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Well done with the gun so far! What strikes me at first glance is the contrast - it's very much just black and white. Perhaps not all wear and tear need to be that visibly fully scratched? Some of it could be more faint, like barely noticeable rust or dust or color variation. Also I think the forms need to be exaggerated more to the diffuse texture with shadows, occlusion and highlights, it's all a bit flat at the moment (too albedoy).

Hey! Sure it is, you just have to start your own local game with cheats on. This is done by /devmap <mapname> in console while in main menu, for example /devmap mb2_dotf. Then you will most likely get a whining message about your gametype being wrong. This happens if your gametype is not set to Siege, since that's what MB2 is built on. In that case, just type /g_gametype 7 in main menu first and then /devmap <mapname> and you're good to go!

Good tutorials that I've discovered lately: Game Character Creation Series - Kila http://cgi.tutsplus.com/series/game-character-creation-series-kila--cg-31010 Create A Game Ready Fire Extinguisher http://cgi.tutsplus.com/series/create-a-game-ready-fire-extinguisher--cms-596 Figured I'd also share some JA specific things which, in the end, were the ones that got me into 3D modelling. I'm not quite familiar with the more up-to-date workflows of modding JA, I hear Blender has some better plugins than the old ones for Max, so the stuff I'm linking might be a bit oldskool. While I agree with others that first learning how to do 3D models and UVs and textures in general is important, paradoxically for myself it was pretty much instantly about getting my models ingame. Interactive graphics have always inspired me way more than just fancy renders. Although I first learned 3ds max through some tutorials aiming for photorealistic renders, I quickly learned how to adapt those modelling skills I had learned previously for games (read: Jedi Academy) through the following tutorials: http://jkhub.org/tutorials/article/189-duncans-vehicle-tutorial/ Personally I started with modelling vehicles and bringing them to JA. Thankfully the original tutorial by Duncan_10158 was preserved here on JKHub by AshuraDX. http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/joanofarc/joanmenu.asp Then I got curious about character modelling. This tutorial shows a basic character modelling workflow which is still quite important (and which I still prefer lol) despite all the modern sh*t like sculpting. Should know the ways of good topology and edge flow before trying anything too fancy. http://psyko3d.50webs.com/tutorials/spacemonkey/jk2.htm and http://psyko3d.50webs.com/tutorials/jk2_guide.htm from our very own Psyk0's website - these tutorials taught me how to actually get the characters ingame, which is what REALLY got me into modding JA in the end. Also learned a lot about 3ds max. Basically I learned most of my initial 3ds max knowledge from these tutorials (and via trial and error). Nevertheless the whole satisfaction of doing 3D art for me came from getting my stuff ingame and actually seeing it in action, not just as a render.

This is beyond awesome!