Millenia's Guns Galore

Millenia · Nov 2012

Figured I'd make one centralized thread to dump all my work in progress weaponry in. Feel free to provide criticism/suggestions/whatevs!

M4A1 (contract work)

H&K CAWS (for Fallout: NV)

This AK47's finished (a few days ago) but I never posted it here so meh:

Don't think I posted this Mauser either:

wirrexx · Nov 2012

You are such a great inspiration Millenia, i will try to work hard and hope to achieve the same results as you have. my main problem is texturing part (and giving up when it gets hard). But im trying to begin small now. I love seeing your work!

Brygelsmack · Nov 2012

That AK is... interesting.

But yeah, love the texturing. Got some flats?

Btw, mind sharing some details on your render setup?

Millenia · Nov 2012

Render "setup" is literally just 3point shader with three omnis. I like to keep it simple

Here's the AK flats at half size: http://wip.millenia3d.net/AK47/flats.jpg

Shanthosa · Nov 2012

Millenia these are awesome! So inspirational.

With the AK, how does the magazine's texture work? I can tell that it pulls from the UV island in the top right corner, but the form of the magazine and that island don't look like they line up. How does it work without getting weird texture stretching? Looks like black magic to me.

Thanks for sharing your work, it is amazing!

Millenia · Nov 2012

You can get straight uvs for mags like that if you keep your bend modifier in the stack while UV mapping under it and only collapsing after it's UV'd. It'll have minimal stretching but it's negligible with baked normals

Also, the modded magazine in the render is a separate model/uv than the one on the main gun, the standard version comes with a regular 30 round mag.

Patrick Svensson · Nov 2012

Love YOU!!

This is so great Im falling for you! MARRY ME?

Bek · Nov 2012

These are frustratingly perfect :P I've been working along your shotgun tutorial (Doing a different gun though) but I'm stuck on one modelling part, but I'm itching to get to texturing because dayum.

Did you use ndo2 for the precise stuff like the Tula Armoury logo on the AK and other text markings? I would assume so but thought I'd ask.

Shanthosa · Nov 2012

Oh that makes a lot of sense. Yeah I could see using straight UV's for a bent magazine, but not at the scale of the modded one. Good stuff. I love seeing your work.

Millenia · Nov 2012

Even the modded one worked very well with straight UVs.

And yeah, text markings and other tiny details would be pointless to model in the HP so I use nDo2 for those.

Anyways, here's the CAWS finished:

Harry · Nov 2012

100rd AK mag usually has a small ring, like a bayonet, which slips over the muzzle.

generally they look good though i feel the wear is way overdone, and the spec isnt really working to show different materials as well as it could be.

the CAWS is really not reading well because the wear on it has been approached the same way metal has been. the most noticable wear on that kind of plastic is "smoothed off" areas, which have actually been "polished" by contact.
This also makes them appear darker when not in direct light because the surface texture does not diffuse the light as much.

Millenia · Nov 2012

Good point, I'll keep it in mind. I get lazy with New Vegas textures since the engine'll ruin my work anyways and there's no gloss ;__;

Harry · Nov 2012

yeah i got the feeling it was a speedrun. Nothing to be ashamed of... However when you don't get to use gloss there's ways to kind of "fake" the same effect.
It's not as flexible but just remember, the light will most of the time be coming from above, so even though we shoot for dynamic and photoreal, you can use the principles learned from painting to compose something which looks right in the "average" lighting conditions

Scythe · Nov 2012

Great work Millenia, those weapons are raaaad. Just think the wood shouldn't have the same spec as the metal though, 'specially on your ak.

Keep up this awesomeness

Blaisoid · Nov 2012

great stuff!

one of things i've been wondering about is how do you achieve that transition of wood grains, from large ellipsoid shapes on one side to thin horizontal stripes on the neightbouring side of stock or grip.

are you sourcing wood from actual gun photos? or do you use normal wood photos but paint some of wood grains manually to ensure they follow the shape correctly?

Millenia · Nov 2012

Blaisoid wrote: »

great stuff!

one of things i've been wondering about is how do you achieve that transition of wood grains, from large ellipsoid shapes on one side to thin horizontal stripes on the neightbouring side of stock or grip.

are you sourcing wood from actual gun photos? or do you use normal wood photos but paint some of wood grains manually to ensure they follow the shape correctly?

AK wood base is handpainted with photos overlayed on top

e:/

BARDLER · Nov 2012

I would love to see the texture flats for the AK47, could you post them pretty please

Blaisoid · Nov 2012

well, he did post them you know. post number 4.

AK wood base is handpainted with photos overlayed on top

thanks for explaining

Joost · Nov 2012

Awesome work! I love the m4.
The AK is great too but it feels like there's a bit too much going on.

Havoc89 · Nov 2012

Looking good.

M4 is nice and clean but looks a bit unfinished in terms of texture details. You could use a bit of dirt/stains to help give a little bit of colour to an otherwise super clean gray rifle. AK, and pistol are a bit too noisy looking. Maybe go easy on the image/texture sharpening. Otherwise, its looking good.

Joopson · Nov 2012

I don't typically enjoy gun-art, but yours are something special.
I love seeing everything new you post. So impressive.

