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Finally finished!
The two rifles have been through heavy frontline treatment. They look battered, but never failed and remain fully functional. The third one on a stand was in less demanding service, so it shows hardly any signs of wear.

'Sunda' assault rifle. Original design taken from here, with permission:
fav.me/d6yee5o
And turned realistic 3D by yours truly.
And why original version? There will be licensed one as well!

Now, obligatory tech rambling.

Those of you, who care to look at my scraps, could have seen this one being worked on since quite some time. However, now we have peak of summer – which means other duties, and other fun stuff to do as well. So I wasn't giving this relatively small project much time in a day.

It's – again – quite experimental. In three ways.

First, hardsurface/mechanical modeling (as opposed to organic). It's been some time since I did anything serious there. It was good to refresh the skills – and see that my overall experience in 3D helps to tackle such modeling more efficiently than before.

Second, surface materials for mechanical objects. I became 'specialized' in organic shaders. So there was something new to learn here too. Especially that I want to make a whole 'line' of different guns, and having the materials good enough to be reusable could shave off a significant time from subsequent modeling works.

And third, weathering. Surface wear, grunge, that kind of things. Sure, technically part of the materials. But turned out to be so involved that it stands for a separate topic. As I've never did anything like that – this part took as many days as the others two combined! Now it seems to me that I overdid with the weathering – but frankly, I have enough tinkering with it. So this is the drop-off point.

Description
Finally finished!
The two rifles have been through heavy frontline treatment. They look battered, but never failed and remain fully functional. The third one on a stand was in less demanding service, so it shows hardly any signs of wear.

'Sunda' assault rifle. Original design taken from here, with permission:
fav.me/d6yee5o
And turned realistic 3D by yours truly.
And why original version? There will be licensed one as well!

Now, obligatory tech rambling.

Those of you, who care to look at my scraps, could have seen this one being worked on since quite some time. However, now we have peak of summer – which means other duties, and other fun stuff to do as well. So I wasn't giving this relatively small project much time in a day.

It's – again – quite experimental. In three ways.

First, hardsurface/mechanical modeling (as opposed to organic). It's been some time since I did anything serious there. It was good to refresh the skills – and see that my overall experience in 3D helps to tackle such modeling more efficiently than before.

Second, surface materials for mechanical objects. I became 'specialized' in organic shaders. So there was something new to learn here too. Especially that I want to make a whole 'line' of different guns, and having the materials good enough to be reusable could shave off a significant time from subsequent modeling works.

And third, weathering. Surface wear, grunge, that kind of things. Sure, technically part of the materials. But turned out to be so involved that it stands for a separate topic. As I've never did anything like that – this part took as many days as the others two combined! Now it seems to me that I overdid with the weathering – but frankly, I have enough tinkering with it. So this is the drop-off point.