The BRAWL² Tournament Challenge has been announced!
It starts May 12, and ends Oct 17. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
It starts May 12, and ends Oct 17. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
Stylized Stubby Flintlock Pistol (WIP)
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Current modelling WIP.
This project is me revisiting and older model I made, improving and expanding with everything I've learned since.
Goal is to have a nicely detailed model for handpainting, inspired by assets like in Ruined King, but pushing for a more grounded and higher-fidelity geometry and shape-language.
TOOLS:
Blender, Clip Studio Paint, Wacom Intuos Pro M
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Where it all began.
This model started as an entry for a fun one week Blender challenge at uni in summer 2022, themed "Pirates".My initial concept-art.
The final render for the challenge, with a bevel modifier on it for a quick'n'dirty mid-poly.
The low-poly model.
This will become increasingly interesting to look back on
Not sure I'll stick with these colours, but I'm quite pleased with the overall result ^-^
Great start!
I certainly get where you're coming from, my original was made looking at photos from actual flintlocks and they're mostly of brown wood and brighter metal. It's a tried and true palette.
But revisiting it, I want to give it a unique touch, hence going for the opposite with bright wood and darker metal.
The inspiration for that was the Sailor Pistol from Sea of Thieves:
It also conveniently segues into my current IP development, where I design for a civilization which has pale driftwood as it's main source of wood.
As it turns out, I stuck with the colours and pushed it further.
Next I plan to do some rough ref-sketches of different view angles and details, to provide guidance for the 3D and animation workflow.
Though, since this project will remain in the concept phase for now, I was wondering whether I should start a thread in the 2D section?
Design Process
Did some digging and found my design process sketches I made for the initial design.Just added some explanation to the different stages.
Initial design sketches.
And here's how I built upon the initial design, adding functional details and refining the overall shape.
Re-sketch of the initial design (top right) and, after some studies (top left), building of the individual parts; assembled (bottom right) and exploded (middle).
Further exploration and refining of the silhouette.