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# 1 28-02-2006 , 03:07 AM

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My 3D Weapons .. ww2 Automatic, RPG, Mac 11's

it's not finished yet

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# 3 02-03-2006 , 07:14 PM

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here it is since then

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# 4 02-03-2006 , 07:19 PM

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nice effort!! user added image

ure getting much better some good details in there, the pic quality is a bit low though u using photoshop?

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# 5 02-03-2006 , 07:21 PM

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nah i just took a quick test render from maya itself .. still need to tweak some stuff and get it textured before i get into quality of pics and stuff

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# 6 02-03-2006 , 07:58 PM

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nice details...

but some of the faces look strange... looks like you have problems with the normals...

try tweaking with the "normals - tools"

edit polygons --> normals

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# 7 02-03-2006 , 08:22 PM

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think u can circle those sections? i'm not really sure what you mean

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# 8 03-03-2006 , 01:14 AM

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I think the guns come across as a bit too round. Perhaps hardening the normals as suggested would rectify that. I do like the render with all of the other guns, it really brings out the detail you've gone into.

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# 9 03-03-2006 , 05:56 AM

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the gun itself is pieces.. by combining all the pieces as 1 .. then hardening all the normals this way .. would it work?

i havn't been using maya for a long time .. i never used normals before or know how they work. etc .. so if anyone could give a real quick explanation , that would be great user added image

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oh .. and which sections do you thnik look rounded?? like the Butt of the gun (shoulder rest) and maybet he ammo clip

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# 10 03-03-2006 , 07:51 AM

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try this:

select one of the magazines an then: edit polygons --> normals --> set to face or soften/harden

something about normals and what you can do with 'em:
https://highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/texturing/229.html

especially about normal mapping, but they explain also what normals are...

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# 11 03-03-2006 , 08:37 AM

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cool, thanks a lot user added image

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# 12 04-03-2006 , 11:41 AM

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is unwrapping the gun's into UV maps to import into photoshop to texture

is this a difficult process?

or is this a noob question.. lol either way i dunno how to do it

i seen the texture tutorial on here .. looks easy enough,, but it dosn't show how to unwrap the model,, now what i mean?

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# 13 04-03-2006 , 02:54 PM

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you can start with a simple geometrie and:

(1) Window --> UV Texture Editor
(2) Select your polygon model
(3) Polygon UVs --> automatic mapping
(4) Polygons --> UV Snapshot

to understand the process, but mtmckinley has a nice video tutorial about uv-texturing:

https://www.mtmckinley.net/

--> tutorials --> UV Mapping for Polygon Texturing

i also learned Polygon texturing with his tutorial... THX mtmckinley user added image

keep in mind, that maya 7 has its uv mapping tools in a seperate drop down menu (Polygon UVs)

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show us a render with your "new normals"

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# 14 04-03-2006 , 02:59 PM

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thanks .. i'll give it a try in a bit .. and post some images in a bit .. i'm currently working on a RPG-7

yeh i know it's a bad habit to start other models.. but i was thinking about the RPG-7 to much .. had to do it

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