Looks awesome! Don't have any crit because I don't know what needs improving because I don't have an artistic mind unfortunately.

Learn to goddamn snip

Oh dear, it seems I've touched a nerve. I'm so very sorry it won't happen again.

Sarcasm aside this isn't the the first time you have been asked to do so.

Even I at some point recall asking you to trim your quotes so they only include content relevant to what you were posting.




Anyway to reinforce the concept artists decision of placing a bolt so far back I did a little digging and found a few "similar" designs, co-incidentally they are all Russian!



Shevchenko smerch:





Shkval:





TKB-022 PM (1965)



(Thanks to Echo-77 for bringing this one to my attention.)



TKB-059

Shevchenko and the TKB-022 have always fascinated me, moving the rounds forward into a vertical bolt. As far as the bolt on what is now the XMA-201 because I say so, the bolt handle (what I assume is the bolt handle anyway) either A: decently placed or B: not actually needed, depending on the design you choose to follow. Which, judging from the lack of space behind the mag well, would be a vertical bolt, though I do suppose it could still be used.

lolsnips

MA-2 already exists in the form of a stubby BR which fires 10mm munitions at 900rpm.



(lol comic books.)

Me and Echo think "XMA-39" is decent enough as the weapon clearly draws inspiration from the MA-37. Perhaps this could be an early effort to improve the design.


Updates BTW.












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Sorry it's been a while I was hoping to be further along than I am now but hey I can only do so much, especially with something as complex as this here upper/lower/grip.

You get a bump of coal for Christmas.

if this weapon were a woman

Maybe you can 3d print it in silicone so you can do what you really want to do, Tiel.

I'd prefer an official DINC t-shirt.



t!rep @Tiel






I'd need to fit a larger barrel then. ಠ_ಠ In all seriousness though you'd have to do a huge amount of work to refit any of my meshes to even consider a print. Though it would be cool to see someone try just as long as no asshat's decide to make money off of my blood, sweat and beers. cheers.



Updates!




Retractable buttstock:





WIP Barrel guard:











Not too sure about the stuff in dark blue which is why I haven't gone the full 9 yards with them like I have with the other pieces. I don't mind killing them at this stage seeing as I haven't put much effort in them just yet so I'll wait here for a few ours just in case anyone points out any flaws or improvements that could be made.



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I think the flash hider is too wimpy. (That's the front of the barrel civvies)

Because you asked

flanks is gonna get me banned one day


Flash hider looks fine, though when it's that thin, there is typically a loop on the end of it.
Edited by Skidrow925 on Feb 10, 2017 at 10:43 AM
Edited by Skidrow925 on Feb 10, 2017 at 10:46 AM

Updates:












Pretty much the base rifle is all done. Next up ammo counter.



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Oh and for anyone curious or who is just eager to learn how to model I decided to record my self creating the trigger guard. It's not the best tutorial out there since I forgot to capture audio and it'll be a nightmare figuring out what I am doing seeing as I mainly use hotkeys but I dunno it's here if you want it.



(Sped up 75% so that's around 1hr and 20mins of silence crunched into around 45 or so mins)

make the gun into something you can use in the engine or quit

Which do you prefer and why?





Cowling A)














Cowling B)

I like the one thats low poly, textured, and ingame ready

They look pretty nice but they don't feel like Halo ARs.

I legitimately cannot tell the difference between the two

reae bot to

Imo, the one looks a little cluttered on the back. Its cool, but I prefer the other myself

i got linked here, so i'll just copypasta my critique from earlier.

