Military Robotic Mech Modeling 4

Carrying on from the last entry, work production has started on the robots arms

For the first arm attachment, I decide to give the mech Gatling gun arms, to match up with the idea of it being a high powered MBT. (Main Battle Tank.) 

To begin with, I constructed a basic block out version of the arm based of the original concept, and placed it accordingly on the WIP model. 

Blockout arm on model. 

I then gathered a few reference images of Gatling guns, placed one within the scene, and started to build up the components. This stage was relatively easy, as the most of the pieces were cylindrical in nature, with a few extrusions here and there. At this point I was focused on the low poly pieces and getting the initial shapes right. 

Gatling Gun stage 1.

One piece I worked into a little at this stage was the optical gun sight, which gives an additional targeting system for the Mech to work with. I looked at a few different designs, and created two based off what I liked. I chose the design on the right as I felt it worked better with the general shapes being used for the Gatling gun. 

Gun scope designs. 

Once the initial shapes were done, I lined up the Gatling gun as close as possible to the block out, and started to create the other pieces needed for the the arm, including an ammo drum, wiring and the shoulder piece as shown below.

Gatling gun being placed.

Arm piece current piece.

Arm piece current progress shot 2.

Arm piece broken up.

I found that the arms have taken a little time, mainly due to working out the shapes of certain pieces, and what could be broken up to resolve topology issues and make the model easier to deal with. 

Low poly split up into individual pieces. 

My main focus at this point was to get the Gatling gun model, as I consider it a main part of this model. I proceeded by breaking the low poly into several pieces, working on each one individually, breaking up the model into simpler pieces and working out hard edges for the gradual transition to the high poly through using turbosmooth.  

Gatling gun high poly shot 1.

Gatling gun high poly shot 2.

I'm happy with the result so far, with the turbosmooth pieces working fairly well together when put into the desired shape. Below are a few example renders as it currently is. There are a few smoothing issues and parts that need adding, but overall I'm happy with how its worked out. 

The next entry will show the robotic mech's overall progression so far.