It's been slow rolling these past few days. My attention has been split between two things. I managed to "finish" the upper region of the rifle but the proportions ended up being wrong on a very complex angled surface so I had to scrap it and start over. I haven't exactly gotten the new upper piece modeled back out. I've been sort of building around it since I have the basic shape down. Unfortunately there's something "off" about my model that I can put my finger on. It's causing my Picatinny rails to be too narrow. I think at this stage I'm going to have to just push forward with it, and take it as a lesson. I don't have time to rework a bunch of major parts just to get the width perfect (maybe if I were using ZBrush...).
For my first actual gun, this is rather difficult. Well, not really difficult, as I have a pretty good handle on hard surface I think, but more just tedious. Here's a wide shot of the stablization brace (stock) connected to the lower portion of the weapon. I think it might be a bit too wide. Not a huge deal, but there is one section that I would have to redo if I end up making it more narrow.
So here's a little update on the gun I have chosen. It's obviously not a standard-issue anything, but according to the original Reddit post this thing is an AR-15 rifle modified to be classified as a pistol in order to sidestep certain gun laws. Here are some basic facts about the gun: The stock is not actually a stock, but rather an SB15 stabilizing brace. The upper part is a VLTOR brand. The lower part is a DDLES brand. The handguard is also a DDLES. The grip is a Nill brand. It uses an Osprey silencer. From what I could find, the scope seems to be a SPARC brand, red dot sight, with a special mount that gives it extra height. I couldn't find an exact model. I got the bracer mostly done but I think I'm going to redo those nine horizontal slats to make them more visible from a distance. Hopefully the bracer is one of the harder pieces because man was it a pain in the ass to model.
After a nice week or so off from doing work (I played Transistor, Dungeons, and X-COM), I have recharged my batteries and am ready for my next project. Here it is:
