M4A1 3D Model

Good Afternoon,

Sorry for the lack of posts over the last couple of days, but its been with good reason. I've been finishing the M4A1 high poly model. So here it is! took some doing to finish, the upper and lower receiver were pretty difficult to make as there's a lot of shapes and transitions from round curved surfaces to flat harder shapes. I've modelled all the visible moving parts and plan to rig them up so its a completely functional and animation ready model. It was all made in Maya and rendered in Marmoset tool bag, great program for setting up nice renders quickly, if you dont have it I highly recommend it.

Next I'll be on to the slightly more boring task of re-topologising the highpoly down to a low poly model and then Uving. Once that's ready I'll make another update post and then be moving on to the fun part of Normal mapping and texturing. Like I said before I will be releasing this model for free with all the texture work and hopefully rigged, so If your making a game and in need of some guns stay tuned as I'll be uploading it in the near future.

As for other work I've been working on a Orc head sculpt too, I like to switch my personal work up to keep things fresh, I find sculpting is far more pleasant and less taxing on your mind to do, modelling can be very technical and frustrating at times but I still enjoy it. I also have some more sketch work to post, character ideas and some other project in mind for after this M4A1 is complete. 

Anyway hope you like it, if your interested leave a comment, follow me for more CG related work and all that good stuff, and if you want a Free M4A1 model complete with textures then stay tuned, its on it's way. :)

Jamie

Scarlet Concept Art

So like I said here's the concept work that followed the sketches for this character I designed called Scarlet. Looking back there's things I'd change about the design, mainly the materials in the design. I'd use less bronze/brass like materials, and where I did use them I'd really desaturate it, giving it a much darker and worn feel. I'd also try to make the armour look slightly more advanced/form fitting/lighter to emphasise that this character is skilled at crafting weapons, armour and tech. As you can see in the concept image I was thinking about the environment as well. I had this idea for a outpost/town that had built up in a collapsed cave, safe from the sandstorms and extreme weather of the outside world, with a few holes in the cave roof for some shafts of light to break through.

I may pick this design up again in the near future and improve on it so stay tuned for that.

Jamie

Scarlet Sketches

Good Evening

I've just noticed that I never posted the artwork for this character, so here's some of the sketches. Her name is Scarlet and she's a bounty hunter and partner in crime with Duke, Artwork can be seen here -http://jamie-stubbscgartist.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/duke-extra-concept-artwork.html

The idea behind the two was inspired by Hansel and Gretel although they have no family relationship. They live in a Western wasteland doing what they must to survive. I tried to base there look and style around how I imagined they'd play in a game so, Duke is the hard hitting Tank like character that likes to get up close and personal. Scarlet is a hotheaded emo kid that has a keen eye for engineering. she would play a more tactical and supportive role laying down her teddy bear backpack that has a Gatling gun mounted inside, before moving up with twin barrel revolvers. Originally she was going to have modified cowboy repeaters that folded up and out over her shoulders, (you can see them in the bottom sketches) but I liked the idea of a teddy bear with a deadly surprise waiting inside more :)

Anyway hope you like them, sorry for the slight tangent. I should have posted these a while ago but completely forgot about them. I'll post the model sheet and concept piece for this character tomorrow.

Jamie

Uni Character sketches

Someone asked me the other day why don't I show my sketches, and its a valid point so I thought I'd start uploading them. Here's a collection of the sketches for the character Duke. Before the sketching process I always do research and brainstorms which you can see in some of the sketches to break down the ideas I have in mind, materials, style etc. I don't particularly like my sketches as there quick and rough. There more like basic visual notes to me, which I refine later on into a model sheet and then I'm prepared to go into 3D. Generally I sketch in pen as it keeps things quick, if you make mistakes you have to work with them or start again, pencil you can rub out which I find distracting. If your looking to get ideas down fast or play with shapes I'd suggest trying this method as you can fill a page very quickly.

For the extra concept work that I made for this character click the link below :)

http://jamie-stubbscgartist.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/duke-extra-concept-artwork.html

Jamie

M4 AR Highpoly Progress

Good afternoon! Sorry for the lack of posts in the last couple of days I've been away from my PC, but I'm back now :) So the M4 project, The high poly is still in progress, I want it to be as accurate as possible so I'm building every piece. Luckily I don't have to use to many references from Google, images on funny perspectives as I have some primary research of my own. I have a M4 airsoft CQB rifle which is to scale, this makes modelling far more relaxing, If I'm unsure on the flow or shape of a certain piece then I can look at my G&G rifle.  

More progress will follow soon, I also have a couple of other projects in the pipeline which I'll be posting very shortly, so if your interested in CG art then follow my blog for more updates!

Jamie

Free 3D M4 attachments, Gun models (Progress)

Good evening,

Just a quick update on the M4 models that I'll soon be uploading. So far I've made Magpul style mags standard 30 round and extended version, 5.56 rounds broken into bullet and jacket, 2 silencers and magpul assists. More pieces will follow soon, hopefully I'll add texture variations/different camos (woodland, desert tan etc). I think I'll also break the files up for easy download (Mags and bullets in one, silencers in another and so forth so people can pick and choose.)

Not sure where I'll put the files for download yet, possibly my deviant art but I'll update you with that when the models are complete. If your interested in the files then keep an eye on my blog and I'll have them available soon, also if you have any requests then leave a comment I'd be happy to help :)

Free 3d Gun models and attachments!

Hello!


Just a quick update today as I've been busy the last couple of days but I'm working on making a M4A1 and various attachments that could be swapped through many gun models, silencers, magpul flip up sights, Eotech holographic, flash lights, magazines and fore grips. So if your interested I'll be uploading them as free downloads if people are interested! So stay tuned more more updates over the next couple of days for free 3d models.

Jamie