Didn't get to invest too much time to the MP5 today. But I did get the barrel and cocker lever finished up. I think everything is coming together nicely. Hope to finish the forearm and muzzle tomorrow, then moving to the micro details Monday (such as bolts and whatnot). So HP almost done!

I spent tome modeling the stock today. This presented me quite the challenge. Using Plasticity I had to reconsider how to create the ergonomic shape. It took several attempts. Ultimately I used a combination of lofting, booleans and bevels to get the desired results.

Finished up the receiver, added the rear receiver bracket, rear sight base, magazine and various brackets and bolts. Really struggled to figure out how to make the rear receiver brackets make sense and match the parts well. Ultimately I modeled out the shape I wanted, trimmed away the extra I didn't need then extruded the faces to give it the proper amount of thickness. Really like how it ended up. Cleaned up the outliner and naming convention for organization.

Making some progress on the receiver for the mp5. This is a whole new challenge in understanding the terms, how things tick and assemble. It has been surprising fun to break this project down so modularly!

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Started creating the HP grip in Plasticity today. Feeling okay about this piece with it being a bit more unique in the handle. Next I will start to create some of accessories to the grip such as bolts, toggles and the trigger.

Now my reference board is (almost) complete, I have started to create a block out model for scale. There are a few things on this box out that I had to do the best I could by cross referencing multiple images, BUT I believe that the proportions seem to be pretty close.

I am trying something new for this project. Instead of just creating the asset then getting feedback at a later time I would like to document the whole process from reference gather to final render. My hopes in this process is to get feedback along the way as well as document my process for potential employers or clients to see how I work.

With all that said, I am starting the MP5 with wood furnishings project. This is an incredibly ambitious project considering my available time (at most 2 hours after work each day). But I am confident that with my support group and personal drive I can create my best work yet! Below is my reference board. I am still learning about weapons and how they tick so I understand that this board may need some tweaks and additions as I go. My first step in this process from here will to do a bit more research on how this gun works as well as the scale of the parts.