3rd Year University Project crits (Game Ready M4 Portfolio Piece)
polycounter lvl 9
Hi guys,
This is my second major attempt at creating a hard surface model for games, the final aim of the project is to have a decent showreel piece.
all crits welcome, I live in the UK so the closest I get to holding a real gun or looking at one is playing airsoft when i was 13 so I'm not 100% savvy on weapon terminology or how things work in great detail.
From the past few years of sitting watching everyones work and scowering the forums Im always paranoid that my edges are too tight and the first response i get will be racer445's example of edges. but i suppose this is something i need to get right.
Im happy with it so far in the sense that its definitely the best looking model I personally have ever made to date. stressful business as being a university project it needs to pass and I have an official timescale I must follow. Hoping to have the model done by the end of next week.
anyway, thanks again for looking and hopefully some of you get back to me as I've had poor luck with some of my previous posts getting views and no one replying.
Thanks again.
This is one the problem areas I've always had, my knowledge of topology and how it works is failing me on some parts so if any of you can point me in the right direction of tutorials and such that would also be most appreciated.
This is my second major attempt at creating a hard surface model for games, the final aim of the project is to have a decent showreel piece.
all crits welcome, I live in the UK so the closest I get to holding a real gun or looking at one is playing airsoft when i was 13 so I'm not 100% savvy on weapon terminology or how things work in great detail.
From the past few years of sitting watching everyones work and scowering the forums Im always paranoid that my edges are too tight and the first response i get will be racer445's example of edges. but i suppose this is something i need to get right.
Im happy with it so far in the sense that its definitely the best looking model I personally have ever made to date. stressful business as being a university project it needs to pass and I have an official timescale I must follow. Hoping to have the model done by the end of next week.
anyway, thanks again for looking and hopefully some of you get back to me as I've had poor luck with some of my previous posts getting views and no one replying.
Thanks again.
This is one the problem areas I've always had, my knowledge of topology and how it works is failing me on some parts so if any of you can point me in the right direction of tutorials and such that would also be most appreciated.
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Well, I dont know anything about guns, but I will let you know what I think about the mesh so far.
Anyway ... :
1. red = room for improvement
2. green = I like it (visually appealing)
3. white = ideas (shouldnt this be ... more like this stuff)
Edit: Can we see closeup wireframes of the areas that are causing you problems (last image)? That would help.
I'll post images of the closeup wireframes later when I'm at my pc, I'm mainly wondering about how I go about modelling In general, do I just Cap the open areas on the receiver parts? Or do I find more reference and model the inside? It's going to a game so I doubt it's the latter but these are the things I'm curious about how the pro's do it,
the receiver is an airsoft variant (purely because it looks slightly different and i dont want to model another standard variant) Its called a "G&P MOTS Skull Frog"
found another good reference, ill be starting work on the receiver tomorrow as i haven't completed the other side, i might remake it completely, the wire image i posted show the learning curve I've taken as i go along, the receiver was the first part I made and the pistol grip was the last.
I also had a go at fixing the areas you mentioned. i think you were right about the stock, it looks better now that it comes to more of a point. will try and fix the top receiver pinching soon.
I always see these insanely accurate models people do for games, even in places that are completely invisible to the player, never saw the purpose. Superly that's just classed as un-needed work? Didn't think anyone would be up for that.
I also started working on an An-Peq 15 laser box, but the topology became really messy and I'm not sure if it's worth spending the time to fix or just starting from scratch, any suggestions would be helpful, posting a photo just for reference to what i already have
thanks in advance guys.
It's mostly about what you as an artist gives the rigger etc. to work with.
Example:
I'm currently working as weapon artist on a hobby project.
We have an awesome looking weapon and decided that we want to have a "pick up animation" where the players character inspect the weapon the first time he picked it up (clearing the chamber etc.). Problem: the artist didn'T know about this and didn't model the chamber, so we have to scrap this idea.
The level of detail is always related to what the other member of your team want to do with the weapon. (e.g. an exploded view if you select your attachment etc.)
Thanks guys.