Great work on the modeling so far. I think your optimization is fine, triangles are fine where you have them. Perhaps you could have went a bit lower with the sides of the barrel in the front. The part on the back that you highlighted I would go a different route with the optimization, could be a little cleaner.
This is looking really cool. Very impressive. As for final crits - the specular seems a little dull compared to the concept. The blueish metallic bloom and the shiny streak on the stock(?) you already have it in one of your angled shots so I guess its tied in with your lighting issues you just mentioned. I think it would…
Hey man, it's looking good! Regarding the areas you've highlighted in blue; you're correct in that they would be a waste of uv space (if kept in line with the rest in terms of scale.) I would just scale those uvs down pretty small. You could in fact double them up on top of each other (though that could give you seams if…
So I apologise for not updating in a while for those that were interested, busy busy. I've textured the majority of the gun (about 90% there), excluding the black grips. I'm not sure how I should best match the concept in terms of the material it's made of - I'd like to get your thoughts. I'm not too sure either about the…