Revolver

Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.

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# 1 23-04-2013 , 11:16 AM

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Hey guys, long time no see! Seriously. I've been sort of sneaking around these forums for a day or two again, after months of not visiting, and though oh, I may as well post.

I'm working on a revolver just now; it's of my own design, as I go. I'm using reference for functionality, of course, but otherwise, it's all from my head.

I'm going to make it game-res, once I finish the high-poly.

Here's what I have so far! Been working on it on and off for a few days now. Going slower than I'd care to admit, haha.

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# 2 23-04-2013 , 07:04 PM

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Welcome back

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# 3 24-04-2013 , 09:51 AM

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Hey Joop...yeh Im with Dave good start.

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# 4 24-04-2013 , 05:24 PM

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Looks good so far. The chambers should have harder edges, though, else there would be some wasted pressure/a possible weak point

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# 5 25-04-2013 , 06:52 AM

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Hey Acid;
You're right, physically speaking. But for the purpose of a game model, it's important the edges aren't too sharp, or else it'll bake badly when I'm making the normal map.
Here's a demonstration by the lovely Racer445:
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Thanks, Bullet and David. Good to see you guys again!

And here's a small update:

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# 6 25-04-2013 , 10:15 AM

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ohh shiny, feels like something you would get in bio shock. user added image

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# 7 26-04-2013 , 01:43 AM

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looking good!!

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# 8 26-04-2013 , 02:40 PM

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Yeah, works alright then if the high poly model is only being made for the normal maps

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# 9 09-05-2013 , 12:22 PM

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And here's the Low, all baked out. Some baking errors in spots, but nothing enough to get me to tweak the cage. Started the texturing process; though it is very early on.
3488 tris.

Forgive the missing trigger. I'm a bit, er, trigger happy, with the "Hide" command....

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# 10 09-05-2013 , 07:38 PM

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A little more work on the wood, and it should be done.
Here are a bunch of angles slapped together into one image. Again, the "proctor single-action revolver" doesn't exist.

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# 11 09-05-2013 , 07:58 PM

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That looks really nice. I can see some faceting around the end of the barrel in the top left image, but I don't know if that's avoidable. Love the textures and the warm gleam.

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# 12 09-05-2013 , 09:30 PM

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great texturing and modeling

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# 13 10-05-2013 , 10:36 AM

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Thanks guys! Stwert, yes, there's a bit of faceting, but in a game, where this takes up only a small part of the screen, and mostly from behind, it shouldn't be an issue; and if the enemy were using it, it would never be close enough for you to see anyway.

Tweaked the wood a bit, to differentiate it from the metal. Added some damage to the wood, &c.
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