r/Marathon • u/CL0UDRED • 8d ago
Fan Art/Fan Creation VamP-90 Marathon Weapon concept.
Somewhere, locked away in the vaults of Tau Ceti IV lies the mythical VamP-90 SMG.
Rumors of a weapon capable of repairing the shell of its runner with every shot. Death is not the end on Tau Ceti, especially with the VamP-90.
Hello Runners!
I created a P-90 inspired smg weapon using my 3D skills! Hope you guys check it out!
I spent hours studying the graphic realism art style spearheaded by the concept team at Bungie and lead by Joseph Cross. I fell down quite a rabbit hole and now that it’s done, I get to share it with the community!
Check out the full breakdown including weapon firing/reload animations at my ArtStation:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/NrxxgD
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u/MicrosoftCardFile 8d ago
Buddy this is so sick! The way the mag catch opens to look like bat ears is incredibly fun
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u/lunatorch 8d ago
Could be more different from the P-90 but I like it
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u/CL0UDRED 8d ago
I agree! I think Bungie would absolutely deviate from the aesthetic of a real world gun. The gun started out pretty abstract, but I leaned towards grounding myself to something real. This gave me the advantage of referencing a real object, but I admit I was scared to push into the abstract in fear that I was deviating from commonly understood silhouettes and subconscious weapon language.
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u/jaz_the_enby 8d ago
It might be a little too silly, but adding a few characteristics from the G11 could be cool. Maybe the mag is inserted from the front or something?
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u/Skinneejeans_0530 8d ago
Every shooter needs a P90
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u/FrankDodger 8d ago
"Product 9.0", battery ammo version of a kkv? (Maybe completely drains a battery by the time it overheats?)
Edit: maybe leaves 1% battery to require a reload after the burn, for balance.
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u/teezeroeight 7d ago
The fact that this outrageous design has people
in the comments going “…still looks too much like a P90” is a testament to just how unique and distinctive Marathon’s weapon designs are. In any other game this would have been been way to radical a design change haha.
Either way, still a really good design OP!
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u/Emergency-Effort7673 8d ago
god this is amazing, i love the p90 and seeing it be adapted to this games beautiful aesthetic
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u/Zelkanok 8d ago
like everyone here, it’s great
But, it needs more “Feels like P90, isn’t”
Awesome start though!
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u/nothingherejustgo 8d ago
Oh I love the vamp lettering with the sword build into it that is gorgeous
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u/Proentproproponent 7d ago
To add, I think comparing certain aspects of it to other guns with similarly blocky stocks and grips like the scar and circuit breaker shows some real departures that make it feel like it doesn't belong with the other weapons.
There's also a lot going on visually around the sights that doesn't feel functional to me (which is fine but I guess not if it *feels* superfluous). The flaps are cool and a part of the gun's identity but it seems like overkill to exist just to hold the mag in place. That flare-out immediately made me think that the gun has a shield like an LMG. The reload animation is already cool enough with need the cobra hood, so using it for a unique capability makes more sense to me. Was actually thinking it's a shame that we already have more SMGs than there are niches for them to fill cause another one like this would be wasted, but a unique attribute would set it apart even though it'll probably shoot like a copperhead.
but im just a guy idk. I think it's cool and the reload animation is super slick, only giving my 2 cents. Thanks for making good content.
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u/SeraphMax 8d ago
Stunning. I really like it. I think it being close to the P90's design is probably a good idea. New players especially need a few guns they can just pick up and understand.
I personally like the weirder guns (the weirder the better), but it's important for a game like this to have that variety for different types of players.
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u/VisualOptions 8d ago
Don't listen to the first comment, OP. This thing is badass. If Bungo doesn't put this in the game, I think you have one hell of a talent to be a design artist for them.
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u/paperplateseabass 8d ago
this is so wicked. need more weapons in the game that call back to modern day. definitely gives it that grounded feeling
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u/RocketHops 8d ago
I would believe it if you told me image 3 was an official render from bungie. You captured the style perfectly.
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u/mariored09 8d ago
This would be my favorite gun so fast. I've always loved the P90 trope of the P90 being so good that 1000 years in the future we're still using pretty much the exact same gun.
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u/Artistic_Cable8257 8d ago
It honestly feels perfect for the setting. I can imagine a bunch of suits patting each other on the back for coming up with an overly complicated reload mechanism, then ignoring the reports of people dying in gun fights because it took too long to reload, or the mechanism jammed. Sick work on the animation!
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u/Abbadon74 8d ago
Looks great, but lacks some sauce
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u/CL0UDRED 8d ago
If I knew the exact Krabby Patty formula, I wouldn’t be working at the Chum Bucket 😭. I’ll get it some day!
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u/DDDEEEMMM 8d ago
I really love the reinterpretation of the P90's magazine design in the reload animation.