MP5
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 01 August 2026 at 4:24pm
Topic: MP5
Posted By: GreenBucket
Subject: MP5
Date Posted: 14 January 2010 at 2:21pm
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Heya guys! I haven't been doing pixels lately but i was just taking a rest from a MW2 game and i decided to pixel my favorite gun of all the CoD series.  My problem is that i don't quite get how to pick out the right colours for the thing to look like metal. Any tips? Edit: Reference - http://world.guns.ru/smg/hk_mp5n.jpg - http://world.guns.ru/smg/hk_mp5n.jpg |
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Posted By: meagz
Date Posted: 14 January 2010 at 2:48pm
| high contrast greys |
Posted By: GreenBucket
Date Posted: 14 January 2010 at 3:07pm
| Well i tried but still it doesn't look metalish. |
Posted By: inphy
Date Posted: 14 January 2010 at 3:26pm
Take a look at a reference, notice how light highlights the different parts.  Light is reflected around a lot. Like meagz said, use high contrast. There are softer gradients and abrupt white->black transitions. Do you still have the version where you tried high constrast greys? If, so please post it. Here's a quick example:  |