Big Fictional Gun Illustrations (Now 45 Illos!)

HellHound

ENnies winner and NOT Scrappy Doo

• Aug 12, 2004

• #1

Long ago, I ran a CyberPunk website that included a lot of gun illos that I cobbled together using photoshop from real guns. They looked pretty darn cool and made me happy.

But they are 72 dpi, which means I can't actually USE them for anything but my website.

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So, last night, I finally dusted off Corel Draw and started making new firearms for my d20 CyberPunk setting.

I'm still not quite happy with them, but here are the first ones from the set. The masters of these images are 8.5 inches wide at 300 dpi, which is the good news. They also look pretty sweet printed out.

Now I just need to master my mad Corel Draw skillz.

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If anyone has suggestions for gun designs, or Big Fictional (ballistic) firearms they want illustrated, drop me a line here!

 

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HellHound

ENnies winner and NOT Scrappy Doo

• Aug 12, 2004

• #2

Here is a series from the venerable kings of the submachine gun, Heckler & Koch.

This series was H&Ks first attempt at a top-mounted helical magazine for their subguns. The series is no longer in production, as no police agencies or military organizations bought into the concept.

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As for the illos - I like the increased detail in these compared to the first set, however, I had a MUCH harder time applying shading to these, so I gave up on it compleletely and left it as a raw illustrator style b&w image. I'm more pleased in some ways, and less pleased in others, when compared to the Cameron & Sooch assault rifles above.

 

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Arnwyn

First Post

• Aug 12, 2004

• #3

Ahhhh, BlackHammer. Good site - those weapon designs were slick.

 

HellHound

ENnies winner and NOT Scrappy Doo

• Aug 12, 2004

• #4

Thanks, I was really proud of those illos.

If I had high-res images of the original guns, I would just go through and remake them all at 300 dpi for use in print.

Alas, I don't have that option.

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Here is a set of guns I designed for my site ages ago, the Arcadia Machine & Tool 1159s. Arcadia Machine & Tool is famous for the creation of the Automag series of heavy handguns in the 20th Century, and were one of the first companies to attempt a caseless feed handgun in conjunction with the Ruko ammunition company with their proprietary 11.5mm caseless round.

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Again, the detail is nice, but I think I'm going to go for a little less detail and a little more shading on the next set I do.

 

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HellHound

ENnies winner and NOT Scrappy Doo

• Aug 12, 2004

• #5

Okay, I'm a lot less happy with these two.

I decided I would try shading again, and I like the 'clean' look better now. It doesn't help that this particular design is quite... well... uninspired.

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C. Baize

First Post

• Aug 12, 2004

• #6

Nice ones, HH!

 

HellHound

ENnies winner and NOT Scrappy Doo

• Aug 12, 2004

• #7

Here are three more Vektor subguns.

And these are a lot more 'inspired' than the last ones, and I think they look better without the shading.

 

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HellHound

ENnies winner and NOT Scrappy Doo

• Aug 13, 2004

• #8

In the early 20's a small armoury out of Mexico started selling weapons designed directly after the classic Uzi, without even trying to file off the serial numbers.

The SwanSong Uzis have advanced cooling shrouds for extended autofire, an assault grip in the front, and the main grip and magazine well moved backwards to take advantage of a smaller overall blowback action.

At heart, it is still a classic Uzi.

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Also from SwanSong, the Uzi support combines the upgraded features of their normal Uzi imitations, and pairs it with a 30mm one-shot grenade launcher.

Yes, I designed this after playing the Terminator 2 arcade game.

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I'm happier now. I've given up on the crappy shading and will stick to straight up b/w illos for the guns. These are pretty good, and the Vektors above are exactly what I was hoping for.

These two also called for a stylistic deviation from the ealier guns, because they just didn't fit comfortably in the frame without shrinking them a lot... so I let the magazines dangle down out of the frame.

 

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Galethorn

First Post

• Aug 13, 2004

• #9

I like the H&K SMGs, the Arcadia pistols, and the second set of Vektor ones best. In fact, I like them enough that I'm going to use them for a game I'm doing not too long from now, which is going to take place on a semi-terraformed mars in the mid 2200s. If you don't mind, of course.

 

HellHound

ENnies winner and NOT Scrappy Doo

• Aug 13, 2004

• #10

Of course!

As a footnote, these and many more will be appearing in PDF format soon enough as PL6 firearms, and there will be more!