Soviet AK-47 Type 3 (1950s)

I've been wanting to try my hand at weaponry for a while now, and what better choice than the good ol' AK-47.

This is a game-ready study of the classic early Cold War Kalashnikov. The goal of this project was to tackle a weapon everyone knows while pushing myself to texture it as realistically and accurately as possible. I opted for an AKM style slant muzzle as if to show field use and replacement by a soldier.

With this being my first gun model, I am keen to improve and get better at making textures for hard surface steel and weapons.

• 4K textures used for rendering.
• UVs at 122.88px/cm texel density at 4K, 61.44px/cm at 2K.

Modeled in Blender
Baked & textured in Substance 3D Painter (4K PBR Workflow)
Rendered in Blender Cycles Engine

Rendering inspiration - Zachary Shertz (https://www.artstation.com/geno)