Low poly conversion and UVs complete, normals looks decent. Final tri count is around 7k:
Progress:
And AWP grip:
As a side note, I would like to point anyone who likes hard surface modeling or 3d in general to check out Arrimus 3D (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSLLdTBwLMfTKWS56tOiQpw/videos). His vids are all in 3dsmax or Zbrush, but his worflow is fairly easy to follow in Blender, and following him work has really helped me.
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Wow, nice progress over the years.
Very nice work on hard surfaces too!
your work is already good but I think it could use more realism in gun’s character:
so first things first like every gun company it could use a label or two.
and also maybe a safety trigger for the gun.
and a little more complexity on your hard surface with it’s own logic (like adding a rough surface before the Bolt so the shooter wont place his/her hand on it in case of firing)
and of course more Screws with easy to use army mechanism. I worked with old guns and most of them have this kind of screws that can be rotated and go out easily. don’t know about the new ones! 
@Weekend Thank you, I enjoy being able to see what 13 year old me thought was interesting way back then. Good feedback as well. I will try to place some more screws on my next piece along with a safety and some more situational details like you mentioned. Thanks!
Practice:
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Blocking out a plague doctor character and a entry for the weekly blender discord competition “unwelcome guest”:
Also further progress on dude bust:
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Some more sculpting and some lighting work. Considering adding some snow piles and snow flakes in post for a more cold feel, or maybe instead a more warm nighttime environment we will see how it goes, one way or another the wood frame cant be so bright and attention grabbing:
Lots of progress on the wall, lamps, snow, and general feel of the scene. Everything needs a lot more tweaks and the hands and sickle need a lot more modeling/texturing work. Overall pleased with how the image will feel though:
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Almost finished, I am going to fix the tangent of the sickle on the door post and then call it done I think:
Final submission, 3 days worth of work:
Little timelapse:
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Trying? Looks like you got the hang of it pretty well!