Mossberg 'something' -- WIP

biggest_kid

Hey guys i am currently in the process of modeling a Mossberg 'something' shotgun. I called it 'something' coz im not sure what type it is, ie. whether its an m13 etc.

Anyway im having a bit of trouble modeling the breech. I just cant seem to get my head around how to inset a rounded-rectangular hole into the mesh.

Here is an image of what i mean.

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As you can see from the reference pic the model is meant to be for game purposes, so is low poly and is going to have a normal map applied. So i was wondering how to get a low poly rounded-retangular hole in the model, any ideas anyone?

Thanks

[Deleted User]

I'd do it like this:

Shiraz

Seems like you got it all planned out. Though you might have to make those diagonals loop around if your going to use it as a base mesh for a turbo smooth. Otherwise you might get some untwantedness.

LEViATHAN

Mossberg 590

biggest_kid

hahaha thanks leviathan, and fly_soup is there any way u can post that gif up as a series of images? Cant really follow whats going on as its too quick haha.

Rang3r1

One little thing, if you are going to go from low to high, it will help to add two edge loops parallel to the front going all the way around, to keep it in quads. I would make a quick gif, but sadly I can only be on for a bit.

biggest_kid

Nevermind the request for the still image, i managed to get it still myself. Ok i tried fly's idea posted above, and i just cannot seem to eliminate all ngons/triangles.

As you can see below there are still 4 boxes which are ngongs and i have no idea how to eliminate this problem, i have tried so many different edgeloops and none seem to work. Any suggestions guys?

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Thanks a heap!