[Weapon] Artillery Shell IED [WIP]

[EOD_Security-2252]

While waiting for some feedback from the devs about my chlorine tank, I thought I would work on another weapon I think should be in PR. So, here it is (in the beginning stages obviously) - an IED fashioned from a 30mm shell, some detcord, a phone and, of course, some duct tape.


It is looking ok right now. The model is pretty much done and I'm working on the skin now. The textures are done, I just need to add some details (bumps, etc.) to the artillery shell. Also, I used an actual picture of Semtex-H for the explosive material on the top, and the cell provider is "Terror Mobile." The phone looks a little expensive for a terrorist, but it's not like it's a Blackberry. So far, the only problem I'm having is with the detcord, which is a bent up cylinder. When I put the skin on it, it gets blacked in some spots (as you can see on the render). How to I fix that?

As far as the weapon itself is concerned, I'm hoping it will be comparable to the size of 2-4 of the standard PR IEDs.

[gclark03]

Make it ForceMobile, not Terror Mobile. Just to keep up with the current Collaborator service - rumor has it, they even have a special discount for jihadists during Ramadan!

Great work. I'm glad you were able to put a good idea into action.

[BetterDeadThanRed]

That is a HUGE 30mm shell lol.

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The shell's not that big, I just zoomed in real close. Also, I'll go ahead and make it ForceMobile. I actually never looked that close at the IED phone before.

[charliegrs]

i would think a 30 mm shell would be about twice as small of an explosion as the current PR IEDS.

[EOD_Security-2252]

Ok, I'll rename it to an artillery shell IED. The only reason I called it a 30mm in the first place was because I used a picture of a 30mm as a reference when making the shell, other comments?

[BetterDeadThanRed]

30mm shell is about 2 inches in diameter. That is either one really tiny cellphone or a giant's metric system.

[steve_06-07]

Make it a 105mm artillery shell!

[jaspercat444]

Its pretty... pretty badass Keep up the good work!

[EOD_Security-2252]

Please, move on. I admit I fail with naming artillery shells correctly. 105 sounds good, but for the mean time, we'll just call it an "Artillery Shell." Ok?

[Clypp]

Strap an iPhone to the artillery shell.

[motherdear]

the black spots might just be a problem with the polygon smoothing. go into editable poly and then choose the polygon setting and then find the smoothing settings after selecting the whole model.

should be pretty straight forward but i'm not sure that it's gonna fix your problem.

but good idea i must say.

[hiberNative]

great idea. i don't care if it's less area effective, the idea of it is just badass! how about making it the most effective in one direction (like the claymores), resembling the projectile's direction. that would affect the angle you plant it in etc.

[EOD_Security-2252]

Well that would be more like a shape charge native, I can work on that later.
Thanks mother (that sounds weird), I'll try that.
Also, I'm pretty sure I'm going to remodel some of it. Most importantly, I'm going to remodel the shell itself to make it look like middle 105 Howitzer (minus the top bronze and lower brown part of course, else it wouldn't be like an IED). Also, I'm going to make the duct tape just two planes inside of a polygon hidden inside the shell (you can sort of see that in the picture). Updates will continue.

[motherdear]

haha, it might sound weird but it's probably just me that's bad at explaining. but try and catch me on xfire ( prmotherdear )and i'll try and explain it better k.

[EOD_Security-2252]

Ok, if I get bored.
Here's a collage of sorts:

[EOD_Security-2252]

Yeah, it might look better a bit shorter. What does everyone else say?
Ok, here's a picture to get some perspective, the character model is the model for the civilian, then there is the v2 and v3 (shorter) of the IEDs. Which one looks best to you guys? (Keep in mind, I'm hoping to make this ordinance have a large explosion)