Sci Fi Weaponry

Been a while since I posted, so here's a little catch up.

A couple of weeks ago we were given an assignment to create designs for sci-fi themed weaponry. They had to use conventional ammunition (no laser or plasma unfortunately).

I prefer my sci-fi to be near future, so I grabbed pictures of modern and plausible looking weaponry as a jumping off point:

I also took some inspiration from Aaron Beck, a concept artist who's worked on films such as Elysium, District 9, and Avatar. Great artist, definitely worth a look.

Next I did a few mashup's of weapons in my mood board in pencil because I'm still not comfortable with doing this kind of straight edged stuff in Photoshop. Anyways, here's my two personal faves:

And my final design - a hi capacity pistol based on the strange looking orange gun in the mood board, mixed with the pistol in Blade Runner:

I came up with a couple of different grip designs but overall I prefer the look of the top one.