the side of the charging handle is easy to change on a bullpup, theres no reason to make it left handed instead of ambidextrous
flashlight should be more recessed to protect it
flashlights tend to break easily when you hit stuff with them
needs lock piston(s) on the adjustable stock
gun needs a safety/fire select
barrel-gastube connector should be widened
the front sling anchor is way too big, especially since there are no slings in halo
the gun also lacks a rear anchor for a sling, and one-point slings are very rare
the bolt carrier is obstructed
the bolt itself looks very thin and fragile
cheekrest looks super uncomfortable
the ejection port is not aligned with the barrel
if the visible portion of the ejection port is a port cover, then it lacks a hinge... if it isn't a cover, then those holes will catch a lot of dirt
the front of the chassis has a wide clearance around the barrel, reducing the spacing would lessen barrel movement
electronic display divider serves no obvious purpose, and would only increase the production cost and frailty of the unit
and overall greeblification is too damn high
Edited by greg079 on Feb 24, 2017 at 08:09 PM
Edited by greg079 on Feb 24, 2017 at 08:11 PM

sorry for late, i don't come here very often anymore. i'll try to remember to check back later.

i still feel the gun should at least be ambidextrous, you wouldn't want to make the gun ineffective for 90% of the population

i agree that the 37 torch was bad, but that doesn't mean that referencing a bad is somehow less bad

the locks would be small pins that slide into notches or holes in the sliding metal rod. they prevent the stock from sliding unintentionally.

5b safety was also bad

beefier (x and z axis) between the barrel and the gastube

both is preferred, but a height reduction would suffice

i didn't open the pix in a new tab, sorry for missing the rear anchor point

the bolt slot is very thin, this isn't a bad thing necessarily, its bad because you have metal plating that runs around and into into the slot for some reason

the actual bolt itself is just too small, you need to fatten up the bolt not the cover you put over it

i understand staying true to the original design, i really do, but it is still -profanity-

glad to hear that you'll fix the ejection port, that was the biggest issue

i'm pretty sure too, but the in-game ma37 did have a cover flap IIRC

yes the bit inside the circle, its not a major issue, but its worth fixing imo

glad i could help honestly. i wish more gamedevs cared about functional designs instead of "muh capitalist spacegun greebles".
Edited by greg079 on Mar 1, 2017 at 01:41 AM

As a bullpup, the only thing preventing it from being ambidextrous is the fact that it ejects to the right in its standard configuration (which would spit brass into your face if you were left-handed). Most right-handed rifles have the charging handle on the right side of weapon.


It's not a component that's critical to the weapon's operation, and it's not a bayonet. It's better-protected than most other gun-mounted flashlights, and you're not going to be smacking people in the face with that end of the gun.


"I prefer Y" =/= "X is bad"
Edited by Echo77 on Mar 1, 2017 at 08:08 PM

you don't know me
Edited by greg079 on Mar 3, 2017 at 12:23 AM

Cowling Update



















A few amendments here and there, just the RDS to go and I'll ready for lowpoly.

Love all of the stuff you've been churning out Flanker
Good work

> Not sure if sarcasm....or cruel joke, either way please give a like and share if you enjoyed this maybe think about subscribing and donating to my twitch?




RDS Update.















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> Just need to do iron sights.
Edited by Super Flanker on Mar 15, 2017 at 09:13 AM

Goosebumps

Update:



Iron sights are complete. Inspired heavily by Troy, Magpul, and Fabarms.










They flip down too.









The mounting plates share the same proportions as the integrated cowling rail so yes you can mount them there too. Not sure why you would though.......








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I'm now officially done with the highpoly. (yay!)

However I'm going to take a few days hiatus to work on some other stuff that was sent my way (nothing to do with dreamtrap) so that'll give all the people who voted for this design time for what I have made so far to sink in, if you have any changes or suggestions you really want made make them known in the next couple of days because once I start the lowpoly I will not iterate on the design further.

You didnt help me out with dreamtrap though

Hey, nice stuff !
Could you send me the model of the base of the gun ?

If I find some time, i'd like to experiment with a design I drawed quickly in 2011, like this, if it can give you some inspiration (it's much bulkier than the reach models) :

Grab a discord acc and we can chat fam: https://discordapp.com/

My discord: Super Flanker#2198

Pm me if you have any difficulties. Oh happy labour day btw.

Moar guns when

I can show you my gun ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

A day or so's grace period is in effect so I can clean up the final release.



And If anyone wants to sway my opinion on what to do next here are my final selections for the future.















Edited by Super Flanker on Jul 21, 2017 at 11:13 AM

Magnum plskthnx