TF2 - Polypack - ChazM

ChazM · Jun 2010

late start because I didn't have a good idea at first. But, I remember a piece of art that came out before the Heavy Update that I thought was a really great idea: A man-portable BOFORS gun. So I looked it up and re-envisioned it a little. Got some other items in the works too... UPDATES TO COME!

ChazM · Jun 2010

HAT! Russian Tank Helmet... thinking of adding goggles, DISCUSS!

Karkasmolenklok · Jun 2010

I like it. But do you have any of the concept art, or the stuff preliminary to modeling it? You definitely want to post that in the thread.

Xeramon · Jun 2010

I think his theme is 2.Worldwar.
I like the hat, but not the minigun, it looks like the minigun of Buck. [pic]

Snowloss · Jun 2010

It doesn't look anything like Bucks.
It shares the face plate idea and that's it. It's like saying Hitler and Salvador Dali where the same guy because they both had mustaches.

jgoodroad · Jun 2010

goggles=misc Item.

Svdl · Jun 2010

Yes! Finally!
I've tried to make the tank helmet a few times myself, never really liking what I managed to do, but yours is looking excellent so far. Keep it up!

nex · Jun 2010

try that hat with engie goggles...pls

Karkasmolenklok · Jun 2010

Xeramon wrote: »

I think his theme is 2.Worldwar.
I like the hat, but not the minigun, it looks like the minigun of Buck. [pic]

You realize people can submit similar concepts, right?

Like how half the mediguns look similar?
Half the demoman entries are cannons?
Half the soldiers have cold war/atomic themes?

It's not too similar, in fact, it's very different; Buck went for two sets of miniguns, he went for one big AA/antitank gun, which is actually the kind of gun that would traditionally have that kind of shield.

Baby Stomper · Jun 2010

Awesome, I've been wanting someone to do that BOFORS cannon for a while now. Good luck to you.

ChazM · Jun 2010

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Yes I was going for a WW2 russian theme. I can post some of the images that I used as reference but honestly, I just took things from actual guns and applied in miniature for the AA gun and tweaked a few things to make it fit the slightly off-kilter proportions of TF2 so there wasn't much in the way of concept. Take my third offering: a simple trench knife:

fastturtle · Jun 2010

Stuff's lookin' dope, bro.

Khthon · Jun 2010

Like where this is going.

Khthon · Jun 2010

Might need the Heavy holding the trench knives in his hammy fists, since his only melee animations are punching.

ChazM · Jun 2010

@khthon my plan is to have the Heavy holding the knife blade down so when he punches, he's using the knuckle dusters for primary attack, on crit, when he uppercuts, it will look like a slash with the knife. I went for this weapon since it would go well with his existing animation set. That being said, I might have to work on the bottom piece. For the real weapon the spike on the bottom was referred to as the "skullcrusher" maybe play that idea up a bit more to get something interesting to look at.

spetch · Jun 2010

I wanna shoot dat gun!

GG_Underscore · Jun 2010

that gun look beefy and deadly- totally worthy of the heavy.

awesome hat too.

oobersli · Jun 2010

modal dat gun.

TF2 - Polypack - ChazM

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