M29 Satan

[xC4RN4G3x]

ok i started this today and finished it today. i was gonna wait to model the taurus raging bull but i decided just to model something so i wouldnt waste my time. this is the m29 custom satan .44 magnum. there is another version of this gun called the devil(box barrel). the poly count was really really scary. it is 2666 polys. i was like: :O :O :O :O :O . yeah...the devils trying to talk to me. the gun is currently un optimized. hoping to cut off 500 polys. these renders took 2 1/2 hours so i better get some good crits. 800x600 renders . enjoy.
here are some devil / satan pics: http://www.dentrinity.com/NelsonChen/Collection/Revolver/Km-29/Km-29.htm (bad translations, but who cares).

 

[Kamikazie]

something just doesnt seem right about the barrel...cant put my finger on it...the front seems a bit flat but that maybe because the barrel has no hole in it...other than that i think that it looks great.

 

[twentyknives]

i quite like it, might need a little more smoothing out

 

[crackhead]

looks good. the front of it looks weird but obviously you wont see that in game.

 

[mindless_moder]

it looks good but i think the version wit the indent in it looks better
btw what happened to the raging bull ?

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

oh yeah. i still need those pics for how the cylinder works and the raging bull. i didnt quite like the feel of this gun so i'm thinking of modeling the raging bull anyways. now that i know what i'm doing, the raging bull shouldnt take too long to model. i guess this was like pre-raging bull.
EDIT: i figured out why i thought it was missing something. it has no cylinder release button or the other one(saftey i think). yeah....gonna need to add those.
DOUBLEEDIT: i used boolean for the cylinder. is that ok? first time i've ever used it. i thought it came out quite nice. :|

 

[crackhead]

ouch. it depends most people say dont use booleen or it will feck your model desty said in his tutorial that if you use booleen and correct the problems straight away then its fine. when i got to the end of a model i used a boleen on it completely screwed up. use it at your own risk.

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

how does boolean screw up ur model?? i dont understand. :| did i do something wrong?

 

[crackhead]

i have no clue mate but thats what desty said and then i screwed up my model it like made loads of polys that were overlapping but i couldnt delete them. im just assuming that it was from the booleen.

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

well lets hope i didnt mess up my model. ur making me feel nervous man. it would have taken me three times longer if i didnt use boolean. uh oh. maybe that was a bad choice. :|

 

[mindless_moder]

the holes dont have to be extremely detailed....so extruding it is going to be ok ..booleans create a wohle lot of unecessary faces and increases ur poly count.
but if it hasnt done much that u can see then its ok i guess.

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

my poly count on the cylinder is 526. i guess its pretty high because i used 8 sided cylinders to make the holes. 8sided for the rods too. yeah...lots of polygons.

 

[thereisaspoon]

booleans mess up nothing, u just gotta clean em up since they split a lot of edges and make new verts. lot of somewhat more skilled modelers complain about ppl using em, saying its noobish. i personaly have no problem with em. use em, but its gonna make a messy mesh.

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

is my cylinder nasty then??
edit: just out of curiosity how much better is a nvidia 6800 pro than an ATI Radeon 9800 pro?

 

[thereisaspoon]

6800 is a LOT better then 9800
6800 and x800 are same gen
radeon 9800 and geforce 5900 are same gen

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

yeah i was thinking that. god damnit. my bro just got a new comp. he has a 6800(PCI EXPRESS), ugh. oh well.

 

[Pesmerga]

6800 is a LOT better then 9800
6800 and x800 are same gen
radeon 9800 and geforce 5900 are same gen

9800 and the 6600 are the same 'gen'

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

hey is it ok to model cars like ford and toyota or is there like some copyright thing that i need to be aware of?

 

[mindless_moder]

there is suposed to be some kind of copyright against having them on teeshirts thats what ive heard..but since ur mod is not generating any income im sure it will be ok to model a toyota ..

 

[Razor]

What is the difference between the Raging Bull, the Satan and any of the other .44 Magnum 6shooters?

 

[mindless_moder]

after u pull the trigger at point blanc range .....none.

 

[Innes]

hey is it ok to model cars like ford and toyota or is there like some copyright thing that i need to be aware of?

its okay as long as u dont try to sell off the model i think.

 

[crackhead]

to be safe dont write toyota on it or even better write something close but different like boyota or sumit then they deffinetly cant do netin

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

lol i'll put Pord. sounds like ford but only a little sharper haha. oh yeah and the taurus raging bull can come in various calibers. i believe they go up to .48 maybe even .50

 

[mindless_moder]

toyyoda
btw why does ur mod need a car :S ? thot it was a post apoc type thing .

 

[Pesmerga]

toyyoda
btw why does ur mod need a car :S ? thot it was a post apoc type thing .

Yes, cars are eaten by the tooth fairy when the apocolypse rolls around.

 

[crackhead]

lol

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

well i'm gonna have modified ford trucks with like metal grates and maybe a machine gun + couple seats in the back. its like the standard for the survivors to get around in(or how the hell would they have outran the zombies?) of course the car is gonna look old and rusty but still. it still might have that ford symbol or toyota trademark. :|
BTW: if i get a dual processor(lets say Opteron 246 or 248), will it have a significant increase in performance when i play games or is it the same as a single processor? if i get dual graphics cards then will i have a significant increase in performance? what are the pros of getting a dual processor system or a dual graphics card system? i've been considering a dual processor 64 bit system with two PCI X video cards. need comments on whats the most effective way to use my money.

 

[mindless_moder]

Yes, cars are eaten by the tooth fairy when the apocolypse rolls around.
they might be there but the cars in post apoc surroundings are usualy bodged up from scrap.

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

.......not all the cars were near nuclear explosion.... and no they do not dissapear magically(tooth fairies are real scary, watch darkness falls). i intend to modify the car so its like a battle vehicle / transport vehicle. no idea. i'll have to draw this thing out.

 

[crackhead]

the thing about dual processors is that u need lots of air flow and it can get very hot and slow. i only have one comp with dual processers but it aint as good as my one with amd 64 bit. also toyyoda thats pretty funny you should call it that. i used to have a toy yoda.

 

[xC4RN4G3x]

well dual processors suck then. wow. yeah...1337 already told me. still its amazing how shitty they can be when u have two. lol.