M4A1 Assault Rifle

kevingamerartist · Mar 2016

Hi All,
Here's my M4A1 Assault Rifle in Unreal 4. Let me know what you all think. Any feedback is greatly appreciated

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/vv/3rlp3axviifg.png

Mr. Brightside · Mar 2016

Suggestion: Don't photo texture something you're putting into UE4

3dReaper · Mar 2016

What was your intent with this... piece?

JordanN · Mar 2016

Hey, I remember your last thread. Good you're now moving onto rendering in real time now.

I believe the next step now is getting your asset to match game industry level. I'm not sure if it's just your lighting or materials, but it's way too dark to judge any detail on your gun (i.e what are your normals, roughness, diffuse etc).

I highly reccomend checking this thread (favorite gun artist).

You'll see plenty of examples of what I mean.

skyline5gtr · Mar 2016

Its impossible to see whats going on, the back light is way to strong and the asset is way to dark

kevingamerartist · Mar 2016

@All: Later tonight or tomorrow I'll go ahead and mess with the lighting.

@3DReaper: I'm making this for my portfolio.

@Mr.Brightside: Then how do I texture the gun?

3dReaper · Mar 2016

Did you literally take an image of an M4 and place that on your gun?

That is not how you texture.

3dReaper · Mar 2016

You need to follow tutorials on basic modeling techniques to remove confusion.

I would suggest following the excellent Grenade tutorial made by Tim Bergholz.

Grenade Tutorial by Bergholz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y83FLL6TqF0

Some great reference for PBR texturing:
http://www.marmoset.co/toolbag/learn/pbr-practice

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fb9_KgCo0noxROKN4iT8ntTbx913e-t4Wc2nMRWPzNk/edit

http://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/02/18/working-with-physically-based-shading-a-practical-approach/

http://www.artisaverb.info/PBT.html

If you have any questions we are happy to help.

JordanN · Mar 2016

kevingamerartist said:

@Mr.Brightside: Then how do I texture the gun?

I'm going to guess when he said photo texturing, he means you can't just slap photos of a real gun on your model.

That method is now considered archaic or comes into conflict with modern pipelines. You can use bits of texture from a real photo, but they must be done so in a physically accurate manner.

An example is texturing rubber. You can use real rubber but it can't have any specular or shadow information in it.

M4A1 Assault Rifle

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