Autodesk Maya: AK47 Modeling Tutorial [part 3]

[manthemax]

i was wondering what key do you press to get to move tool and rotation tool thx

[aaronh678]

@manthemax Move tool = W, Rotate tool = E and Scale tool = R.

[thisnameisntinus]

will you have problems if you have faces inside faces? because that part totally confused me.

[aaronh678]

@thisnameisntinus Yeah big rendering problems and maybe some problems with UV or texturing.

[FastTess]

I don't understand how you make the corners rounded. How?

[aaronh678]

@FastTess Bevel the edges go to Edit mesh> bevel or find bevel on our modeling shelf :).

[32Skott]

Hey i loaded a wood texture on the shoulder of the gun but it looks blurry. any solutions?

[aaronh678]

@32Skott Yeah you have to UV map it, check out my UV mapping basics it will help you out.

[rabthelad1]

ah cheers mate :)

[XoNeonFearLess]

wen r u doing part 4it dosnt seem like you have done it



[aaronh678]

@XoNeonFearLess Part 4 tomorrow I've just posted a bulletin about it.

[rabthelad1]

isnt there a part 4?

[aaronh678]

@rabthelad1 Yes there will be on monday, I've had a lot to do this week, with my college finishing so sorry for the delay of part 4.

[CalvinBGood]

How would I find out how many polygons my model is? And what sort of polygon count am I looking for a gun model to be if I wanted to use it in a game.

[aaronh678]

@CalvinBGood OK go to display, then to heads up display and then select polygon count. As I said before I do not know properly but I read somewhere UDK holds 5-10k triangles for a gun (FPS) and I will be doing UDK tutorials soon and it is free and really good and fun to use.

[CalvinBGood]

@aaronh678 Oh great, for this Mp5k I've made I've got just about 3k triangles so that should be good.

[marc4ndrew]

Hey nice tutorial.. i really like it.. but question.. what shortcut did you use at the time of 6:50.. is it smooth?

[aaronh678]

@marc4ndrew Thanks :). I clicked 3 to show a smooth preview of my weapon, and to get it back click 1.

[marc4ndrew]

@aaronh678 Ohh.. alright.. thank you so much! hope to see the next tutorial soon. :)

[CalvinBGood]

Aha cool, this is really helping me and hopefully I should have something pretty cool looking at the end, but will this tutorial help us UV map the Ak47 and rig it?

[aaronh678]

@CalvinBGood Yes you will but this AK47 when adding detail (or smoothed) will not be able to go into a game because its high poly. But yes the UV map will be basic for this tutorial but will be OK for now. Rigging will be basic as well, unfortunately I am only a beginner or even a 'noob' at UV mapping and rigging, I will try my best. thanks for comment :).

[AKU6]

hey Aaron, instead of insert edge loop tool at 6:58, select the edges and add a bevel (in the edit mesh menu)

[aaronh678]

@AKU6 OHHH!! yes good idea!! Crazy enough I've been doing bevels on my scorpion (low poly for a game) but because this is high poly I think that's why i did the edge loop, but thanks mate I will keep that in mind ;) :).