Chris Holden

[TmHunt]

looks great.. tho scopes are not that effective on weapons that lob their ammo

[chris holden]

you saw my ref, it's based on the real deal. Not a scope so much as a computerized sight to calculate lobbing, der. :P

[Hilm]

Looks sweet =) Keep it up!

[chris holden]

Took a couple hours today to model the low poly. It's currently around 1400 triangles which gives me plenty of room to add detail when I start testing the normal map. Of course, I can probably get it lower with optimizations if required.

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2483/glch04mw9.jpg

[chris holden]

Quick normal map test, clearly littered with bugs, but a few sections worked out nicely. Also optimized the mesh down to 1100 triangles while UVing.

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/3846/glch05kz2.jpg

Next step will be cleaning out all those normal rendering bugs, and adding addtiional detail where it's needed.

[MrDev]

awsome turnout chris looks nice, hope you get those glitches worked out

[chris holden]

It shouldn't be too tough. I need to single out the two pieces in at the back (the most noteable errors), and fix up the smoothing groups (weird verticale lines) on the front side piece. Then regenerate the normals. From there, all other fixes are small touch-ups, and final materials should clean any other weirdness out. I'll try to get another update out tonight after my current obligations.

[chris holden]

Still much to do here, but I cleaned up the normal map some, and tossed down temp diffuse and specular maps to give a better idea of the final. Rotated the lights around the weapon to show the material in action. All max viewport screen grabs.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/6609/glch06la3.jpg

[MrDev]

Absolutely awsome chris, love the current progress keep it up man

[Pankake]

Tlvgdxbvdxklb, sweet work man, it looks like it just needs some tlc from here, pat on the back for you .