He wasn't even talking about you, Mr. Jedi. Not to mention, that was rather out of place. There's a PM system, you know?

Actually
I
was
but
it
was
a
joke.



Now get to modelling!

Kriby get
to mode-
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new sex-
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el you pr-
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Take a look

Fine, another bone:

Maybe it's just the perspective, but that looks more like a rectangular prism than an obtuse-triangular prism... or was that your plan?

Otherwise, very neat

looks great..... just 2 things.... and both I all ready said:

1st- if it's not too hard (and I'm sure it is) make the top less wide.... as it is it doesnt seem as triangular as it should

2nd- I know I all ready told you my gripe about the thickness of the side panels mand he space needed for the barrel to rotate....

Other than that, it's perfect.... good work on the coils.... is the back gunna be smooth edged like the design?

From our chat:
The top CAN'T be any smaller
It's difficult to explain why
But according to your side profile
this is the smallest the top can be
and the widest the bottom can be
to compensate for the power coils being the size that they are in your side profile, the size of the barrels, etc
you have to realize, giving me 2 axis of a model [2d] effects the 3rd axis
Especially in cylinders
I have the diametre of the circle when you give me a side profile of it
Thus, the width of that cylinder is defined as well
Thus defining the meat that needs to encase it
And the way the barrel is shaped
and that it has rotation [in essance it's a cylinder]
Gives me actually a pretty locked down requirement for the width of the weapon
It CAN'T be tweaked



It's thick enough, trust me. I must also note that MS3D has a really bad habbit of messing up perspective in its 3D view. I'd post a wireframe, but no one would understand that.



Yeah. This is just a wip. That's the first thng I did, actually, after these screenshots were taken.

Remove the middle power coil and narrow the top, it'll be so worth it.

I can't. The entire structure of the model would change. I have NO leway for this model's shape according to the way everything fits into it. I'd have to remake the whole thing, and halucid's drawing would be out the window, because it's shape requires this shape. And again, MS3D renders perspective poorly, it's more triangular than you think. Probably not as much as you'd like, but it's not as bad as you think.

JediKirby

Give us a front perspective or something, maybe that's why it looks so boxy. Also, halucid has 3 power coil rows on his first picture, you have 4.

do... does it MATTER how many he had in his first? Honestly, you people really don't know what a WIP is. I appreciate the suggestions, but most of them are forgetting the fact that it's an early shot and that there are things planned that change what you currently see. I'm only giving you a little bone to look at for now.

JediKirby

I'm trying to help you make it into a more triangular shape, like the drawing... but you can ignore me if you want.

Also, yes, I understand that it's a WIP, I'm suggesting that you can remove a row of power coils, not saying it should be like his drawing RIGHT NOW.

'Tis a good bone, and it's looking good, at least imho. I look forward to future bones.

In boths of my drawings, I have 3 on the sides.... 2 on the top (they're visible from the side, but they're inset, so you only see the top half)... and incidently, there would be space for 3 inset ones on the bottom, too.... (obscured from view)

The reason he suggested this is because he realised this would allow more space for narrowing the top width.