SMG concept critique needed
polycounter lvl 7
Here is a small machine gun concept I made from a scratch. My goal was to make a weapon that would be believable in present day universe but would not be any existing gun.
So I started up with making several silhouettes in photoshop and finally came up with this one (the rear end is extended a bit too much I can see it now..) I took some liberty when sculpting but tried to remain in the original concept.
Then finally making the lowpoly and texturing in Substance Painter. Final model is about 5K, I regret not having used more geo, especially the extending rear end thing is crying for more polys.
I would really love to hear your critique in art standpoint and also from the textures.
The coated parkerised gunmetal was somehow confusing for me; I used Metal-Rough workflow for this. Do you guys consider it metal?
Anyway I really love your posts and you guys are huge inspiration for me. Here goes. (Sorry clicking images don't open for some reason, I wonder whats right way to use IMGUR)
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I would have to agree with you on the use of more polys but overall it looks like the weapon has a good silhouette. The pistol grip is a bit too squared off to look ergonomic though. I'd just round that baby off a bit more. Also, I would suggest doing something different with the end of the barrel. You don't see that kind of end on a barrel anymore (it looks like something you'd see on a 1928A1 "Tommy Gun" from WW2). It's completely up to you but I would suggest putting on some threads for the barrel's end for a silencer or a flash hider of some kind.
As I said before, it's nicely done. I'd pick it up in a game, no problem.