Concept Rifles

[Firstinaction]

Ok well after getting back into modeling and animating with blender.  I decided to get back to making some concept weapons for other reasons.

I made this the other day(took about 20 min to model)
Im showing this to the public because I want some feedback and ideas to add.

Its just a concept so far... I will be modeling so more until I get my pc and mac back to normal...

F1rst19



By f1rst19 at 2011-06-28



By f1rst19 at 2011-06-28

Feedback is much appreciated

[swamp-cecil]

The back of the gun seems too blocky and where's your ammo case? I would put it nesr the hand "cushions". Talking about the hand cushions, I would make them less blockier. The blocks near the thing that comes out of the back of the gun seems weird. How are you going to pull the trigger on that gun? theres no space to fit finger there from the point in which you hold the gun! The nozzle is a bit too long. shorten it by a bit. The back where you put it on your shoulder is too blocky. Make it like the default rifle's. I like your mollywope. The middle looks like a Lcannon. Your Rifle with the hand holding it looks more like a shotgun.

The most important thing I find is that you should stop making rifles and start other weapons/upgrades/buidables/classes.

[Plague Bringer]

I think that last one looks a little silly, like it should be in Battlefield: Heros or S4 League. Also, you're good at assembling shapes, but your models seem to have gaps and spaces in them where parts should fit seamlessly together.

Try looking at real guns, determining the function of their parts, and modeling a gun that looks (and would be) functional (as well as cool!).

[Firstinaction]

OK Im back in action------      
Got my mac back and I will be doing some modeling and animation soon...

here is just a concept I have been working on for a couple of hours...  
All made by me from scratch...
hands and texture- texture hay I cant texture that well soooooo.....
glove is a model itself attached to the hand, not a texture
With all the random different colors is because it divides the models parts up easily for being textured or skinning.
For now- any suggestions for the hand and please post feedback on the concept as well plz
also the hand model is meant to be low poly...
1st person view

By f1rst19 at 2011-07-13

By f1rst19 at 2011-07-13


By f1rst19 at 2011-07-13

By f1rst19 at 2011-07-13

[Nux]

Looks kinda nice.

The worst part of it is the back end though. I'd thin the grip and remove the stock. If you want a stock then make it look like it's detachable/retractable or at least smooth out those unnecessary lumpy bits.

Keep up the good work!

[Firstinaction]

http://youtu.be/6H_iEIYcotY

4 words

My best reload ever

feed back please

[CorSair]

Not bad at all.

The action itself is really smooth, and it is realistic.

But...
In my opinion, gun should raise 45 degrees, when clip bolts off. The current action seems that gun butt drops from shoulder, then rotates 90 degrees, thus looking bit clumsy.

One another type of reload idea: Left hand should keep gun straight and supported to shoulder, and reload should happen on right hand.

If you could provide 3rd person view, this could give whole lot idea how it would be reloaded.

[Chomps123]

I thought that the reload was very nice.

The only problemb is when the new clip get put in how the gun is pointing almost stright up.

I'm pretty sure my hand cant flex like that at all.

Here's a little bit of advice:
Get a gun that look almost similar to your model and reload a few times and remember it, then take what you did into the animation.

There's my five cents.

[Nux]

Here's a little bit of advice:
Get a gun

Works for me.

[Kasofa]

Chomps' advice seems the most applicable here, I too thought that pointing a gun straight up to slam a clip in seemed a little odd. If I was reloading a heavy gun (or any gun (limited experience)) I would probably keep the gun in between 20° and 50°, so I could use the weight of the gun to brace it when forcing the clip up.

tl;dr, I have found that my arm can't bend like that either, don't tilt the gun so far up unless you want to snap your wrist when you reload.
Keep posting progress, this is all much better than anything I've done so far.

-K

[Firstinaction]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7vquYTfZ_k&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Just practice

[RAKninja-Decepticon]

Chomps' advice seems the most applicable here, I too thought that pointing a gun straight up to slam a clip in seemed a little odd. If I was reloading a heavy gun (or any gun (limited experience)) I would probably keep the gun in between 20° and 50°, so I could use the weight of the gun to brace it when forcing the clip up.

tl;dr, I have found that my arm can't bend like that either, don't tilt the gun so far up unless you want to snap your wrist when you reload.
Keep posting progress, this is all much better than anything I've done so far.

-K

generally, in the real world, you want to be able to reload without removing the rifle from the firing position.  doing otherwise means that you lose your "sight picture" as it is called, and you have to recalibrate your aim.

still, in trem, where all the firing is "from the hip" rather than a proper rifle firing position, i hardly think it matters.

[Firstinaction]

I finally figured out gimp and decided to look into texturing.  My first textured model.  This is a rifle that I created taking 1 hour to make and too texture taking 5 hours, because of looking at gimp tutorials at the same time...

Introducing the X-FI13

rifle concept



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[Firstinaction]

Been working on hands- https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NS9_yNEjCJk9xtOkFecEscOlu-jh8KQcssiC7e28eKo?feat=directlink

[vcxzet]

hand looks cool but can't really tell without more images

[Plague Bringer]

I finally figured out gimp and decided to look into texturing...

Finally. Looks good!

[kharnov]

These look great, First!

The only question is, how will the hands look when you switch to a battlesuit? Will they still look like the regular unarmored hands?

[Firstinaction]

These look great, First!

The only question is, how will the hands look when you switch to a battlesuit? Will they still look like the regular unarmored hands?

Kharnov good thinking... good thinking... 
I didnt think of that...     

I might make some more robotic type/arm thing for battlesuit later but for now any feedback of these early shots
Spoiler alert-   

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This shot is when the hand didnt have a good grade of texture in it.

[Pazuzu]

Spoiler alert-   

Whoa, how did you... whoa.

[Nux]

If you made all that yourself, then good job!

[jm82792]

Nice modeling, I can't model worth beans.
Texture painting within Blender is nice for a lot of stuff.
However, you should consider using GIMP, as you can get better results for more complex stuff.

[Haraldx]

Great to see some progress from your side. You have indeed progressed. The hands look great, the rifle may need a little more work, but it looks good too. I'm proud you have grown out of the "newbie" level and progressed to "Intermediate" level.

[Plague Bringer]

I think they look a little cartoony. They remind me of BF:H.

[jm82792]

None of this crap is easy.
He is done well modelling, now he needs to branch out and get better(heck he is doing great as it is).
Right when you think your good, go to cg society and then the gallery
It's painful, people there are in a totally different universe.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=121

[Firstinaction]

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[Haraldx]

What's up with the thumb? Also, what's with the spoiler alert? Also, you don't hold the chaingun there - you hold it by the thing above it.

[jm82792]

What's up with the thumb? Also, what's with the spoiler alert? Also, you don't hold the chaingun there - you hold it by the thing above it.

Thumbs are known for not being easy to model, rig or otherwise make realistic easily.
Yes, he needs to have the hand carrying the chaingun.

[swamp-cecil]

I image holding the chaingun with one hand on top, and one on the bottom near the spinny thinger. Remember to make different hands for the bsuit!