Is it easy to make a gun in maya?

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I need some feedback if making a gun in maya is easy because I’m thinking of making one.

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Go sign up to Digital Tutors 3D modelling and see for yourself! They have tutorials on how to model weapons including guns

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That’s like asking if it’s easy to make a game in UE4.

It really depends.

All I can say is look at a few tutorials and see how you do.

DO NOT get discouraged if your first model doesn’t come out the way you imagined.

Here’s one I remember using once: ?v=ObjsRnqUJsY

Out of curiosity do you have 3ds as well?

I always felt 3ds was easier for things like weapon creation (not that Maya isn’t though).

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As far as what software to use to most easily create a gun with, I would choose Maya over anything else out there really. Either that or 3dsMax, whichever one you personally enjoy using more.

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In my case it’s pretty easy, but when you dont have much experience in a 3d program, it will be tricky :wink:
I recommend you this tutorial: ?v=fhPWIDX5iQ0

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Pick a quite simple design one to start off with and then when you get the idea of how to construct a gun you can move onto a more complicated design

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I only have maya

Ive made the gun out of a cube but its too cube like and is too wide. How can I make it smooth and how can I make it thinner?

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You can use the smoothing feature in maya or place more vertices to get a smoother look. You can make it thinner when you select one side and move the vertices to the other side so that it gets thinner :smiley:
But take a look at the tutorials, there they explain everything

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Thankyou for your reply :slight_smile: