FN Mod Development Thread

[xtishereb]

So, this is something I've had in mind for over a year. I'm lazy, however, and haven't really done too much work on it. At all. Mostly just browsing around websites.

The plan for this mod is to include over 30 weapons made by FN; my favorite firearms company. I don't need any help finding weapons.
I'm also planning to write a mod config program in Java, since Java makes GUIs easy.


Five-seveN - tee hee, the F and N are capitalized, just like the name of the company!

P90 - more ammo for the spraying minded
(<3* version)
F2000 - bullpup, suckas

SCAR-L - a recent development in assault rifles

Police Shotgun - y'ever play "Ray Part 2"?

PBR (Patrol Bolt Rifle) - for the cop who doesn't like people running away

303 Launcher - less leathal my ass, load it with explosive rounds

Comments? I'd like to get some feedback.
I know the weapon sizes are a little inconsistent.
There's very few colors per image. I have fun dithering.

EDIT 4/1/08: P90 updated to V2
EDIT 4/2/08: SCAR-L V1, Police Shotgun V1, PBR V1
EDIT 4/12/08: 303 Launcher
EDIT 4/14/08: Five-seveN V2, SCAR-L V2, PBR V2

[Lord Frunkamunch]

The handle on the Five-seveN looks a bit long.

[The Bone Collector]

I'm liking the idea. Its been a while since anyone's done something like this... 30 weapons? bored much It's been a while since I've seen you around.
I'd love to see more of this mod

[Hair|Trigger]

Looks nice.  How long did you take to do each of those weaps?   I <3 that P90

[NinjaGimp369]

That Five-seveN is sweet! Although the handle does look a bit long...

[-Skykanden-]

Fix the size of the weapons, the shadding is awesome

[Dairy]

57 has got too long handle and P90 is kind of long too.

[PaFel]

...Checked shading ... It looks real strange althought the shapes are nice.

[xtishereb]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll try to work on this more whenever I get the chance.

How long did you take to do each of those weaps?

Too long; about an hour.
What I do is make a new image in GraphicsGale, zoom in to about 2000% and have a reference image open in the Windows Picture Viewer so that the reference image is about the same size as the image I'm working on. Then I use my fingers to roughly compare the sizes.

P90 was a little bit too long; I took two pixels off the end and reworked some of the shading. Then I put it on a transparent background so you can see some of the details.
I looked at the 5-7 a little, it seems to be fine. Maybe I should extend the barrel so it the grip doesn't look so short.
Coming next: SCAR-L, Police Shotgun, PBR

[Kagesha]

 A FIVE SEVEN! OMG I LOVE YOU! Five seven is by far my favourite weapon and you have done a good job on modding one (y)!

[xtishereb]

Since the thread doesn't get bumped when I edit, I'd like to let everyone know that there's 4 guns you probably haven't looked at yet in the first post.

[-Skykanden-]

Great!
I love those new weapons, excellent shading. But i think that P90 should be more little the same with Five seven

[mrv]

nice weapons, P90 is the best.

[Hair|Trigger]

Hey, your new ones aren't as good.   They are very.. grey, and plain.  Work on detail, and darker colours

[xtishereb]

Thanks for the feedback people. I reworked some of the weapons.

Coming next: FAL, M249

[The Bone Collector]

Your shading is excellent. But, I think the whole gradient effect you have on your darker weapons is frowned upon here. Not that I don't like it, coz I like anyone who can make sniper rifles
When this is finished, you will have my download.

By the way... how are you for sounds?

Edit

I thought I'd take a closer look (I do this because I like to learn new shading techniques) and noticed that you've got some checkerboarding in this weapon colors... Whats up there? Also, you've got one single line of colour on your barrel... and it seems a bit dark to me.

[-Skykanden-]

I think that i know hw to shade it  as you do.
You are not going to make FN Mag? Aww that's bad...

[tehsnipah]

sexeh

[Lord Frunkamunch]

I thought I'd take a closer look (I do this because I like to learn new shading techniques) and noticed that you've got some checkerboarding in this weapon colors... Whats up there?

S' called dithering, he mentioned it in the first post. It's mainly used for low-color-count pixelart, for when you want to get multiple shades out of few colors (for example, you could have one layer of a bright color, then below that a light/dark combination, and then solid dark. Zoomed out it looks like 3 colors)

[xtishereb]

You are not going to make FN Mag? Aww that's bad...

Somehow I forgot to include the MAG / M240 series when I was planning this mod. Rest assured that this has been corrected and the FN M240 B and the FN MK48 MOD 1 will now be included.

By the way... how are you for sounds?

No sounds yet, that's way ahead in the development cycle for me. Right now I want to get the first set of weapon graphics done.

Also, you've got one single line of colour on your barrel... and it seems a bit dark to me.

Agreed. I just took a look at the PBR image from the FN website and my version is a little dark. I'm going to go fix that right now.