MA Games Design - Low Poly P9 Pistol Part 2

Low Poly P9 Development #2

    Continuing on from the previous post, I have continued to develop the low poly model of the Kahr P9 using the references images I had collected originally I soon realised that I lacked a more internal view of the mechanics and the parts that come together to make up this pistol as a whole. 

    Not too long after searching on google I came across a field strip of the P9 by Pew Pew Tactical, in which he expertly disassembles and reassembles the P9 in full. Other than the obvious learning experience of being able to see the parts separately which helps greatly with modelling the contours properly and getting the details down in my head, it also dawned on me how little there was to this weapon that is designed to be lethal. There's no expert electronics and yes the parts are machined to get them to fit together perfectly so they work as intended but it's such a simple construction for such a lethal weapon. Just an existential thought I considered while watching the video. 


(17) Kahr CW9 [Field Strip]: Disassembly & Reassembly - YouTube - Pew Pew Tactical





    The above series of screenshots are from this pass of work on the model. Again I further refined the contours and shape of the lower receiver pulling everything in tighter while avoiding adding any extra faces or edges to keep the poly count as low as possible. As well as this I brought down the front part of the top slide, just below where barrel would be, as this is what I saw in the video when it was stripped down, I also learnt that this part did not travel any further back into the lower receiver which on first glance of just an image is what most people including myself would expect it to do. Finally I added in a simple trigger and slide lock.



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