Just A Request

BadKarma

Ok, the last request I made didnt go over so well but I'll try again. Here is an idea for a shotgun repalcement. In real life it's a semi-auto carbine with a 5 shot magazine. i figured it could just be modelled with a lot of kick (and it does kick pretty good) to replace pumping the shotgun. Of my Rugers it my favourite and if someone could do it it would be fantastic.

Burncycle

I don't think I could do it, but consider that after modelling it needs skinmeshing, skinning, animating, etc. before it can get in game. There are half a dozen at least models out there already complete but waiting for those steps. This may not come for months even if the model is completed!

BadKarma

Well it not like its urgent or anything. pretty much something for a bored modeller to have a go at.

BadKarma

No takers?

Owen1

<span style='color:white'>First, and last, warning.</span>

HKK

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Whao calm down.

Visual_Mirage

whats the difference between skinning and skin meshing?

HKK

skin meshing is mapping out the parts of .e.g a gun, then you would skin it buy using photoshop, i spose you could say skining is like giving something a paintjob.

CrouchingHamster

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I suggest you..

a) Chill
b) Read the sticky topics
c) Have a read at the rules you agreed to when you signed on here

And in answer to mirage, as Spawn said, skinmeshing is where you map out the individual faces in a flat pattern, not unlike say a dressmaking pattern. This will give you the wireframe outlines representing the various shapes of the model.

Skinning is where you paint over these outlines with textures to make it look all shiny and gun-like.

A quick read of these tutorials might help explain the difference..look for the UVMapping( skinmeshing) and Skinning ones.

<a href='http://www.psionic3d.co.uk/lowtuts.html' target='_blank'>http://www.psionic3d.co.uk/lowtuts.html</a>

Visual_Mirage

do you HAVE to skin mesh?
I've made a few models, i just load up the texture editor in MS3d, and place all the textures over the parts where i want, i've never meshed
is there any advantage?

Burncycle

BK:
Given the similarity of that and the M-14, would a simple hackjob be a better option? Shorten the M-14, adjust bits here and there?

I'm creating an M-14 now, but I'm having trouble with the slide and action- it would be much quicker if you took a model, converted it, adjusted the reference SMD, and skinned on NS arms. But it would still need animations...

a slow process probably, but creating a new gun from scratch would be even slower.

Jamil

A skin is a two dimensional bitmap. Models are three dimensional. Skinmeshing is the middleman. It's pretty much a blue print of how you want to gift wrap the model.

If you don't skinmesh, you'll have a very basic one chosen for you and oddities can arrise from it. Such as stretched textures. Read a tutorial if you're interested in finding out more.

BadKarma

Well I geuss I see the similarity but the Mini-30 is much smaller in real life. They both use the same round though incidentally. Yeah, i'd probably use a good M-14 model. And what did that guy say, just out of curiosity?