Ruger Mark II KMK4

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:32 am

This is my first attempt at really modeling anything, so......here you go.
untextured pic 1
untextured pic 2
I think it turned out okay. A little heavy on polygons for being somewhat simple, about 2300. I used the apparently forbidden Boolean.
Here's the real gun, to see what I was doing:
realpic
Feedback is appreciated.
I'm probably going to texture this.

Update:
This is my horrible excuse for a texture! Man, I'm lazy. Oh well, enjoy.

I couldn't quite get the bump mapping to work, I'm gonna go look for a tutorial on google right now...
Google is great. Especially cause I got Gmail. And even better, I get to rub it in everyone's face!

HoboRockAssassin · Post by **HoboRockAssassin** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:45 am

looks good
not to detailed which i like
and i bet it would look a lot better with a nice texture on it
keep at it

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:48 am

yeah, nice reflective texture would do wonders for it

Specter · Post by **Specter** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:22 pm

OOOH i think the nicest touch for this gun would be bump maps, 1 for the grip (where the black is), and another for the barrel (where it has writing on it)

maze · Post by **maze** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:32 pm

whoooooooo!!!!,,,,,,,varry nice

Captain_Lag · Post by **Captain_Lag** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:38 pm

ya the bump maps would be rilly nice...gj on ur first model...i hope to c some more nice work from u in the future

HoboRockAssassin · Post by **HoboRockAssassin** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 1:15 pm

ya i think bump maps would be good but not for the black part of it
if that was a real gun that would most likely be plastic and plastic does not reflect light which is pretty much what bump mapping does

Specter · Post by **Specter** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:24 pm

well, if you look at the pic of the actual gun, it is reflecting light off of that part

Captain_Lag · Post by **Captain_Lag** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:38 pm

well either way i love it....the only thing that i think it rilly needs is a texture....other than that its great

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:03 am

Bumpdated.

maca_§ · Post by **maca_§** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:06 am

your texture that you put on it dosnt look half-bad
well done

Captain_Lag · Post by **Captain_Lag** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:57 am

thats amazing

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 5:57 am

All right, I quickly threw this together.
Simple. Same thing with different barrel shape really

Real:

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:56 am

yeah, the texture you got on your gun up there is pretty good, may i a ask where you got it

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:08 am

The first gun's texture is actually just the pic I used for reference, photoshopped to fit a little nicer. If you look at the link I gave and the textured model, the resemblence is obvious. The 2nd gun I just photoshopped darker and took out all saturation in the chamber (or whatever, I know next to nothing about guns). The first's handle I made myself, simple but not too good looking either. The second gun's handle came with 3dsmax 6. I just messed around to make it darker and little more grey.

Oh and I got the pics from http://www.ruger-firearms.com

I tried to do this gun before I did the one above. I failed horribly. It's a little too hard to tell the depth of everything. Cool gun though.

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:32 am

yeah, i was really talking about the grip on the first one, thanks

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:34 am

Thanks everybody for all the feedback.
The texture for the first grip is just this with some bump mapping and darkened a little:

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:48 am

Burnination · Post by **Burnination** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:52 pm

thats because most of the time it screws up your models plus if you just cut and extrude/inward extrude it is just as easy and it makes a cleaner model

*edit*after looking at your models...they really arent that great...yeah...and you even complimented yourself on them...dang

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:19 pm

I wouldn't really call it complementing. They came out better than I expected. The texturing on them is god-awful (despite comments) and the modeling is decent (IMO). And I did use extrude for the non-cylindrical parts. I think they're okay. Definitely not great. But personally I think most of the great models here are way over detailed sometimes to the point they look ridiculous. I think a gun with 2 clips and a foot long handle looks cartoonish. Most weapon models I've seen in games are just about as simple as mine, sometimes simpler.