

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Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Today i was finally able to create the rest of the pieces!
and one of those days im gonna take a look at the time while im modeling ^^ i really wanna know how much time i spend doing this xD

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/uf/escba1fl57p2.png

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Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

So!
All the pieces are done!
Here is the finished (might add some details while baking) highpoly!!!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/mi/y4pnc846zyfl.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/gv/qbgugp3i6ivb.png

Kanni3d · Jan 2020

Super slick modeling dude, well done! real solid blockout all the way into fantastic high-res meshes. All traditional sub-d modeling?

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@Kanni3d
Thanks a lot!
Yea everything is just moddelt

no creases or other nonsense xD just some floaters

Polygoblin · Jan 2020

Very nice work. Love all the skeletonized stuff. And your tempo is crazy too

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@Polygoblin
Thanks a lot man

yea i did some calcuating on that badboy ^^
The Blockout took be about 5h and the Highpoly took me about 35h
so in total im working 40h on that model

Jedairusz · Jan 2020

You are fast! Looks clean, good luck with lowpoly!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@Jedairusz
Thanks man

yea im quite happy with the progress so far

doing the Lowpoly right now... but not much to show^^
Next thing im gonna show might be the lowpoly with normals already applied

Guess thats the next step where stuff gets interesting xD

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Because doing all the Lowpoly first ist suuuuper boring, i am doing it piece by piece now and do the uvs and normal map bakes asap

So by now i did some lowpolys already, here is the first piece with normal maps applied

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/nr/sx1ek108nnf0.png

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/bh/ewukbqlrfvhw.png

Silencer is done as well

oglu · Jan 2020

I hope it is for killing Pixel only.

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@oglu
no pixels were harmed!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Doing normal maps atm...
Just baked everything once, now i have to fix all the issue... and unfortunately there are some ^^
But here is the progress so far:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/uc/jg6nbu0c2lct.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/vp/3fggdnndd2bd.png

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R4DSUN · Jan 2020

Awww heck bakes looks sick my dude! Cant wait for the textured version!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@R4DSUN
Thanks mate

I will start today

piece by piece

Lets see how it turns out

Jay429 · Jan 2020

Looks sick my man would love to see some wires
Looks dope as hell

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@Jay429
Thanks man!
i will post some wires as soon as everythings done

But to be honest, its not too special^^

Btw. im doing texture right now

Lets see how it turns out ^^

Jackskullcrack · Jan 2020

This looks awesome, it would be cool if you could share the cage mesh wireframes, I'm just curious to see what they look like

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@Jackskullcrack
Thanks a lot man!
I will share one at the end!

Jackskullcrack · Jan 2020

Sweet! can't wait.

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

So im doing textures right now...
but im not quite sure about the color of the rail... is it too much black already? what do you guys think?

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ix/a80k9wf78vom.png

Delthor · Jan 2020

Just look at a lot of real-life references and make sure you import it into Marmoset to see how it looks there whenever you make a change. It looks good to me based on that picture but maybe it isn't.

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@Delthor
Thanks mate

Yea thats what im doing right now... The Shot i posted is already out of marmoset... the thing is all the reference that im finding is factory new stuff ^^ but i would like to add some dirt and scratches ... but yea.. i will just do what makes sense to me i guess...

oglu · Jan 2020

We need more Dirt!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

@oglu
Yea you are right! you will get more dirt!

Phoenix995 · Jan 2020

Fixed the Bakes of the Laser yesterday and started texturing... still a long way to go ^^

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/m4/ag97byjevt6j.png

Phoenix995 · Feb 2020

did some good progress today!
thats what i have so far!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/xw/awktjdibinwz.png

Delthor · Feb 2020

Looks great! Maybe add some slight color variation within the textures or a slightly different color to each attachment instead of using the same material

Phoenix995 · Feb 2020

@Delthor
Thanks mate!
Yea right now im just trying to bake all the maps, get rid of all the errors and put some materials on there that i can 90% keep.
But thanks for the input! i will do some changes on the whole texture

Phoenix995 · Feb 2020

Delthor · Feb 2020

Looks awesome. What's the polycount of the low poly?

Phoenix995 · Feb 2020

@Delthor
thanks! but i know that i have still a way to go^^ and i have to decide on camera angles as well

i did not really care about polycount to be honest as long as its not super mental ^^
it sits at about 45000 tris right now

Delthor · Feb 2020

That's a great polycount considering how many attachments it has

Phoenix995 · Feb 2020

@Delthor
Yea i went for a amount that just looks good to me

WIP - Custom M4A1

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