Rheinmetall AG - MG3 machine gun

Colditz

Started to work a week ago, almost impossible difficult with all those sheet metal s***.

MG3 general purpose machine gun


MG3 Ammo Box 120 Rounds ( Patronenkasten DM40004 )


MG3 Ammo Crate 250 Rounds ( Patronenkasten DM2 )


MG3 Anti-Aircraft tripod ( Fliegerdreibein )

maxivz

Just stunning work, i had gave it a try before but it just ended up really messed up
are you planning to texture it?

Colditz

Yes, low poly mesh with max. 7000 triangles and 2048x2048 texture with specular, normal and diffuse map.

Everything for ArmA II and Operation Arrowhead (or any other game, sooner or later)

lampekap

can i see wires?

Colditz

With or without turbosmooth?

Colditz

Well, here you go:

3,5 million polys



1,9 million polys

Mio

very nice model!

Do love those german firearms

Colditz

50 round belt DM1

roosterMAP

looks very acurate! good job!

Xoliul

I really like that wireframe. This is how it's done!

Colditz

And I love your Viewport Shader :thumbup:

Battlegnome

Hello Colditz,
my name is Kevin and I'm from Munich (Germany). So please excuse my school English.
I found this great Forum while searching the dimensions for the Rheinmetall MG3 and the DM40004 for my main hobby: scale military model building.
So here is a photo of my German mainbattle tank Leopard 2A5 in scale 1/16.



The reason for posting in your thread is, because I want to know if it would be possible to get some CAD data of the MG3 and the amminition box.
I know you surely had a lot of work with it, but I really would be glad if I could build such a scale anti aircraft gun like you model is.

I'm looking forward to an answer of you.

Merry christmas

Kevin

Colditz

I don't know what you exactly want with some CAD data, but you can explain me the details on German via PM. I think this would be much easier.

Sorry for the late reply.

Triggerself

Hello from Lettland! I was really impressed while watching your MG3 work and inspired me to create a MG42 model. I'm newby in 3D modeling, just few days and now I just finished my one part of MG42 - flash suppressor, that was realy hard work to me, cuz I dont know so much about modeling technique :]
I want ask you to help me with measures, for example if you can share with me your blueprints, blueprints of your Patronenkasten, wireframes of your model and parts, anything that can help me to create my own MG42, please, contact with me via e-mail: Triggerself[at]gmail[dot]com or write me in Skype: pr3r0gat1v3
Cheers, Sergey

Computron

What material are your using for the high poly render? anything special? And can you show non turbosmoothed wires? thanks.

Colditz

Computron wrote: »

What material are your using for the high poly render? anything special? And can you show non turbosmoothed wires? thanks.

Sorry for the late reply. The material is the MR_PresentationMat_01 here from Polycount, a little bit customized. I didn't continued the work on the project, but well I started a few new projects. Maybe I will finish it this year, at least the Sub-D. There are only a few parts missing.

TipsyMonk

Great job on this. I'm really impressed with the very clean topology. With so many details, it's easy to lose control of your topology.

nufftalon

those guns look really good great work nice and clean!