[WIP] Alien Shotgun

respawnrt

I'm starting a sci-fi shotgun.Only blocked the parts for now.Concept by Pavel Savchuk.

Ravanna

Did u seek to expand upon the concept, in thinking what appendages this alien would have, the scale, etc. anything that could redefine any shapes of the gun.
Its a beautiful concept, I'd love to see how u achieved the "shell"-like material throughout.

Reventius

Blockout looks pretty good so far. It'd be helpful though if you had provided a side and front view as well so it'd be easier to compare directly to the concept. Is that large round gap where the front of the hand grip is a perfect circle? The concept makes it look like it's more or less one with just a couple of indentations and a gap in it. From what I can tell yours looks a little skewed. Also, there's definitely some internal components / mass where you have that empty gap behind the back of the barrel right now. I assume you're going to fill that in as well since it looks totally solid in the concept. Other than that I don't see any glaring flaws with it at this stage. Keep on it.

respawnrt

@Ravanna i'll take a break before texturing to look at a lot of reference of shells
@Reventius Sure thing here's the side and front.It's just a tiny bit skewed ,i'll block that missing mass today

Reventius

Thanks for posting the extra views up! I knew that round area looked off, hah. I'd say just get the majority lined up to be more of a perfect circle and then cut in the little indents out of it like you have already. Here's the parts that were most glaring to me at the stage you're at with this. I'm probably just being nitpicky though.

respawnrt

Good eye sir.Hope it's better now.

respawnrt

Worked some moar .

respawnrt

Hey guys another update, i worked on the back thing some more.

respawnrt

Daily update.

FullSynch

Lookin' good! Idk how I feel about that new piece though, the one that wraps around that drum and over the barrel. It feels a bit out of place, I can see what you're trying to do with it though. Keep it up!

respawnrt

hey Fullsynch if you're still arround i'm planing to make that dark metal thing that sort of sticks on that piece and if you have a better idea quick overlay .thanks
Now not so daily update...still have a lot of work.

konstruct

FUCK YEAH! Sub-D forever!!! :P I`m stoked to see how you do the red tube-ish stuff from the concept!

respawnrt

Never forget lol, yeah hard day tommorow .

respawnrt

update on red tubes, i hope i'll finish it until friday so i can start the low poly.

konstruct

GAGH!!! SO cool.

respawnrt

Thanks konstruct ! anyway i'll prob try cryengine 3 for this one, i don't know anything for now but i'll read the wiki )

Blaisoid

there are few areas that have soft grooves while concept uses has sharp cuts there, other than that it looks awesome!

FullSynch

Tubes are lookin tubular.

respawnrt

^thanks guys, yeah some groove are kinda softish i'll tweak em a bit .Last update this week as i will start working on low and uv's and bake.

respawnrt

ok guys i had some fun with the cryengine, no major problems other than the fact that i can't adjust the default camera clipping and i can't get close to the weapon because of clipping .If anyone knows how to adjust camera clipping in cryengine 3 please tell me.

FullSynch

I can't help but imagine it as a super soaker. All that shiny plastic and water. Come now, you were asking for it. Great so far.

respawnrt

Lmao ) yeah well i'm currently gathering some reference for texturing .

respawnrt

I haven't abandoned this thing, on the contrary i've been working on a diorama for it .Some test i've done, i'm not done yet and lol at my hacky methods of texturing that thing :poly139:

respawnrt

Don't ban that bot, i like him

respawnrt

Hey guys, i'm back and i textured the shotgun.I've been a bit busy but anyway it's almost done .

Sage

I wasn't really sold on this, till now. it's looks nice.

joeriv

Same here, the texture/materials just bring the whole thing together.

I just feel like the whole things just "works", it just has a certain vibe or feel to it that I really like.

only minor detail is that those glowy bits look a bit plastic to me, wich in turn gives them a bit of a static feel.

Arkadius

Same here, looks great!

respawnrt

Thanks guys, it's also the first thing i did in a long time with a drawing tablet i just got a bamboo wacom lol.
I think those veins were more redish in the original concept i'll try that and maybe darken them a bit.