The G36 Thread - Suggestions & Solutions

Colditz

Hi guys,

as you can below, I'm working on a couple of variations of the German G36 rifle with some accessories . These project is primary intended to be improvement of my skills with 3ds max 2010 (a few days left, then 2011 x64) and PhotoShop CS2. Besides the fact that I have already created a few models with Normal Maps, my skills with this work flow are limited, and I will try to get better.

Secondary, the results of this project are going to implemented into the German "BWMod", a modification for Armed Assault 2 and Operation Arrowhead. The rifle is already in the game, but looks awful, is not animated, sounds weird and doesn't reflects the variations used by the German Bundeswehr. We try to improve that (along with some other stuff).

Anyway, I hope its okay to use this thread as platform for suggestions & solutions, if there are any problems with this project.

Final varations of the rifle:

• G36A1 with...
• NSA 80 Night Vision Module

• G36A2 with...
• HK Vertical Foregrip
• RSA-S Reflex Sight
• LLM-01 Laser Light Module

• G36A2 with...
• AG G36 A1 Grenade Launcher
• RSA-S Reflex Sight
• LLM-01 Laser Light Module

And maybe some other stuff like the HK Bipod or the Beta C-MAG Twin drum magazine.




Best Regards from Germany,
Colditz

roB0T

Cool Stuff man, you may know me from the WHQ forum as pudingpanzer btw.

CrazyButcher

looks very clean and correct to me.

Racer445

whoa, someone modeled a firearm correctly for once! very clean and accurate mesh.

Colditz

Thanks everyone for sharing the thoughts. It isn't difficult to produce a nice high polygon model, I think it's far more difficult to catch the correct proportions of a real object, especially how it will looks in the game engine, like First Person Shooters. I really think this is the common problem when people are recreating objects as CGI and don't use any references like blueprints or side views. By the way, here are two quick renders with visible wire frames:




@pudingpanzer

Der Nick kann es nicht sein, muss wohl am Avatar liegen. WHQ ist auch das einzige Forum wo ich noch mit Raymond unterwegs bin.

RobertHammer

Great modeling and maybe this is the best G36 model ever

btw what about KAC G36 RAS ? I know there many airsoft g36's like this one ,but i have seen real ones in Afghan holded by few KSK and BW MP's

roB0T

Colditz wrote: »

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@pudingpanzer

Der Nick kann es nicht sein, muss wohl am Avatar liegen. WHQ ist auch das einzige Forum wo ich noch mit Raymond unterwegs bin.

Der Avatar und dein unverwechselbarer Stil

bluekangaroo

yeah nice work, looks pretty accurate to me. should embed your images like RobertHammer above tho, just to make it easier to view your work..

Colditz

roB0T wrote: »

Der Avatar und dein unverwechselbarer Stil

Welcher Stil?

@EricV

Done!

Finished some small Parts of the LLM01 today and a first attempt on the final Vertical Foregrip.

roB0T

Colditz wrote: »

Welcher Stil?

Man erkennt immer den individuellen Arbeitsablauf. Es ist wie du deine Kanten ziehst, wo du besonders auf Datails achtets oder wie du deine Models renderst.
Wir sollten aber nicht mehr in Deutsch schreiben das geht glaub' ich den anderen auf den Sack und ist nicht erlaubt.

Colditz

Minor updates: bug fixing, bayonet lug and bipod.

Any suggestion how to model the inside of the foregrip with the holes? The original model of Armed Assault 2 has only a 2 sided texture for this. I'm thinking about the model it completely. but this means I have to bake everything later and texture it.

Colditz

I have to admit that "edit normals" is really a underestimated modifier.

Colditz

Anyone got an idea to improve the effects for the normal map? I'm thinking about modeling the holes, but at the end this needs to much polygons. No idea...

//EDIT

Somehow... I hate this black painted stuff.

Colditz

Added the KAC QDSS-NT4 silencer, which is in use by the German Kampfschwimmer ("Combat Swimmers") for the G36KA2.

gauss

Inspiring attention to detail, I've really enjoyed this thread.

Colditz

Many thanks!

Here's a quick test with my M17S. Texture need some work, but I think it's finished so far.

Colditz

So... finished the baking process, almost done with the texture stuff.