lol, sorry. Yeah, here's a better pic (the texture is the main problem, as it causes a lot of the shadows to go unnoticed)


once again though, I am not entirely sure whether or not I want to continue with the ma5k right now.

What other weapons do you have in mind?

admittedly, im not liking your work on the Ma5K too much right now. It looks like the Ma5D with an adjusted carry handle at best

If you make the magazine look slightly different and adjust the front end of the gun to look like it does in the picture
(this one: http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/archive/4/46/20090125222423!SpartanIII.jpg ) You might be able to do it out proper.

Also, not sure if you did this with the other guns, but make sure to give the weapon a custom texture, as the Ma5K seems more gray than it does black, and there seems to be a substantial amount of difference in detail that you're going to have to account for

Well that's basically what the MA5K is, a compact MA5 assault rifle. I'm not sure that a magazine change would make much sense, because it fires the same round as the assault rifle and is in the same family as the MA5. It'd be like the M4 carbine using different magazines than the M16.

FTFY

The stock could also use some adjustment. As seen in that picture, it's a bit more blocky and a bit bigger (proportionally, to the rest of the gun)

That was what I originally thought of when I started modelling (well, actually, I was going for the other one on the cover). That was what I was saying when I said that all that really had to be done was adjust the carry handle on CMT's model. But I wanted to go for something different, so I instead modeled it after this one:


I will definitely make my texture lighter than it is now, because you can see almost none of the detail.

Edit: About going with the version on the ghosts of onyx cover, I do see some pros. For example, I wouldn't have to do as much work if I start with CMT's ma5k as a base. I could also be lazy and use their animations.

Edit #2: I lightened the texture and darkened a few of the details.

Edited by SAS on Nov 18, 2013 at 10:37 PM
Edited by SAS on Nov 19, 2013 at 12:22 AM

I dont know, something just feels off about it

I think it may be the handguard.

how so?

I'm not sure, it just doesn't quite match the references.

in the picture from the book cover, the front grip seems to have an extrusion and is kind of bridged off the rest of the body. Maybe try to emulate that and use a more grey/gray type color?

The muzzle is fine compared to the references. If anything, I think SAS's version might actually be slightly longer.

I think I figured out the disparity between the grips of the realistic reference and SAS MA5K.

I think the magazine part should be separated from the grip, and maybe give it a DMR-esque trigger guard? Unless you want to PERFECTLY replicate the book version :/

I'll give all these a try
Edited by SAS on Nov 21, 2013 at 12:49 PM

I just think it'll look badass :]

*throws money at screen*

Changes:

• Small diffuse change


• Slight rail modification


• Changed the grip


• Barrel and flashlight slightly altered


• Shape of the chinrest and stock slightly changed to better resemble the original ma5k


• Not seen in the picture, but the back part above the mag/handle has been narrowed

Notes: I feel like I should add a trigger guard. Also, I tried the dmr-styled mag/handle and it looked a little too wonky.
Edited by SAS on Nov 21, 2013 at 08:16 PM

Ba-bump, any new updates on that Ma5k?

Ah, sorry, I've been pretty busy lately so the picture above is the most recent version.

bump?

@SAS: Well after making my suggested modification, the handguard looks a bit short now. Maybe extend it to behind the second vent?

I'm sorry guys, I've still got nothing. Truth is, I haven't really been busy lately, I've just been dealing with depression for the past year or so and the last few weeks have been rather unproductive for me. That's not really an excuse, but it's the reason why I haven't done anything. But I promise I will start up again now that I'm feeling a bit better (or feeling, but close enough).

@Echo do you want it to taper from the existing handguard to the second vent or stretch and round out?

Ah, sorry to hear that. I'm open to private messages, if you need anything.

In regards, to the handguard, I think it should probably stretch and round out. The vents on the reference image are a bit different, though, so I'm just estimating where the handguard's position might be in relation to the vents you have.
Edited by Echo77 on Dec 3, 2013 at 01:15 PM

Ha, thanks. When I say depression, I don't mean sad, I mean that I will have long stretches where I lack the drive to do anything, where nothing sounds entertaining, just a generally emotionless state. But that's not what this thread is about, so on to working again.



I lengthened and slightly rounded the back of the grip. Is that what you meant? Also, I realized that part of the reason my pictures were looking so dark is that I had a bad lighting system up. This one is way too bright of a light, but it's better than not seeing the details at all, right?

Maybe like this?

At least in terms of grip length, I want to go for something closer to this:




I made a few small adjustments, but I don't want to go too much more on the grip.

Edit: Imgur is acting up, will upload new one soon
Edited by SAS on Dec 3, 2013 at 05:30 PM

if you're not willing to change too much more, just add a trigger guard and keep the back of the grip flatter like the picture. You should be set then

Something like this, right?



once again, the light is not doing the texture justice.

Make the trigger guard and barrel thicker. Also, does this weapon have any sights or a scope?

Doesn't look like it has any.

I suppose he could add some.

Trigger guard is fine. Barrel is up to him. As for Sights, the Ma5K is supposed to have sights on the ends of the carry handle, not sure if he modeled them in or not

It does have sights, you just can't really see them in the pictures

Also, I made a marksman version of the ma5k for the shiggles.

Changes: longer barrel, lowered rail, acog.

buuuuuuump! any progress? im liking the ranged one

Sadly, no progress. I've been really busy with finals lately. I did try animating the ma5k, but as you know, my animation skills kind of suck. So if anyone wants to try animating it, be my guest.

On a side note, is it possible to have a shader act like a zoom feature?

bumpdate from hell and back. Have you done anything new in the past few months SAS?