The Start of Four Week Project

 My Lecture told me to make 5 different modular weapons, model them, uv, texture and imported in UE5 for next week, I took it as challenge and started working on the spot.

I created a quick guideline:

  • GUN A Assault Rifle
  • GUN B Shotgun
  • GUN C Pistol
  • GUN D Submachine Gun 
  • GUN E Sniper

As soon as the lecture was over I went back in Maya and I started working on Gun A, I want to create a Sci-fi energy gun. back on Pinterest looking for endless ideas.

I came Across Lyra on UE5, I watched some tutorial to understand how the Engine worked, I may use it in the future for my game.

The next step is to create the actual weapons for the game.


I made a couple of quick mood boards for the style and look.


The first thing to do is to separate the gun types and the parts, then mix a bit of creativity.



I really like the creativities of these guns and their Design got me really inspired on working on my own models.

Gareth Davies posted on Twitter this interesting 3D model of a Netflix radio, I really like the look and style of it.



The next part would be to understand how to separate each gun parts, I asked myself questions to figure out a way to make something more unique in the process of creating these weapons.

Is there is a way to connect each parts differently?

What if the guns parts have different effects when assembled? 

How can I make everything work together?

Can I combine different guns?



This was the main thought I was having during these research process.


I wanted the Weapon to have a solid structure and look compact and reliable.

I decided to create my own gun using photoshop.


I made my own drawing on photoshop using the Wacom screen, I designed the weapon to be "combined" into a big compact gun made from different parts.

The actual Gun is the middle body part, 


For today I have a solid Idea of what I'm working on, my next task would be to create the actual weapon using Maya.





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