Modeling a specific pistol

so once again(as a big noob) i need some help

i am trying to model a gun from this concept, i can box it out, but when its time to do the rounded parts i get lost.

So my question, could someone model this gun for me in very basic fashion as a little tutorial style?

im not asking for the whole thing in all its detail, just something that is the basic shape.


the first thing you should do is decide which parts will be separate meshes. once you are focusing on a piece instead of the whole thing it should be easier. there is no reason to do something like this as one solid piece, but if you want you can always go back with retopo, which is also a good way to add little details once you have the basic shape down.

yes but the issue is making the rounded shapes, i dont know how to do that without screwing up the entire mesh of that part this for example, i can make it in boxes but thats where it ends http://i.imgur.com/4YIDsjX.png

you can make that by making the base shape, and then using the retopo tools to lay down ribbon-like pieces for the decorative bits, then turn off snapping, extrude and scale outward along the face normal ( shortcut alt-s ).

Here’s how i would start it

1st something very simple, it’s important to keep it simple as we’re going to bevel later and we don’t want extra edges screwing up the beveling
http://i.imgur.com/n88nsFl.jpg

Then we complete the base
http://i.imgur.com/wIulqyT.jpg

Now add a mirror modifier with “clipping” enabled and extrude it on the X axis
http://i.imgur.com/TvMaDo4.jpg

It’s important to delete the faces that may be at the mirror symmetry center, we don’t want internal faces in any modelling cases, it’s very bad.
http://i.imgur.com/1AbotGg.jpg

Now that done, select those edges
http://i.imgur.com/ccE9z2C.jpg

Let’s bevel (CTRL+B or CTRL+E -> Bevel or click on Mesh -> Edge -> Bevel)
http://i.imgur.com/uBfavBJ.jpg

While bevelling move the mousewheel up to add a segment ( or press Numpad+ if you don’t have a mousewheel , or end your bevel and press F6 then add a segment manually)
http://i.imgur.com/R3lJLLl.jpg

Something important to note is that this process has created ngon faces (faces with more than 4 vertices) , in many cases it’s bad (unwrapping, subsurf etc…), so let’s get rid of them now, as the more you model the more ngon may be generated, and it’s easy to forget them once your model is completed
http://i.imgur.com/QCGSWaC.jpg

We can use the knife there, press K then hold CTRL and cut there
http://i.imgur.com/TGEpl5D.jpg

Enter or Spacebar to validate the cut
http://i.imgur.com/F3u3YJb.jpg

Keep cutting the ngons
http://i.imgur.com/OfjU009.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jJhihGh.jpg

Do the same for the top
http://i.imgur.com/7e6pB5g.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/f3ZPAYY.jpg

Now if you want you can add edge loops (CTRL+R) to help make the central part thing following more of the background image
Then select your central thing :
http://i.imgur.com/oBMujqN.jpg

Press I then Enter and press F6 (or look in the operator)
Set Thickness to 0
Increase the Depth until you’re satisfied
http://i.imgur.com/n5yQHYu.jpg

(without having to press F6 you could just press I , move the mouse until you see no thickness, then hold CTRL and move the mouse to increase the depth)

As previously, be very cautious of internal faces, there should be some after that process , select them and delete them :
http://i.imgur.com/UTyTGO1.jpg

That should be it for the base, after that, adding more edge loops, moving vertices, etc… to get more details
By example, the central thingy and its crease

Select the edges
http://i.imgur.com/iAnUzN0.jpg

Bevel a little bit (you can remove segments with mousewheel or Numpad- )
http://i.imgur.com/ZQD71E8.jpg

Then press I and inset only with Depth and 0 Thickness
http://i.imgur.com/jCo54gA.jpg

Keep checking there’s no internal or unwanted face at the symmetry axis (there should be a couple)

http://i.imgur.com/EQlCyFu.jpg

and later with some subsurf, edge crease etc … you can round things more
http://i.imgur.com/ErQCkg2.jpg

Very nice mini-tutorial. :slight_smile:

Thanks, that was extremely helpfull!

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