Better-looking minigun HUD sprites?

[Nash]

Does anyone know where I can find a good looking set of minigun HUD sprites? I don't like the usual Doom 3 one that gets used so often...

EDIT: Random screenshot to perk everyone's interest (and also to show the minigun sprite I do NOT want to use)

[Ceeb]

That's from Doom 3? Aw crap. I thought it looked familiar.

[Lexus Alyus]

I made modified mini-gun sprites a while back. I took the chain-saw graphics and merged them with the original mini-gun. I noticed that someone did a similar thing in skulltag, only resized (which I thought looked a bit crap as it got pixelated). I kept the sizes the same but made the chain-gun barrel black (makes it look meaner ). I also added a more realistic firing frame (I can't remember where I got that from...). I'll be using the sprites in my own projects but you can have a look and use them if you're interested.

I'll post them up at some point... I can't do it now because I'm in OS X right now and can't be arsed to reboot into Windows (I've disabled the internet in XP because I can't be arsed with anti virus programs ).

[Nash]

Ceeb - It may not be an unaltered Doom 3 screen grab per se, but I believe the sprites are from an EDGE mod that attempted to recreate the Doom 3 weapons in Doom 2.

Lex - I don't like ST's minigun sprites either... plus it wouldn't fit the bill anyway because I want all of my weapons in this mod to be angled.

Note: Angled minigun sprites only please. :D

[TheDarkArchon]

Had a look at Bittersweets gatling gun?

[Nash]

The one in Bittersweet does look nice. Any other options?

[wildweasel]

Paul's chaingun looks pretty good in my opinion, and it's centered too if that's your thing. I don't seem to have a link on hand at the moment...but I know for sure I used a modified version of it for wwhc-di (courtesy of Snarboo).

[TheDarkArchon]

Paul's chaingun looks pretty good in my opinion, and it's centered too if that's your thing.

Note: Angled minigun sprites only please.

[Nash]

I would've chosen the sprites from wwhc-di if I didn't want angled-only weapons. :(

Oh well looks like I'll have to model a new one on my own... the modeling part isn't the problem... it's rendering them to look like it's hand-sprited that's difficult because I suck at materials.

(the problem I have with pre-rendered art is the fact that they look very clean and amateur-ish because I don't know how to setup good lighting and materials to make them look photorealistic)

[Cutmanmike]

I would've chosen the sprites from wwhc-di if I didn't want angled-only weapons.

Oh well looks like I'll have to model a new one on my own... the modeling part isn't the problem... it's rendering them to look like it's hand-sprited that's difficult because I suck at materials.

(the problem I have with pre-rendered art is the fact that they look very clean and amateur-ish because I don't know how to setup good lighting and materials to make them look photorealistic)

Stuff like this needs a good UV map to make it not look like this. I suck at textures too. Maybe if you model it, you could ask someone to texture it for you?

[Nightmare Doom]

I also noticed another thing about your screenshot Nash...is that the new gore mod?

[Scuba Steve]

If Cyb would release Void2, I drew a neat gatling gun people could use.

[Nash]

No, it's not... the effects in that screen are exclusive to that particular mod (which is a zombie survival thing).

The ironic thing is that I only spent like 20 minutes on it and it looks so damn good... tons better than nashgore does, which I spent many months to tweak. I wish I knew how to record videos so you can see it in motion.

I will not incorporate it into nashgore though. As I said, it's exclusive to the mod pictured.

[Enjay]

I wish I knew how to record videos so you can see it in motion.

I use FRAPS. There is a trial version that puts a logo on screen IIRC an the length of the video is limited (again IIRC) but it works well enough.

http://www.fraps.com/

[wildweasel]

I wish I knew how to record videos so you can see it in motion.

I use FRAPS. There is a trial version that puts a logo on screen IIRC an the length of the video is limited (again IIRC) but it works well enough.

http://www.fraps.com/

FRAPS will limit video recordings to 30 seconds consecutively. That's not really a problem if all you want is a highlights reel; then you can just use Windows Movie Maker to stitch them together.