XM8 W.I.P.

[users]soccerbummer1104 · Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:57 am

here is an xm8 that i have been working on for about 4 hours so far. it still neds a lot of work w proortioning and stuff. right now its at 2624 pollys (not fully optiomized) and is onle 3 seperate parts, the barel the body and the scope. im willing to take suggestions on what i should add on and the areas that i should smooth (i know a bout the lense neding to be smoothed)

as you can see the handel , trigger guard and many other things still need to be detailed. and a few thingsd need to be added.

edit at 11:30 eastern time here is an update of pics..!!!

Scooby Doo · Post by **Scooby Doo** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:22 am

looks pretty god. get a nice skin on it & it'll be perfect!

[users]soccerbummer1104 · Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:44 am

thanks scooby any suggestions... oh wel heres anouther pic.

enlarged pic..

Gavel · Post by **Gavel** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:59 pm

Looks pretty nice! Fix up those damn out of shape areas on there though. It isn't hard to just fix those before you post. BTW you spend to many poly's on barrels and circular objects.

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:01 pm

this model is beyond repair.

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:09 am

Harsh, but he knows his stuff. It would be fine if the front wasn't all crinkled.

Good effort though, you have all the right ideas but I suggest (again) you try a different method of modelling.

Spartan Sniper · Post by **Spartan Sniper** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:35 am

nice model but try to resize the image kind of takes up space
9/10 gj

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:48 am

Please resize the images, it is realyl annoying to scroll from left to right just to view a picture.

Also, worry about the skin only once the model is finished.

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:01 am

Yeah. Even though Mr. Crazy Modeller Man says it's busted, try really hard to fix that front before you consider starting again.

vaticinator · Post by **vaticinator** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:07 pm

nice model but honestly it really isnt as close to a refernece pic as it could be.
though the XM8 is a great weapon to model, was my first and became so skrewed up from booleaning that i had to scrap it. now my new 1 is alot better

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:15 pm

Yeah, boolean is evil. Although I have no idea still what to do instead. NEVER ask Katarn to explain anything, he's useless.

JK.

Still. If he tried, I'm sure he could fix that.

GunxSlayer · Post by **GunxSlayer** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:16 pm

ive already seen it in a map

the human one shoots bullets and has a grenade launcher

the alien one shoots plasma shots and shoots a fuel rod shot

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:49 pm

What, an XM8?

baturkin17 · Post by **baturkin17** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:30 am

y must everyone make this hidious gun ?

Gavel · Post by **Gavel** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:38 pm

I think this gun looks pretty dang cool.

Muahahahaha! I can use boolean and not get errors! Muahahahahaha...

Boolean isn't evil if you know how to fix it. It's like a rogue kitten with extremely sharp claws until you de claw it. /random

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:53 pm

baturkin17 wrote:y must everyone make this hidious gun ?

You know, that came THIS CLOSE> |...| to being spam. The idea is that you comment on the model, not just the actual gun. I think it's a nice gun, the model is OK apart from the front. Once that gets fixed, it'll be great.

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:54 pm

baturkin17 wrote:y must everyone make this hidious gun ?

will you have a better comment when a nice well-developedo ne comes out?

vaticinator · Post by **vaticinator** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:11 pm

it is a good model except for the front, but boolean is evil, i just use spline moddeling now, much much easier and gives my the control i want, besides, rampagin kittens with huge claws?? id rather use gloves and drown it rather than de claw it, much easier, then buy a new, calm, cute and coudly kitten, thats like bolleaning a model then finding out you could use spline modelling, ask me how to spline model and ill try and make a small tut, its so easy. besies gotta fix up that front. i say remake the front bit.

[users]soccerbummer1104 · Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:24 am

ok what is bollean and where is it and how do i use it ive never heard of it until this post

Sonictag · Post by **Sonictag** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:34 am

boolean is a tool that basically cuts one object out from another. Its a bit of a turd of a tool though, theres errors and it creates the ugliest geometry possible.