It's no secret that one of our more ambitious goals for Interstellar Marines is to deliver a full tactical arsenal of 27 different weapons - 3 models in 9 weapon types. You probably already know the MeiKuy CE-6 SMG quite well... But we have a new baby we would like to present to you, and those of you who have found the easter eggs in the Xmas 2010 release (PC/MAC) know what I'm talking about.
So without further ado, I give to you:
Assault Rifle 03 - Unity Content Viewer 
We can't wait to give you this one to shoot with - but we're not there yet... Sorry! :)
The making of ...
The first iteration of the Assault Rifle 03 appeared in the 2006 Trailer when we all met IM Commander Lt. Reese for the first time (see it floating in his hands!). I think this variant was a block-out I made in Lightware 3D based on a rough concept I did back when we made the trailer.
Late 2008 our former Concept Artist Andreas Von Cotta-Schønberg started working on the assault rifle again; this time in collaboration with our former Lead Artist Anders Antoft and myself. After a few iterations back and forth we had the concept of the assault rifle as we know it today. And now Anders have finally modeled and textured it in Maya and made the initial import and setup in Unity.
Concept / Weapons / Assault Rifle 03
Near final concept of the Assault Rifle 03. Shown here with extensions; Light, G-Launcher, ER-Scope.
HD wallpaper (1920x1080) available in Briefing Room
We haven't given the Assault Rifle 03 a name yet, so feel free to post a few suggestions - you never know, we might use it. :-)
FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME
/ZPSHicks
Neat. Is there some sort of grip attachment or something so you can hold it without the under slung grenade launcher? It doesn't look like that attachment rail would be very comfortable for your hand.
normaly you hold the gun on the magazine or above on the part whre you put the magazine in
you only need extra grip attacment for firing from the hips in closer combat (thats what i learned)
how about.... the Z3R10 Multi Purpose Rifle... It looked cool in my head
When I first saw the sharks with legs, I was worried I wouldn't be able to take this project seriously...
..now I'm eager to see this project succeed. I'm often very impressed by what I see.
Serious?
The sharks made me track :D
Just become a member over there ;) then you will see loads of awesome stuff
It is like the FN-SCAR and the Kriss had a baby together.
The Tactical Response Rifle TRR-030?