Ok im trying to get dods more involve and get more stuff out so this forum isnt dead like it was. I havnt added any details yet just getting the main parts.
http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/8924/thompsonjx1.jpg

Great start! It's great to see more custom models being put out for dod:S Good work!:D

hey iam a big fna of your skins but i just want to know what the first person view is gonna be like and yah please make it realistic and set if off from the rest of those thompson skins out ther good luck!

can you post a wire? and poly count so far?

Looking good so far.

feels overly boxy and compact for me but nice start altogether.

Im sure he is working off ref art. So i doubt that it could be as you said it "boxy". Guns are quite simple designs contructed from primitive shapes so they arn't terribly difficult to make.

Originally posted by junkers
Im sure he is working off ref art. So i doubt that it could be as you said it "boxy".
do you mean reference pictures? "ref art" is also "concept art" and that really contradicts what you are saying.

Originally posted by junkers
Guns are quite simple designs contructed from primitive shapes so they arn't terribly difficult to make.
easily said than done. it is boxy modelling wise but i'm sure it wouldn't be so very noticeable once smoothing is applied. but most importantly, it looks way compact for the thompson. stretch it out some, 123.

its 456 polies so far. And I agree it does look to compact. I think the for grip needs to be longer.

Got good news. If this gets good maps kimono said he might skin.
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8076/thompsonwv7.jpg

Originally posted by Splinter
do you mean reference pictures? "ref art" is also "concept art" and that really contradicts what you are saying.



Well my interpretation of refence art is a front side and top pictures of the subject matter you are working off. A model sheet for instance is totally different from concept art, as it is an image generated for general colour schemes, proportions and visual style of the subject matter. So, i am not contradicting myself at all, as they are two different, although related, peices of reference.

Originally posted by Splinter easily said than done. it is boxy modelling wise but i'm sure it wouldn't be so very noticeable once smoothing is applied. but most importantly, it looks way compact for the thompson. stretch it out some, 123

I was meaning that, guns are easier to construct as compared to organic objects like characters and folaiage for instance.

heh :) Looking good though 123 :) Cant wait to see the unwrap.

Originally posted by junkers
Im sure he is working off ref art. So i doubt that it could be as you said it "boxy". Guns are quite simple designs contructed from primitive shapes so they arn't terribly difficult to make. I don't know what "ref art" is, but these are reference pictures:
http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/detail/M1A1_parkerised.htm
http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/detail/M1A1_thompson_submachine_gun.htm
http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/detail/M1A1_and_sling.htm

^ I don't understand how a real picture of the weapon can be referred to as "art."

I was meaning that, guns are easier to construct as compared to organic objects like characters and folaiage for instance.
um...ok but i don't see any actual relevance in that.

Polies and triangles are 2 different things. triangles are what games use. Polies is any one closed shape, it can be a tri, quad or more.

I think you are counting quads and other odd shapes. If oyu are using max (i think 6 or higher) there is a button on the polygon counter that says "count tris" next to the one that says "count polies"

It just looks more than what you said to be honest.

Im with splinter, real pictures arent ref art, its just "reference images"...

Could you make a version with a round clip so the M1.

Ref img can be found here:
http://www.packrat-toyz.com/Re-enactor%20Supplies/prop_guns.htm

Originally posted by IceWolve
Polies and triangles are 2 different things. triangles are what games use. Polies is any one closed shape, it can be a tri, quad or more.

I think you are counting quads and other odd shapes. If oyu are using max (i think 6 or higher) there is a button on the polygon counter that says "count tris" next to the one that says "count polies"

It just looks more than what you said to be honest.

Im with splinter, real pictures arent ref art, its just "reference images"...

? I know how to count polies and tris.

EDIT
Ya I will probably make a round clip.

I think this is real (not an Airsoft or replica):
http://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id84.htm

Picture of the grip:
http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/detail/1928_grip.htm

50 round magazine:
http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/detail/50_round_magazine.htm

life isn't complete without deactivatedguns eh guyver.

Originally posted by Splinter
life isn't complete without deactivatedguns eh guyver.
Fo'sho dawg... :p

Seriously though, it really is a great source for pictures..:)

well seriously the NICE thing about that website is that they actually name the pictures what really are - MP40, Bren, etc. That is why this website comes up on everybody's internet searches :)

Another good resource is to find collector's forums for the partcular weapon you are skinning. Lot's of good ref pics in there usually

Originally posted by BERSERK3R
Could you make a version with a round clip so the M1.

Ref img can be found here:
http://www.packrat-toyz.com/Re-enactor%20Supplies/prop_guns.htm

The actual M1 thompson couldn't accept a drum mag. That ref image you linked to is a plastic fake. They used two or 3 of those in "Kung Fu Hussle" if you ever watched it, lol.

You'd need a whole new thompson model to make historical sense with a drum mag.

Originally posted by Black Lotus
The actual M1 thompson couldn't accept a drum mag. That ref image you linked to is a plastic fake. They used two or 3 of those in "Kung Fu Hussle" if you ever watched it, lol.

You'd need a whole new thompson model to make historical sense with a drum mag.
Yes I knew that but that was the first result I could find that quick :P

Originally posted by IceWolve


I think you are counting quads and other odd shapes. If oyu are using max (i think 6 or higher) there is a button on the polygon counter that says "count tris" next to the one that says "count polies"


Or hit 7 on the keyboard :)