Millenia · Dec 2012

Dumping a bunch of things I did with dDo:

Raging Bull, model - Defuse

IMI UZI, model - Sephiris (suppressor is mine)

Mateba Model 6 Unica, model - EarthQuake

M14, model - AnAggressiveNapkin (scope/mount + suppressor by me)

Pretty sweet tool. Most of these could use some manual details but I've been focusing on speed since I promised the New Vegas community I'd release a weapon pack by Christmas, heh. Maybe I'll touch them up later on once I have more experience with dDo etc.

Pedro Amorim · Dec 2012

pretty sweet work dude!

Millenia · Dec 2012

Doing the Fallout 3 combat shotgun.

Fridock · Dec 2012

your guns are so "tasty"

cookedpeanut · Dec 2012

Aye, your guns and work are such an inspiration. The textures are just mindblowing, do you use a tablet? How necessary do you think it is to use a tablet in texturing?

Millenia · Dec 2012

cookedpeanut wrote: »

Aye, your guns and work are such an inspiration. The textures are just mindblowing, do you use a tablet? How necessary do you think it is to use a tablet in texturing?

I used to use one but I barely use it at all nowadays. So definitely not necessary.

Joao Sapiro · Dec 2012

pretty sweet texturing man, youv improved exponentially and its always cool to check new stuff from you ! this one is my favorite :

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/images/48570-2-1355114310.jpg

congrats man !

Computron · Dec 2012

Lovin' the Mateba.

Millenia · Dec 2012

Texturing this thing. Still needs work etc

Millenia · Dec 2012

Done!

StK Uriziel · Dec 2012

please, show texture for this shotgun

Millenia · Dec 2012

Sure, half-sized here:

http://wip.millenia3d.net/NewVegas/Combat/combat.jpg

BertR · Dec 2012

Your guns and textures are awesome. Felt the urge to say that...

Bek · Dec 2012

Really like how you've done the specular, something I definintely need to improve on. (I recently started playing new vegas so installed your retexture pack and the ak47/ 47su, your work is just SO much better than the vanilla NV textures).

Millenia · Jan 2013

Workin' on this Galil for a client:

1TkAu

RedRogueXIII · Jan 2013

Niceee, teeny tiny nitpicks: knurl may be too small depending on final map sizes, and exterior stamping on the magazine has pinching at their points. Both very minor and both pains to fix. Looking good though!

gauss · Jan 2013

Good progress, any crits I would have, Harry handled better. Good eclectic choice in weapons to model. (Also RedRogue, thanks for the weapon reference image link in your sig!)

lewist · Jan 2013

Really great work. Your material definition is killer.

Millenia · Feb 2013

Quick little thing for NV. Handle is super wasteful but New Vegas's engine ignores normal maps when applying normals, so it'll look flatter than an 8 year old's chest if I just normal them in.

Brygelsmack · Feb 2013

Not much of a gun, but it looks nice!

Arthur Ramazanov · Feb 2013

awesome weapons thread

Has dDo been working well for you?

J0NNYquid · Feb 2013

Your material definition consistently blows me away. Really good stuff.

Millenia · Feb 2013

Arthur Ramazanov wrote: »

awesome weapons thread Has dDo been working well for you?

It's nifty, but I went back to 100% hand texturing since it produces better results if not being a bit more arduous

Anyways, nothing new really (just my old AKS74U), but I managed to *finally* get STALKER conversion working (something I've been struggling with for three years) so I had to put it in!

Lonewolf · Feb 2013

really good work dude

theSixtyEight · Feb 2013

does stalker engine handle speculars and lighting so well, or its some lighting actually baked down? i thought stalker engine doesnt support any speculars

Millenia · Feb 2013

Same textures as for any other engine, just contrasted a little and darkened the diiffuse.

Bek · Feb 2013

Looks cool Millenia, I thought your AK was already in STALKER though? [ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb1tCwxUbRA"]GUNSLINGER mod [S.COP] aks-74u - YouTube[/ame]

I'll hopefully be getting one of my models put in STALKER soon so it's cool to see your work going into the game as well.

DESMOND · Feb 2013

Oh,man. Your weapon is beutiful! Can you show your texture maps? I like your specular, wanna see that.

Millenia · Feb 2013

Bek wrote: »

Looks cool Millenia, I thought your AK was already in STALKER though? GUNSLINGER mod [S.COP] aks-74u - YouTube

I'll hopefully be getting one of my models put in STALKER soon so it's cool to see your work going into the game as well.

That one looks like it's been converted without permission/my knowledge so I wouldn't've known, heh.

DESMOND wrote: »

Oh,man. Your weapon is beutiful! Can you show your texture maps? I like your specular, wanna see that.

Sure! http://wip.millenia3d.net/aks74u/flats.jpg

Converted my M37 Ithaca as well.

here's a quick tutorial I made on the conversion, if you're interested.

[ame="

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ZL0IX1TFk"]Weapon creation tutorial - Optional 4 (STALKER conversion) - YouTube[/ame]

Wiedzmin · Feb 2013

great models and textures!

only a small tip, AKS-74U never had a steel 30rd mag(the one that you did, it's for 7.62x39), AKS-74U have orange/plum plastik 30rd(usually labeled as a star - label of Tula ) plus orange/plum/black from AK-74/74M labeled with triangle with arrow inside it - label of izhmash

do not take it as a criticism, just a small tip

izhmash plum

60rd mag 6L31 to the left 30rd Tula plum to the right

also sorry if someone already wrote about it

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