Hey, PC. Heard about this forum during the downtime, and when I heard it was back up I rushed over here as fast as the internet would take me to sign up! And I was greeted with a TF2 contest, oh boy! Actually, I have no intention of winning (with my Maya models.) But I need to learn Maya (get out of my head, Blender hotkeys!) and texturing. So I'll try and make three passable Maya models, then make three excellent Blender models. I'm going to focus on the Spy's French origin for this portion, and probably try and do some Southern stuff for the Engineer in Blender. Wish me luck!
Alright, first thing I decided on was a replacement for the Ambassador, L'Artillerie De Napoleon, as I am calling it (that's two years' worth of high school French, right there.) Used traditional French cannon/revolver design for reference so far, will make it more of a revolver or a flintlock (silly me, thinking I could use clips on a French pistol in the time period specified) and try and add more detail (decorational wheels, etc.) tomorrow.