Tippmann 98

[agep]

Me and a couple of my friends purchased ourself paintball markers just a week ago, and of course I had to start modeling the gun:)

 

Here is it in an early stage of the modelingprocess

 

Let me know what you think so far

 

[detbear]

COOL....Nice work.....I had one of those and won a few games with it too. Lots of fun.

[bentothemax]

My friend has one of those .... :\ He has it upgraded a bit.... its pretty painful

 

Can't wait to see it finished, as always it looks great

 

 

ben

[Geoff]

nice i have a 98 custom with a remote line extendable stock etc lol all the fun stuf looking good though

[agep]

Thanks guys

Me and my friends was out playing last night in the woods when it was dark. Man it was scary... Cool, but scary! Loved it!

 

Here is an update:

[NancyGormezano]

Thanks guys

Me and my friends was out playing last night in the woods when it was dark. Man it was scary... Cool, but scary! Loved it!

 

So what color(s) are you today?

[Geoff]

lol ive played at night but i live out in the desert lol those are the most intense games especially when the moon isnt out and everything is pitch black lol keep up the work and have fun paintballing

[agep]

Thanks

 

So what color(s) are you today?

Haha. My cloths are painted orange while my body is red and blue (red and blue are the painful colors) So.. colorful I would say

[agep]

Here is yet another update:

 

[agep]

I've added some details:

 

[NancyGormezano]

Neato - I can't wait to see this thing blasting poor ol' Thom with some colorful "paint ball" fluid tests.

[agep]

That would be funny:)

 

Here is a new update. The barrel made a big difference. Also added the middle piece for the paintball storage. Attached is also a wireframe

 

 

[Epoch]

Excellent work as usual

All of those details you manage to put into your models really makes them shine.

Someone give this man a job

[phatso]

But tell him to check his weapons at the door.

[Jeetman]

Stian,

 

Your modeling skills are amazing! You should seriously think about making a DVD on how to create models is A:M.

 

I'd buy that in a second!!

 

George

[agep]

Thank you guys for the confidence in me:)

 

You should seriously think about making a DVD on how to create models is A:M

I've been thinking about it my self, but the problem is that I am really bad at teaching/explaining stuff. Another thing is that I never plan how to make the model, its all on the go, which also makes it hard to make a tutorial... well, we'll see, some day in the future maybe?

 

Here is a new update. I've added the air-tank which is one of the two parts that makes it look more like an paintball marker than an average weapon. Next up is the ball tank (whats the english word for that particular part?)

 

[jpappas]

Hi Stian,

 

Next up is the ball tank (whats the english word for that particular part?

 

I was going to suggest resevoir, but Wikipedia has a diagram and says it's the hopper. BTW, I enjoy watching the progress and seeing the updates, very nice!

 

its all on the go, which also makes it hard to make a tutorial.

 

Could we ask questions just about one area? I'm curious about how you did the oval indentations on the muzzle. I think if I were modelling this I would have been lazy and used a displacement map. If I were to guess, I'd say you created the oval indentation shape first, then added the little screw heads, then arranged and copied six of these into a circle, but I'm not sure what method you used to merge these into the cylinder that makes up the muzzle, other than doing it all by hand. I would love to hear how you did this part.

 

 

 

-Jim

[agep]

Wikipedia has a diagram and says it's the hopper

Thanks!

 

Regarding the muzzle, you are spot on (btw, they are not screw heads, but holes). I made the cylindrical shape first then made the other parts. The rest is basically a lot of mesh stitching

 

[jpappas]

Stian,

 

Holy cow! I figured you used some automated method, like some magical use of the Duplicator wizard, or Sweeper. To stitch all those in by hand - that's amazing.

 

-Jim

[Eric2575]

Stian,

 

my hat off to you as always, great work! Believe it or not, but if you are planning to make a tutorial disk, you could start with a finished model and work your way backwards. Just that little diagram you gave on how to make the oval indentation is a little gem. A tut doesn't have to show every stitch, but tricky, difficult parts could be explained just like you did above. I would also buy a tut from you in a second.

[agep]

Holy cow! I figured you used some automated method, like some magical use of the Duplicator wizard, or Sweeper. To stitch all those in by hand - that's amazing.

I do however use the Duplicator wizard and Sweeper allot on my models. I used the Duplicator wizard to place those holes around the muzzle, then I had to break up the cylinder to stitch it all together. It didn't take very long to do it

 

I've finally added the hopper and therefor consider the modeling part of this project done. Next up is to add some textures and materials

 

[agep]

Testing some materials and textures. Far from done yet

 

What do you guys think so far?

 

 

[largento]

Perfectly incredible!

 

Wow!

[agep]

Perfectly incredible!

 

Wow!

Thanks!

 

I consider this project for finished for now. Attached is the latest renders and a turntable animation. What do you think?

 

tippmannrotate.mov

 

 

[Dhar]

I consider it just another run of the mill masterpiece - just like your other master pieces

 

Just beautiful, Stian.

[MattWBradbury]

That really looks awesome. You should show Tippmann; maybe they'll give you some money if you let them use it on their site.

 

Did you go with Nitrogen or CO₂?

[agep]

I consider it just another run of the mill masterpiece - just like your other master pieces

 

Just beautiful, Stian.

Thanks Dhar:)

 

 

That really looks awesome. You should show Tippmann; maybe they'll give you some money if you let them use it on their site.

 

Did you go with Nitrogen or CO₂?

Thanks! I've sent them a link, but I don't expect an answer. I went with air, since that is the most stable to use in Norway's hostile winter climate

[Dagooos]

that is awesome. When are you going to do a character?

[agep]

that is awesome. When are you going to do a character?

Thank you. I actually have modelled a character. Take a look at Giuseppe or my old and silly self-portrait

[dougwills]

Stian,

 

Terrific as usual. Any plans for this model or just continuing use of your wonderful skills for personal enjoyment and peer jealousy?

 

 

Please don't shoot me!

 

-Doug

[phatso]

Giuseppe would be perfect for something I'm doing. Is he in use elsewhere? Can I license him?

[agep]

Giuseppe would be perfect for something I'm doing. Is he in use elsewhere? Can I license him?

Hi. You have to ask dimos at Circus Ink Entertainment Ltd., since he owns the design

[agep]

I've uploaded the render to CGTalk in case someone wants to take a look (and perhaps leave a comment:))

[Geoff]

Hey,

That is amazing. Awesome work.

 

Geoff