Craw25 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Hey there. I need a few tips before I move on with a Blender project. I've recently been playing around with Blender to create a new rifle for Fallout 4. I've been following videos on how to etc etc. But what I need to know is: Do I make the gun parts seperately? Barrel, stock etc. Or do I make it one part like how the guys in the videos are doing so? The reason I ask is that all the guns in fallout 4 are broken up into parts with their own nifs and textures etc. So, should i make the receiver, barrel, iron sights and stock all seperately (then obviously set the attach points in nifscope etc) Any tips or advice on this and blender as a whole would be greatly welcome. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govilku Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Gun schematics are really hard to obtain but if you can get a front and side picture of each respective part to use as a reference, then, use that reference image as a texture for a planar model to guide you for building the basic shape of the model. This is why sketches are important because front and side blueprints are rare unless it's a car and even then companies do not give out this type of info. The pen tool will be your friend. Then create the faces and modify it's shape till you feel it's realistic. Keep each part grouped separately and AVOID OBJ files when working with Nifskope. Just a nuissance to work with. .3ds format if you can. Sometimes, nifskope has issues keeping model groups seperate. In this case you gotta export each part as a different 3ds and move em into place in NifSkope. Use another gun as a reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craw25 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 Awesome. Thank you for that. I thought that's how it's done. I'm getting pretty good at the modeling (using a png as a base in blender to work from) i just didn't want to move on with the project until i knew without a doubt i had to build parts and assemble in nifscope. (The vids i've been using to learn from failed to mention modeling certain parts seperately.) Thank you for your advice and your reply. I'm excited now lol. *notes taken* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craw25 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 Sorry. Ps: do you think i should model the bolt seprately from the body and nifscope it in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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