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The Pistol is a sidearm weapon that can be bought as a replacement for the standard Blaster. While the latter is free and doesn't require ammunition, it suffers from a slow rate of fire and an even slower projectile speed, reducing a user's chances of surviving an alien assault significantly. Especially frontline engineers with a construction kit as their primary "weapon" will be delighted to hear that they can pack a semi-automatic gun with similiar damage output and precision as the standard SMG.

Concept art by alex_bo:

If you are modeling this beauty, you are invited to engrave your name on its side in the form of "O'Dowd & Name Firearms" (O'Dowd being the name of the concept artist).

Hey guys, I'd like to tackle this one. I can probably start this weekend.

Sure, go ahead! You can post updates in this thread.

Regarding technical specifications, aim for an upper limit of approximately 4-6k tris for the polycount. The texture should ideally be 1024 squared in a lossless format, like TGA or PNG. Required maps would include diffuse, specular, and normal. You can also make glow and gloss maps where appropriate.

I guess 2048 for the textures would be better, we can always scale down later. A glow map would be required for the tritium sights.

Right. Also, a lower-detail model can be made afterwards for third-person.

Hey guys, I haven't had much time to work on it but here's what I have so far. The transparent stuff is what I've started blocking in.

Looks good so far! Thanks for the update.

Nice! Follows the concept closely and looks great so far. Can't wait for the next update.

Here's where I'm at now. Just missing a couple parts and the leathery texture on the grips.