M41-A pulse rifle
 

Hi All!
Here is the M41-A pulse rifle from the movie "Aliens"
Not much to see at this stage yet.
Thanks!!!

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I suppose you could call that a 'Nail gun'? :D

that has to be one of the coolest weapons around.. good start, Im looking forward to seeing your progress.

Hey - I made one of these a while back - very nice start. What you have to remember is that it ain't symmetrical - that is to say there are bits and bobs on one side that aren't on the other. Should be interesting to watch this one.

Thanks all!!! M41-A pulse rifle is one of my favorite weapons!:D

Fallenswordsman! I appreciate your concern.
However: Before I touch the computer and LightWave I study the object first! Meaning, I inspect the entire geometry first. Also Military hardware is of interest to me. (Tanks, Planes, Guns, Knifes..);)

Hey!!! Aliens is one of my favourite movies and the pulse rifle is the best movie weapon ever! (well, maybe after the smart gun :-) Vasquez rulez!). The start looks very nice, looking forward to see the rest! Keep up the good work!

the alien movies are so cool, just like the pulse rifle!~
i'm looking forward to see the finished product!

keep on moddeling :)

Here is another one!

Looking good there so far Nail. Up to your usual high quality standards.

Thanks Mark!
Here is a little more!:)

Here is a little more!:)

Gotta love the detail :)

Yep - coming along splendidly, Nail - no crits here!

Close-up of the front of the grenade launcher.
Almost complete! :)

Once again awesome :)
One question: Where do you get reference pictures for things like this?

can i see a wire ? i'm curios if you are drilling or not :)

Hi there!
Well actually it is both, Poly and Sub-d, yes yes I know drilling doesn’t show the once skill, however: in this case it works well!
For reference go here, http://home.pressroom.com/philips/pulser/pulpic30.htm
Pics are very small, and they do not show internal components that well.

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BTW for all Aliens & Predator Fans
http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.p...lienvspredator

Update!
 

I'm BACK!!!!!!!!!! LOL :p
Hi all I haven’t touched LW for 8 moths now. I'm resurrecting this project. Here is what I have so far........


FIRE AWAY............ :eek:

Welcome back, Nail - good to see you again!

As for the Pulse Rifle - well its still looking great! I'm glad to see this one resurrected again. :D

Wow, very nice model. Keep up the work!

But I'm curious as to how you change you lightwave color scheme in 7.5. I mean I can edit the .cfg file and change all the menu colors and all, and it works for the first time i open up modeler, but if i close it out, and open it back up again, it goes back to the default color scheme. How do I fix that?

Fallenswordsman! Thanks for a VERY WARM Welcome. I’m happy how it terns out, I will certainly finish this thing. Oh, I have ordered XSI 4.0 last week, freaking weird stuff, don't know how to use it yet……. At the moment all I can say is THANK GOD FOR LIGHTWAVE.

BTW, you can get XSI 4.0 for only $495 plus free DVD training video. http://store.softimage.com/store/tek...action=country
My XSI was shipped two days ago. Hopefully I’ll get it by next Thursday.


3DMastermind Thanks a lot!!! I’m glad you like the model.
OK, to change the menu in LW 7.5 do the flolowing
Close LW and the hub (I assume you are using WinXP)
GO to the user profile directory C:\Documents and Settings\”YOUR USER NAME”. Next, open LWHUB.CFG file with notepad or WordPad.
Copy and Paste the following:

FileRequesterServer $Default
ColorPickerServer $Default
DialogCenter 639 524
TimeOptionsIndex 0
SaveClientIndex 0
WindowShape 10 490 439 406 316
ToolButtonColor 108 127 144
StateButtonColor 088 107 124
ActionButtonColor 149 149 149
DialogButtonColor 108 127 144
DragButtonColor 128 147 164
BackgroundColor 175 175 175
InfoAreaColor 120 120 120
InfoAreaTextColor 240 240 240

Next, save and you are done!
Important be sure to BACK UP you existing LWHUB.CFG file before you chang it, Play safe then sorry!!!

Start LW as you normaly would, you should see that the menu colors have changed.
Also there was a thread here at simplylightwave.com on how to do that, but I can’t fine it. Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome back Nail - where you been these last months man?? :D

The URL for the oroginal thread on changing the interface colours is here:

http://forum.simplylightwave.com/sho...=&threadid=174

I have to agree with you, Nail - XSI is quite difficult to get into but there are some very nice tools there. I haven't quite got my head around all of it though and the interface for me is a little Fisher Price buttons. The plethora of tools is daunting as well, but apparently the animation tools are meant to be very good. I haven't really got past modelling with it myself yet and it took me a while to do all that registering online stuff, but I'm happy with it.

Thanks Nail, I found out that my only mistake was that I was not closing the Hub, which is why it would only change the colors one time and that was it. Anyway, thanks and then again, great model.

Hello Mark!!!!!!!!!!!! It is good to see you too!!!!!!!!!!
Well, dealing with family problems made LW less of the priority.
However: things are returning to normal. Life is GOOD!:)

Fallenswordsman if only we could have SimplyXSI.com ……..:p
3DMastermind you very welcome, glad could help!!

hey man, welcome back...bring some more inspiration to us all :).
For SimplyXSI.com i believe Kevin and Dave are looking for tutorial makers for the site.

BTW - slightly off topic - where on earth did you get that avatar from? One of your own models?

I wish it was my model..... :o
Basically I stubble on this site http://otis.phpwebhosting.com/~mmnet/mm5/avp/index.htm
http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?series=205

Very Clean and nice, can you make a tutorial when you have time.

Looks really great!!

( off-topic ) i like your avatar too...did you made it??? can i see a big image somewhere on the net??

EDIT: I saw someone asked this before!! sorry about that!! :)

I see my avatar has become the hot topic here;
I did not create it……….. this is not a 3d model..
http://otis.phpwebhosting.com/~mmnet...vp/preavp9.jpg

Just a small update!

i love it :D
great work

Looking really good, Nail - have you got much more to go?

Thank you! :cool:
Not that much really. I will work on it some more this week.
Also my XSI 4.0 and DVD training has finally arrived, so I'm spending free time with that as well. To save some space I’ve updated pic above.

Here is the test Render. (note: the model is not complited yet, Soorry) :o
Thanks!