#1384 posted by dwere on 2016/07/30 23:58:31
Yeah, the SNG bothers me too. I probably should've left the bottom connected to the barrel itself on the skin, but I wanted to avoid distortions after having problems with SSG. I don't want the barrel to look as monolithic as on your skin or in Arcane Dimensions, but the parts should be connected in a more natural way.
GL is pretty much the same. The mesh is less crooked, the skin was reorganized, the flash was redone, but those are subtle changes.
As for LG, I think it's pretty clear from the skin that those things were supposed to be round. Being square made them weird - I mean, I understand conserving tris, but in this case it looked ridiculous to me. I even considered smoothing them on the pickup model, but forgot.
I did notice that you had redone the skins on each model, they're much easier to understand now, less wasted space on them.
I think the barrel of the SNG is probably better smoothed off at the end. It's subjective, I never did like the black holes at the bottom of the originals.
#1386 posted by dwere on 2016/07/31 09:10:10
Well, the black holes won't be black holes in any case - the main reason for updating the skin was to get rid of them.
For Better Or For Worse?
#1387 posted by dwere on 2016/07/31 14:31:40
http://i.imgur.com/vMJuLHR.png
I didn't want to stray too far from the original designs unless absolutely necessary, but I dunno anymore.
I kind of dig that actually.
#1389 posted by dwere on 2016/08/01 12:27:10
Dwere
From a technical standpoint that is some really nice texture-work. From a purely subjective standpoint it looks a bit like a mans willy... Dr Manhattan's big blue one.
hahaha... sorry, I know you probably don't want to hear it cause you've put a lot of love into it. ;)
+1 For Willies
#1391 posted by Kinn on 2016/08/01 20:53:04
IMO all of quake's weapons should contain phallic design motifs. The rocket launcher always took pole position in my list of favourite slaying tools, and I like the fact that dwere is enhancing this aspect of the game.
Quoth's Dildo Cannon
needs to be usurped from it's big girthy, veiny, throne.
#1393 posted by dwere on 2016/08/01 20:59:30
I was well aware that a certain amount of people tend to see things in random elongated objects. When using elongated objects in art, one can only hope that none of those people would be brave enough to openly admit it.
BTW, don't blame me for SSG. It always looked like balls.
2 Models To Go
#1395 posted by dwere on 2016/08/07 14:41:46
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9DxOfPvG2G1Q2Z2a2Izd0ppWTQ
For those of you who were waiting for the Improperly Aimed Quadruple Dildo Gun: I'm sorry, but I had to partially cover it to avoid AO rating.
Wow
#1396 posted by anonymous user on 2016/08/07 16:03:16
these are bloody awesome! The b-models are exceptional. I do hope that the grenade launcher gets beefed up a little on the v-model though, it needs to look as epic as the b-model.
Great work so far though!
That was me btw... wasnt logged on
Thanks
#1398 posted by dwere on 2016/08/07 20:04:09
I'm flattered.
I don't know what to do with v_rock. Tried adding a few more polys, didn't like it. I think I shot myself in the leg by making the SNG casing look so elaborate on the view model. Now other things look blocky.
V rock is OK tbh. Has plenty of polys... It's the grenade launcher that's the problem
#1400 posted by dwere on 2016/08/07 21:10:56
I meant grenade launcher. Rocket launcher is v_rock2.
There was a high poly one that looked good, cant remember where to get it now though. I think just turning some of the texture detail into actual geometry detail would be enough to improve it.
Dunno
#1402 posted by dwere on 2016/08/07 22:54:09
I'd say that's an improvement. I guess it's preference really.
#1402
#1404 posted by mankrip on 2016/08/08 16:54:11
That's the best solution I've ever seen. Now it's just a matter of adding a small rounding around the edges of the darker gunmetal parts, and it'll be perfect.
#1405 posted by dwere on 2016/08/08 17:03:30
I think rounding would be too much. I'd rather leave it as it is (inlaid wood, simple corners), otherwise I'll have to do something with other models as well.
#1406 posted by khreathor on 2016/08/08 18:01:20
You could bevel top edges.
#1407 posted by dwere on 2016/08/08 18:15:42
I know, I did, didn't like it.
Khreathor Is Right
#1408 posted by mankrip on 2016/08/08 22:13:19
What I meant is to bevel the edges. I didn't know the "bevel" word yet, I'm not a native English speaker.
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