Real Worlds - Weapon Research + Studies

Pistol Study

I wanted to create a small handheld weapon for my enforcer character so I decided to start fairly simple and chose a pistol. To help me understand how the weapon works, I pulled up references of how the gun looks as well as a diagram on how the gun works. I then traced the gun to find the basic shapes which was mostly rectangles. I then attempted to draw the gun without the reference. I want to keep the weapons as simple as possible since I'm not confident with drawing them.

Machine Gun

I also wanted to create a fairly heavy weapon for my character. A weapon that would make the player feel safe without being heavy enough to restrict movement too much. I know that some machine guns are able to be handheld but before I experiment with that, I did a study to find out how a basic machine gun works. For this, I used the MG42.

Reference List

Lone Sentry, 1943. German MG 42 [online image]. Lone Sentry: Anon. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/technology/semiautomatic-pistol [Accessed 11 March 2025].

Richard C. Rattenbury, 2015. Semiautomatic Pistol [online image]. Britannica: Richard C. Rattenbury. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/technology/semiautomatic-pistol [Accessed 11 March 2025].

Wikipedia, n.d. MG 42 with extended bipod [online image]. Wikipedia: Anon. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_42#/media/File:MG42-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg [Accessed 11 March 2025].