M1 Garand (Game Ready WIP)
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I'm quite new to modelling guns and haven't actually successfully modelled or textured one as of yet so hopefully I'll learn something from this since I'm tired of not finishing anything :eek: Anyway I have a question though since some models of anything really whether it be a gun or a chair or a human some models come in as separate parts and some as whole models if you know what I mean what's the right way to do it? have the model as a whole (everything extruded) or having different parts separate from eachother? Anyway now to the rifle I'm having trouble actually getting it accurate especially the rear sight area... I hope to get this game ready since I want to get into the game developer industry for a living. Thank you for the feedback please post whatever you feel isn't right and whatever you can to help me get this as good as I can. Thank you 
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For your question there I'd say the meshes generally won't need every single piece to be properly attached to each other. I've yet to hear a professional view on why myself though. I try to just make a real world comparison, fleshy pieces and the like generally cant detach so such things I make as one mesh. Mechanisms and things that aren't melded with the object in question can be much easier to make/rig/animate if they're separated.
As long as the different pieces are combined and treated like one mesh/object then the programs will keep track of it. But this is my view on it all
if so, Ive plently of intersecting bits on my current project. I never though there was a problem with it, until I got some feedback sugesting otherwise. Guess i'll find out soon enough and i'll be sure to let you know if i do.
nice model btw. You get a nice wood grain texture on there and it'll look lovely.