SinKing
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I've been going around as a writer, but started getting drawn into Concept Art and 3D modeling. I'm currently finishing my studies as a 3D artist and will then be let loose on the world. Beware!
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It's looking great man!
Might wanna put the selector switch above the trigger under the side rail. It's usually there so you can turn it with your thumb, without taking your finger off the trigger. Also one should be enough, three of them seem a bit pointless hehe
Sights look cool and detailed. :)
You really make me wanna get back into 3d, might have to reinstall 3ds or get blender. What are you using for this model?
edit: btw one thing I missed, are you gonna model a charging handle? Truthaboutguns-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com You could put it under the rear sight in the black part, perfect indent for it.
Gee, another great idea, thanks! I must admit I don't know much about guns. And I just add more detail gradually.You rattle that handle when a bullet is stuck or what's it for? Seen it on the SCAR and that may be a great idea, I can make one and see how it looks. I really need to get a basics course in weapon de´sign, it seems.
Haha I noticed. I've been into firearms since I was a kid so I kinda understand the inner workings, though I've never actually fired a gun myself being in pacifist holland.
Hehehe, no, a charging handle is for loading a round into the chamber. Bullets don't magically go from your magazine into your receiver. The first round always needs to be chambered manually. Hence the term 'charging' handle. Normally it's in a forward position. You load your mag, pull the handle which pulls back the bolt inside the upper receiver. Then when you push it forward the bolt pulls a round from the springloaded mag and locks it into the chamber. Your gun is now 'loaded'.
This is also where the famous 'HK slap' comes from, because you slap the handle forward to chamber a round. You'll see that in a lot of games with an MP5 for example: Youtube.com
I can't think of any automatic firearm without a mechanism like this, unless it's a bolt action, which is really based on a similar principle only you pull the bolt back directly instead of through a handle. :)
Ah btw, I switched from Softimage to Maya about a year ago, and I get along with Maya very well. You need a bit of time to get used to it and create a custom toolshell with your main tools. Once you know where to find everything, it's mostly fun working with.
Yeah I wanna get back into this but there's so many packages it's hard to figure out what to invst my time in. I only have experience in max myself, so maya might be a logical step up.
All I know is that Max users have been complaining about Maya getting all the attention from Autodesk lately. I've used versions 2013-1015 and 2014 was the best of the lot. 2015 is not yet as stable, but has a few features, such as a new peltwrap algorythm, which I needed.
The cool thing about Maya is, I don't have to do stuff elsewhere. I always hated saving everything multiple times to bake, backup and view in other programs (such as XNormal). So after getting used to it, it's pretty good software; as long as you save often.
Btw here is a video which shows you what happens inside a rifle: Youtube.com
Different guns work differently but you can see the basic idea of the bolt going back and forth to load the next round. Interesting stuff :)