Help with too-square models
Like my Battle Rifle spin off, I find the grip to be too square, obviously. A lot of my models are like this. What can I do to make it more fluid looking, model it from a cylinder instead of a box...??
Thanks guys
Thanks guys
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The covenant guns in Halo (that is a halo gun right?) are pretty curvy, try modeling those.
it doesn't matter if you start from a box or a cylinder or what, but get a perspective and/or front view of the gun so you can find which planes of the gun do not run vertically, etc.
here's a 3/4ths view of that gun:
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/800/800896/halo-3-20070701114740905.jpg
Notice how the top has that triangular cross-section running along it, etc. You've modeled from a side view only and its skewing your perception of the shape.
I'm using control edges at the moment, getting it ready for smoothing... maybe I jumped the gun a bit there with it being blocky and all
Stupid me but the magazine housing and the grip are all one model.... time to redo it
To do:
[*]Grips for grenade launcher, lower barrel
[*]Stock details, maybe more tribal work, I'm not sure yet
[*]Smooth out tribals a bit so they're not so blocky
[*]various scopes
[*]flashlight or something for the side rail
It's getting there!!
I modeled it for fun... that's basically why I model these days, to do things to see IF I CAN do them or at least muck around and get it decent enough
i never modeled one or tried to design one (maybe i should try that some time)
anyway judging from your models i kind of see whats going wrong
your gundesigns lack a lot of subtle transitions.
also the details looks good but they shouldn`t be in there yet, a detail should compliment the overall shape and usually its best to wait when adding it( in any kind of 3d work) it`s all about the overall structure and believability of the thing you are modeling/designing.
the key to really getting it right is to have a shitload of reference and doing some blocking at first to see if something is working or not
did some quick and nasty painting to try and make it look more interesting, but actually it wasn`t a good move on my part either trying to edit a gun without looking up some reference first.
i do hope it helps you in some way, just keep it up ^^
your doing a good job on this model I do suggest looking at some other gun concepts and getting ideas where to fill in the detail.
not looking bad tho
Anyways I'm working on a concept large-caliber revolver.
My question is: what would be the best way, in Maya, to make a revolver cylinder?
Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks so much guys.
As for the cylinder, check the 'how u model dem shapes' thread for a rundown, there's a good pic or two in there.
Anyway, should be pretty straight forward I think.
If this is for a high poly model, don't be afraid to use cylinders with a lot of sides.
Before starting a piece, take a little bit of time to think about how you might model it, and how much geometry you might need.
I started off with a cylinder with 48 sides around, and grabbed every sixth edge, and scaled down in only 2 axis. If you're in maya, search for a script called SelectEveryNEdge, it's awesome. If you're in max 2010, it should already be built in.
You guys have given me a lot to think about.
That .mel script, I have no idea how to use it but I'll look into that later. I already found the script, CGTalk, it's near the bottom. Implementation no clue, will figure out later I hope.