Shotgun

[martinsh]

Hello, haven't been here for a while.
This is my second normal-mapped 3d model (first one is HERE).

This is a lowpoly weapon for our indie gamedev team's FPS game Vortex of Hostility. I was given a 10k triangle limit for Level of Detail 0 model (most detailed one for 1st person). Texture - 2048 x 2048

Modeling and UV mapping in Blender, normalmaps baked in XNormal (freeware), textured in Photoshop with a tablet.

All realtime previews are captured in XNormal.

So a quick process:

I started with a concept sketch, i had this idea for a long time - to make a SPAS12, and P90 hybrid.


Then created a hipoly models for normalmap:


..put attention to detail and shapes of gun to make the first person view look good



some more detail around first person view



EDIT: so after i had both - long and short high poly models of shotgun, i created a low poly model.
moving parts: pump, trigger and casing-ejection-hole lock are separate objects



then created an accurate UV map:




the texture place around 1st person view are more detailed than the rest of weapon.



Level of Detail (LOD) models:





+ normalmap:




So the texturing part.
This is a paintwork sketch:


and voila:















+ some screenshots form game editor





Thats more or less it for now.
C&C please..

[migero]

very nice gun i wonder why no one posted a C&C yet ;/ well theres no critics from me i just want to ask what did you used to make LOD meshes and not loosing the UV map i don't remember such script/tool in blender

[Brammie22]

Wowee!
Very nice work!!!

[watchthis]

omg, so many images. Best shotgun I have ever seen!

[mandoragon]

bloody hell, very nice!

[tcrazy]

Originally Posted by Brammie22 Wowee! Very nice work!!!

Yep...crazy!

[TheANIMAL]

Nice work, very convinsing Normal maps you made there.

[free_ality]

Yeah, the lowest lod looks nearly as good as the highest, brilliant work. 5 *s

[martinsh]

Thanks, guys!

Originally Posted by migero very nice gun i wonder why no one posted a C&C yet ;/ well theres no critics from me i just want to ask what did you used to make LOD meshes and not loosing the UV map i don't remember such script/tool in blender

umm there isn't such a tool, i doubt any mesh poly reducer will work any better than yourself

i actually took same model and reduced triangles manually, and tried to keep shotgun's silhouette unchanged. I just pinned UV's edge verticles before reducing polys and when finished, unwrapped again, so basically keeping UV's identical.

[JDA]

Excellent - 5 stars for you.

Lets sit down and talk about how you did this.
You started out with a concept sketch then you made a high poly model.
Ok... I understand that and I imagine the rest of the community does.

What I don't understand is the unwraping part.
you said ...

then created an accurate UV map:

How?

How do you know where to put the seams?

How did you avoid it turning into a mess?

Would you talk about that and show us
images of the seams and your unwraping process
of the high poly model?

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Jeff

[Andystudio29]

amazing work here

[Juggler]

Amazin' ! 5 stars in the pot for you! This is one of the best lowpoly/game models i have seen in a long time! Looks like Next-gen but with not wasting as much polies as they do.
And the difference between the LOD's is small except on the smaller details.

[otto riis]

Wow, the normal maps look fantastic and the model looks almost just as good in the game previews as it does in the renders. Is this shotgun to go along with your trooper game model?
It was nice to see your workflow with the conceptual drawings and such .

Great job.

[Makin Bacon]

this is incredible! the lowest poly with the normal map looks nearly as good as the highest poly!

is c4 engine easy to learn?

[martinsh]

Originally Posted by JDA How do you know where to put the seams? How did you avoid it turning into a mess? Would you talk about that and show us images of the seams and your unwraping process of the high poly model?

It isn't the easiest part. It takes a lot of time and patience... and practice
I guess i spent almost a day unwrapping this one.

So ill do a quick unwrapping tutorial soon

Oh and you don't need UV for high poly model.

[martinsh]

here it is, a tutorial how to unwrap a butt of the shotgun
couldn't find a way how to make a multi page PDF on mac
http://www.savefile.com/files/1402112

[chipmasque]

Extremely convincing materials, lots of excellent subtlety in the finishes.

[Flurp]

Wow, amazing work, 5*

[BgDM]

Excellent work. Texturing is flawless.

BgDM

[reynante]

this is sick! haha! I nearly dropped my jaw as I was scrolling down the page. Whew! I salute you! ^_^