I have decide to do it again.... for the 7th time and I think I kind of see the approach after watching a few videos on fusion artists. I believe I am certainly beginning making use of the advance techniques now. Its just the barrel. But at least the shapes look interesting so far.
I like the nearly finished version of your first attempt. What materials did you have in mind for the different parts? The barrel of the newest version (7th) indeed has nice shapes. Are you looking at any reference when working? Struggling to come up with new shape ideas is often solved that way at least in my experience.…