DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol

[Tempust85]

Looking great!

 

Yeah, guns like this have a lot of parts. I wouldn't worry too much about the world model, just be sure to add LODs. I have a few ideas where to reduce some quality, send me the file if you like and I'll show you which areas I'm thinking.

 

The scope on the view model may need to be increased a bit so it looks more round, but only the piece on the grip end of the gun.

[Jolly]

Comparison of world, view and highpoly model

 

World is at 2132 tris

View at 3690 tris

 

I sadly could not match your budget @@DT85 =/ don't really know where to cut them down any further - got a few ideas for the world model but I doubt that I can save a lot more there, will reduce the sides of the front grill and front of the gun body

but I doubt I'll get the worldmodel below 1800 tris

 

EDIT : World model is at 1945 tris now...

EDIT2: noticed I accidentally did not attach a part to the viewmodel : 3760 tris in total now

Looks awesome, are you going to release this as a model replacement on its own?

[AshuraDX]

@@Jolly probably, yes

[Jolly]

@@Jolly probably, yes

Sounds awesome

[Grab]

@@AshuraDX Yes, but in Jedi Academy we have black version of this gun, so it should be black, atleast big, front parts.

Btw, why don't use high poly model for view and world model?

[AshuraDX]

@@Grab as that model (in it's fully subdivided state) has most likely more polygons , or twice as many triangles as ALL models, maps,effects of base jedi academy combined

it just doesn't work

[AshuraDX]

Welp baking maps for this model is not as easy as I had hoped

max just keeps crashing and both Xnormal & mudbox produced funky results

[Pande]

The viewmodel doesn't have to have tris on the right side of the gun if they can't be seen. 

[AshuraDX]

The viewmodel doesn't have to have tris on the right side of the gun if they can't be seen. 

sure, and I will take care of that later for the actual viewmodel - this is kind of a predecessor as I'll texture that version of the model using a 4k map and then carry project that texture from this model to a more optimised model with an altered UV map

[Ramikad]

Actually you can see part of the right side of the gun if you lean in first person, but it's not something really used often.

[Tempust85]

The viewmodel doesn't have to have tris on the right side of the gun if they can't be seen.

Sure, but have to wait until it's animated to see what can be safely deleted rather than guessing.

 

@@AshuraDX

 

Send me the viewmodel and I'll make the anims, then I'll delete some faces that can't be seen and send it back.

[Mandalorian]

@@AshuraDX how do you get low poly and high poly versions? Do you make a high poly and then use some kind of modifier? I only know of the decimate modifier for blender and it doesnt come out nearly as nice.

[AshuraDX]

@@Mandalorian by hand, I model the highpoly first and then model a lowpoly to match the highpoly OR sometimes I do it in reverse (see my Murasama and HF Blade threads)

 

got to take another short break here - will get back to work in about a week

[Mandalorian]

Ok thanks for clearing that up! That's some intense work then! good job.

[Angel Soul]

Dude... great job! *thumbs up*

[AshuraDX]

@@DT85 any chance you could try to get a decent bake of this for me ? I can't seem to get rid of any wierd shading without generating artifacts in other places using xnormal

and 3ds max just crashes whenever I try to do my bakes - even piece by piece

[Tempust85]

Sure, PM me the max file and I'll give it a shot.

[AshuraDX]

@@DT85 Max version....?

[Tempust85]

I have 2014.

[AshuraDX]

 

quick, dirty DDO Job, right now I'm trieing to figure out Substance Painter

which I intend to use to add some detail - which turned out harder than expected

[Bek]

[AshuraDX]

Han Solo's DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol by ashuradx on Sketchfab

still have to give it a more worn look - gave up on substance painter for now as It forced me to use a PBR shader using a Albedo/Metalness/roughness approach instead of the generic Diffuse/specular/glossiness

and so I'll have to add my details either in DDO using custom layers or in substance designer

[Bek]

I'd post the same gif, but it would just get a tad repetitive, great job @@AshuraDX!

[Grab]

Stop making these beatyfull screenshots, because after lauchning JKA we will be disappointed!

[Tempust85]

Ingame, no normal maps ( obviously ):

 

 

Haven't started animating yet, and the gun position can be altered.