2ND PLACE - Apocalyptic Weapons: "The Ender of Tuesdays" Gun - Maya Ivanova

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Blockout

Hello there! I just created my first blockout of the gun in Autodesk Maya. At this stage I had to decide the dimensions of the 3D object to save myself rescaling issues in the future (which cost time to be fixed). The Unreal Engine Mannequin is 1.80 meters tall (approximately 5.9 feet) and is easily accessible to everyone, which is the reason why I imported the model in Maya for a scale reference. The gun turned out to be bigger size than what I first expected, but considering the parts I used to assemble it, it just made more sense to make it bigger as displayed in the pictures.

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High-poly model

Today I finished my High-poly model of the gun, I had to fill a lot of the holes in the base and change it a little from the reference to be more interesting and to have differences on both sides. I added more cables and decided to ad tape and cloth to the handle.

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Sculpting in Zbrush

I wanted to have some welding details holding the 2 water pipes together, added some to the 2 side parts and on the metal part of the handle. I did the welding sculpt in Zbrush with an Alpha that I created in Substance Designer to speed up the process and to have time to make the sculpt of the wood details. Before starting to place the welding Alpha on the model I created a Morph Target of the model and then every detail that wasn't looking good I removed with the Morph Brush. On the wooden parts I added only the bigger cracks and changed the silhouette.

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Low-poly model

I just started making the low-poly model and I stumbled upon an interesting issue that some of the other Maya users may have also experienced. The issue is related to the curly cable of the weapon. I have already made the high-poly of it using a Helix and the EP Curve Tool in the exact shape I want it, but now how do I make a low-poly that matches? This MEL command was the solution of my problem and saved me A LOT of time: polySelectEdgesEveryN "edgeRing" 2. The command selects every other edge loop using a MEL Script and running it 2 times with Ctrl + Delete gave me my low-poly mesh of the curly cable. I hope this update helps somebody and save them time as well! ☺

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So far this is how my Low-poly model looks like, I might make some more changes and optimizations.

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Textures

I managed to create a few Smart Materials ( Wood, Rust, Metal and Paint) in Substance Painter that I am gonna be using for the texturing process.

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I created two more Smart Materials of fabric and plastic in Substance Painter. I realized I haven't showed the UVs of the model so I'm uploading a screenshot of them as well.

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In Maya I have added basic Color ID materials on the High-poly model for Cables, Metal, Wood, Plastic, Glass and Fabric to make the texturing process.

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While going for a walk in my neighborhood I gathered some photo references of rust, old wood and damaged old paint, which are not only good texturing references but also perfect for creating Stencils in Photoshop and then using them in Substance Painter for more realistic results.

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Here is an update from the Substance Painters viewport, I still want to make some changes before posting the final renders.

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Final Submission

I am so excited to share with you my final renders! I hope you like them! ☺