[WIP] minigun -FAIRY SHOOTER-

VoxArcana · Mar 2016

Hello guys!
I'm creating a character based on the world of Final Fantasy XII (and tatics)
aaaaand I created this weapon for her:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/25/fs5vttrmx8gl.png

This is somewhat how it's supposed to look like in the end haha

and this is the modeling part:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/pa/a0vi69tn7hn0.png

here I did all the base mesh in maya
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Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/wc/3mwdbdtln4py.png

I defined all the creases and increased the polygon count to start putting some details using zbrush <working on it>

C86G · Mar 2016

There are some minor things I´d change.

Image: http://fs5.directupload.net/images/160327/r5ra3ja4.jpg

1. some very obvious pinching
2. looks like an edge is not running correctly
3. I´d make the round part round (adjust the support edges)
4. Is it only a shadow or a smoothing error?
5. borders look very shap but not the inner part of the same part
6. some pinching

Anyway, looks fun and will look good with textures : )

VoxArcana · Mar 2016

C86G said:

There are some minor things I´d change.

1. some very obvious pinching
2. looks like an edge is not running correctly
3. I´d make the round part round (adjust the support edges)
4. Is it only a shadow or a smoothing error?
5. borders look very shap but not the inner part of the same part
6. some pinching

Anyway, looks fun and will look good with textures : )

Thanks for the advices!

I actually don't care much about the pinches at this point, because the high poly version will just be used to bake a normal map on the lower poly mesh, and I'll edit the map to remove them

Shinigami said:

will the pinching be visible when textured?

Nope, I'm planning to do all the texture in PBR, so it won't be high poly enough to see the pinches

C86G · Mar 2016

So yes, that pinching will translate into the normal map and editing/fixing that in Photoshop is kinda like the worst thing you can do.
And PBR has nothing to do with the polycount ; )

VoxArcana · Mar 2016

C86G said:

So yes, that pinching will translate into the normal map and editing/fixing that in Photoshop is kinda like the worst thing you can do.
And PBR has nothing to do with the polycount ; )

why is it the worst thing?
I know PBR has nothing to do with the polycount, I meant that I would not render the highpoly version

C86G · Mar 2016

Fixing baking errors in Photoshop (if that´s what you meant).
Don´t get me wrong. Just do as you like and have fun : )

VoxArcana · Mar 2016

I always clean my bakings in photoshop haha

ZacD · Mar 2016

Reasons you shouldn't paint on normal maps:

1. It's a bandage that covers up the problem, but doesn't fix the underlying issues.
2. It's a waste of time, learn how to properly model/bake, and you wont ever have to waste time painting out errors.
3. It's not accurate or clean, normal maps aren't like a simple height map, there's vertex normals and tangents that influence how a normal map works, and you can't account for that by hand.

[WIP] minigun -FAIRY SHOOTER-

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