Progress Report - 1/7

G'Day everyone, time for another progress report. Got a fair bit of ground to cover, so let's start with the area that's not got any images to show off - The Johnson LMG.

Since last report, nothing's been done on the M1941. It's awaiting UV mapping, but I'm not starting that yet because I have stuff that I need to knock more polys into, and I figure that makes that task a lower priority until I'm in the "UVmapping mood".

It is what it is, now onto the show billing items.

XM29 SABR/OICW

Right, so remember last report where I had nothing done on this? The SABR game mesh is now complete stem to stern. I've even exported it, minus UV mapping, to stick in game.. and I can confirm it is huge. Also I needed something to start working with because I need to start figuring out the goddamn FCS and what not. 

The Model for the 20mm Launcher rounds I actually based off the Denel Inkuzi (NTW Neopup) cartridges, with a bit of what eventually ended up in the XM25, because those two seem the most logical inspirations for the cartridge given their parentage.

I still maintain firm skepticism that this thing,even with my speculative engineering on the inside that errs on the side of reinforcement, the XM29 would collapse into a pile of parts under IRL conditions. 

Anyway, take a gander.

NEXT

XM8 Family

With the carving of the Ejection port, case deflector, internal walls and minor misc details into existence, the Core of the XM8 system is complete, as is the PCAP version "Spiral 3" Baseline Carbine. So, I'm working through the other models in the spiral - the Compact, DMAR, and AR/LSW. Of the 3 the only one not at least with it's own handguard at the moment is the LSW. To Be Continued. Oh and the XM320. 

The Compact probably is what I'd consider the most advanced in progress, as it needed it's own gas black and front sight, which I crimped off the HK416 (because,let's be honest HK did that in reverse for the 416). So, there's 2 stocks, 1 foregrip/bipod and a sight to complete the spiral. Then, it's on to the Spiral 2s, and Picatinny Rail versions, 

A problem I'm foreseeing with those already is there's like several distinct variations of the railed model and I am NOT doing all of them, so I guess I'm probably going to have to end up doing just the one that saw significant production.

Last for this Report - 

FN SCAR Family

Where to begin?

I guess let's go with- did you know that the SCAR-L and SCAR-H recievers are not in fact the same lengths? I do now. Like, with the breeches lined up, the Light's is like 15mm shorter forward and the same back, and none of the holes are in the same place. Saving graces though, all the other dimensions are unchanged, so it was just a bit of shifting to sortout. 

So I've got 90% of a SCAR-L (It's not 100% because it's missing the case deflector) which is cool, despite it's nice appeal. I do also plan to do the 5.56-lower that the Mk17 IUR (Integrated Upper Reciever) packagehas, because I have references and lo, it is not the same piece of kit as on the L or the H. 

Other than that, fleshing out the accessory pool is a lot of what's been happening, starting at the muzzle end. So, to complement the Q Cherry Bomb and the Miter18T Muzzle Devices, I've done the Q Thunder Chicken and AAC SCARH SD suppressors, and their direct-barrel thread companions - the Full Nelson and the AAC 762-SDN-6. Oh and the Brevis iii, which is "v.Gucci" new shit. 

For the 5.56 side, at the moment it's just a properly-modeled Noveske KX3 linear comp, to replace the existing one. I'm sure I'l come up with something impressive to go with.

As a trailing note, I feel like I should plug a recent development - So Reyhard, RHS contributor and code wizard has come out with a tool that allows you to export animation data of objects directly from 3DS max to stick in the model configs. A task that... previously was done by hand scripting and basically some element of educated guesswork. 

Well not anymore. I have it, and I will be using it and I love it forever and here's some proof

https://twitter.com/toadie2k/status/1144924817587490816 

That's uh.. That's it for now I think. Oh, if you'd like nicer unresized versions of the pictures above- check out  https://imgur.com/a/BGkhnuh  that Imgur Album.

Tune in next month when I THINK I'll be onto UV mapping a Few things. 

Toadie Out