[WIP] VP70

KnechtRuprecht · Mar 2013

Good morning, Polycount

i decided to stop lurking around, and post something I am working on.
This time i want to make it better than my older works. I'm lacking skill especially in making textures and bake clean maps. I'm looking for advice on my highpoly model, before i bake it. I think some edges are too sharp. Should i soften them?
And is it wrong to design the HP mesh for easy lowpoly conversation, so you have only to remove some loops?

Greetings
Moritz

Joost · Mar 2013

The modelling is pretty solid.

Some of the edges might be a bit too sharp, like the top of the stock and some of the floating geo

You also have a varying edge width on the stock, it's tight at the top and then smooths out. I don't know if this was intentional or not but in general it's something you should avoid.

And as long as you don't get any unwanted pinching from the loops that's fine.

KnechtRuprecht · Mar 2013

Thanks for the advice

I will decrease the sharpness and rework the stock at some places.

Greetings
Moritz

theSixtyEight · Mar 2013

Hey, nice model! Hope u will bake in xnormal, as blender bake suck at all.

KnechtRuprecht · Mar 2013

Yeah i will bake it in xNormal. I hope i will get this time a clean bake, because all models that i have baked showed some crazy stuff in the maps, even with xNormal. I think i have used too little geo, because i was afraid of an fps drop ingame.

KnechtRuprecht · Mar 2013

Finally baked my model down. Had to explode the whole thing, because Cages didn't work properly with Blender

Maybe gone a little bit overboard with the polycount. Marmoset shows that is has 14200 tris.

KnechtRuprecht · Mar 2013

I have started making my textures. Please give me response what i could make better.

KnechtRuprecht · Mar 2013

I have tried to define the Polymer better. Please give me some critique

Colditz · Mar 2013

War klar das jemand aus BW eine HK baut :thumbup:

A few details are still missing or are wrong:

KnechtRuprecht · Mar 2013

Haha

Thanks for the reply

I think i can easily add the engravings, but meh, it really bugs me out that i havent noticed that the edge under the trigger is curved. I think I have to collect more reference in the future.

AlanSMitchell · Mar 2013

Also Look at the handle what you got looks like rubber. it looks like hard plastic in the above image.

Colditz · Mar 2013

I rather would like to see the german stamps, not from Arlington, VA.

KnechtRuprecht · Mar 2013

I think i finished my VP 70. I'm not 100% satisfied (especially with the polymer), but for my first time using photoshop, i think it's ok. Thanks for the feedback

Sheers · Mar 2013

Lighten up that one part of the folding stock that goes in. But it looks good so far.

Colditz · Mar 2013

Wesentlich besser. Aber auf jede deutsche Waffe gehört das sogenannte Beschusszeichen "N" und die Seriennummer. :poly124:

http://www.dsb.de/media/PDF/Recht/Sprengstoffrecht/Beschusszeichen.pdf

KnechtRuprecht · Mar 2013

Colditz wrote: »

Wesentlich besser. Aber auf jede deutsche Waffe gehört das sogenannte Beschusszeichen "N" und die Seriennummer. :poly124:

http://www.dsb.de/media/PDF/Recht/Sprengstoffrecht/Beschusszeichen.pdf

Haha you are insane :poly124: . The serial number is stamped in at the ejection port (not sure how to call this thing). Arent these "Bechusszeichen" very small? I don't think that you would see them on my pretty inefficient maps xD
But thanks for sharing these! I will keep them in mind when i model my next weapon.

Colditz · Mar 2013

[WIP] VP70

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