Open source is inspiring. After a lot of thinking and considering some ideas for games, I decided to try making a mod that tries to do everything FPS (not "tactical shooters) do right. Unfortunately, any true coding is way beyond me, so I'm using the Source Engine rather than id-tech.
Basic idea: Self-parodying, multiplayer-only game about a dystopian future where rebels fight for the freedom of their home planet... with Nerf-guns.
I'm doing the art, my friend is scripting and doing whatever light coding he can, and I just wanted to ask the Nexuiz devs for some critique on my first weapon model.



This is actually the most complex model. It's going to be a super-weapon comparable to the Railgun or the Nex, just with very limited ammo and much more power. I designed this one myself rather than tracing a real gun because I wanted to give it a homemade, hodgepodge feel. It's not completely finished, and it won't be until I can run it through XSI for some things with curves (and textures) but I'm just looking for some suggestions on the overall design.

EDIT:



The melee weapon, no softshading, default Blender lighting. This should look a lot better in game with normal mapping and reasonable lighting.

The knife is too thick. The blade usually are thicker at the top and paper thin at the bottom and front.

ai wrote:The knife is too thick. The blade usually are thicker at the top and paper thin at the bottom and front.

depends on type

sYm wrote:depends on type

That's why I said 'usually'. But taking that design above in consideration, it would be similar to that. But I haven't seen a knife with about 1 cm thickness and only the top sharpened.
But of course, one can also create a fantasy knife in which case it can look however one wishes to.

It's supposed to be comically disproportionate, really. Foam doesn't do so well when it's paper-thin.

iSuck wrote:It's supposed to be comically disproportionate, really. Foam doesn't do so well when it's paper-thin.

They should just make it out of sharp metal and wrap it in thin foam.

first one can be a "insect poison spray-cannon"
good for a beginner