Next Gen - SMAW Inspired Rocket Launcher

Havoc89 · Jul 2012

EDIT:

LATEST UPDATE:

Hey guys,

I think I've finally FINISHED it or at least almost finished it. I can't think of more, mostly because I want to work on something else now :P

ORIGINAL POST

Hey guys,

I haven't had much time to my self to work on any thing recently so Finally I've managed to get some time to work on something.

I've decided to make a next gen quality modern-ish rocket launcher heavily based on the SMAW. I've always loved the shape of the SMAW, and I have not really made a decent weapon model in a while so I figured I'd have a go.

I've finished the high res mesh, and low res mesh + bake. I'm currently in the texturing process, so expect to see some updates. I have made some progress, but it is fairly early on at the moment, and I'd much rather have a little more detail painted in before I make an update. Ofcourse I'm texturing one part at a time, and starting with the reciever, so when that has a bit more progress on it, I'll make an update.

High Res Mesh:

Low Res Mesh:

4096x4096 Diffuse, Specular, Normal, Gloss
Triangle: 9717

In case you guys want to see references here it is:

Avanthera · Jul 2012

I'm assuming this is a personally designed weapon, so I won't get into the overall shape, though the forward handle does look a bit blocky compared to the rest of the design.

Nice Bake! Everything came out super clean. I'd say the polycount and texture sizes are double what you'd expect out of a modern day fps weapon.
Check out these weapons and the level of detail obtained using 1k maps and 1.5-3k tris.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102153

If I were you, I'd go ahead and texture at 2k resolution and then drop it down, and try to optimize the low poly down to 3k tris or so. Sometimes some extra polygons help in the baking of cylindrical-shaped objects.:)

If you post some wires, we could probably help point out some areas that could be optimized/spot problems.

Good luck in the texturing process!

Hang10 · Jul 2012

There are a few elements you could replace by having them in the normal map like the selector switch and the mounting rails.

Havoc89 · Jul 2012

Yup, you guys are absolutely right, it can easily be reduced. But current gen is not my intentions. I'll post the wireframe along with an update later. I would like to push the geometery and textures over the current gen limitations in an effort to see what I can pull off. I can easily reduce the specs to accommodate for current gen, so I'm not really worried about that, and I may end up doing that after this is done.

Havoc89 · Aug 2012

Hey guys, small update. I am basically trying to get a feel for a basic metal surface by doing some tests on the receiver. So I could definitely use some feed back. I'd like to go with a fairly subtle approach where it is not overly grungy but at the same time not make it look boring and bland.

Here is what I have so far.

TheRealFroman · Aug 2012

Wow I like the scratches where the switch is, that's some really cool detail right there man

Gungriffon Geona · Aug 2012

realistically placed scratch details? you're already doing better than 80% of the people who make stuff like this, good job!

Clark Coots · Aug 2012

looking really nice, a very clean bake and those texture details are looking very slick.

ae. · Aug 2012

Hey Havoc!!!

nice to see you posting stuff on polycount, the bake came out nice and i love that chunky highpoly.

cant wait to see how this comes along

Havoc89 · Aug 2012

Thanks guys, sorry I haven't had much time to work on this recently so here is a pretty small update. Almost done with the receiver. Also wanted to test different lighting conditions which seems to work out pretty well.

sgv3dmax · Aug 2012

Yo buddy..looking good!!!

Oniram · Aug 2012

lookin great so far. be mindful of all the wear being put into the texture. try to be realistic with it and not just have the metal being worn down in random places.

Havoc89 · Aug 2012

@ sgv3dmax
Hey man, thanks

Long time no see, hope to meet up again some day

@ Oniram
Yeah for sure. I definitely need to take another pass on the receiver, right now it just doesn't look quite right.

Anyways, sorry for the very long wait, but I've finally got some time to work on this sucker so here is a quick update.

M.Palko · Aug 2012

The wear on the receiver doesn't look quite right. The "faded" look that seems to be in the nooks an crannies should really be on the more exposed areas. The wear on the main tube looks awesome tho.
Can't wait to see it finished.

AlexCatMasterSupreme · Nov 2012

There is some issues, but overall holy shit I love that scratch placement.

Guilherme_rambelli · Nov 2012

yeahl looks really cool dude, hey do you knwo if is possible to bake the texture to a low res mesh as we do with detail baked into a normal map? thx =D
dude you got it, look cool!

Callesw · Nov 2012

sweet materials! Looking forward to see the final

Also, a pretty weird question maby, but could you tell us how you achieved those clean high poly renders? Is it just somekind of clayrender or sumthing? I have a pretty hard time showcasing stuff like that.

Good job on this!

Havoc89 · Jan 2013

Hey guys,

I think I've finally FINISHED it or at least almost finished it. I can't think of more, mostly because I want to work on something else now :P

Oniram · Jan 2013

sexy! my only nitpicky critique would be to have either given more rez to the caution sticker area, or given the sticker its own "card" and uv space entirely separate from the body.. if there's text thats very close to the camera.. it shouldnt look lower rez than other parts. other than that.. job well done

Joost · Jan 2013

The texturing is AMAZING, especially on the green parts!
Great job, looking forward to seeing more!

RaPtoR_v9600 · Jan 2013

Great job bud

Havoc89 · Jan 2013

@ Oniram, Thanks, and yeah that sticker might be too close to the camera, I can probably move it else where, however I've been testing it ingame and the sticker ends up being very small since the weapon doesn't take up half the screen so it looks alright.

@ Komaokc, Thanks, I might make the 1st person animations and post em up here, I think other then that there probably wont be any more to show.

@ Raptor_v9600, thanks I very much appreciate it.

Havoc89 · Jan 2013

I forgot to post the wireframe, sorry Avanthera I completely forgot to post it up here. I've also updated the final renders and removed the sharpen effect from marmoset.

PhoenixWolf · Jan 2013

OMG XD mind blown + nerdgasm

Bertmac · Jan 2013

Yeah texture look really good,
but i think there are a lot of wasted polys in your model

but again super nice texture

kaptainkernals · Jan 2013

Looks great, my only crit, is purely from a real life function point of view, and really isn't critical to what you've created.

The tube that you have running along side the weapon, is in reality, a spotting rifle's barrel.

I noticed you modelled the magazine for the spotting round, as well as the mechanism that fires it, but you've closed off the barrel at the end.

Thats my only real crit.

thegreyman1 · Jan 2013

Looks really cool. What size texture map are you using?

Kon Artist · Jan 2013

Nice work! What are you planning on making next?

KonstantinL · Jan 2013

amazing job on the texture! I think you did a great job on on all of the model, all except the front handle. Despite the fact that it is suppose to me matted, in my opinion the texture is a little bit too flat on that part alone. Maybe a metal plate on the bottom or some sort of design that would break it up in the center?

Next Gen - SMAW Inspired Rocket Launcher

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