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Concept of sci fi frag grenade.Work is mine. Work has been made in 3ds max + vray as rendering engine. Completed in Photoshop.
So what do you think. Do you like it or not? tnx for comments if any. bye.
P.S.
I did several grenade concepts in different styles.
1. Frag grenade concept
2. EMP grenade
3. Grenade concept
4. Sci-fi Grenade concept
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well, another grenade, another Critique.
while i adore the previous designs and visions, this one in all honesty misses the point of a frag grenade, i'll explain why below, please bear in mind this is a opinion, not a personal offense.
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vision,
for a frag grenade, i'm sorry, but in my honest opinion this is not very usable as a fragmentation grenade, first of all, the spoon, or in this case button(s), does not look like it ejects very far or has to make a long turn before it activates the grenade, likely forming a risk to a user in a tense situation. add to that that the button looks slippery and i wouldn't advise on this aproach.
it also looks overly complicated for the simplest grenade available in any military arsenal, aka over-engineered, even for a sci-fi concept.
less palstic, bigger shrapnel plating/pads (pattern on the sides need to be extended way more)
any fragmentation grenade is optimized for sending lethal shrapnel in every possible direction while using the least amount of materials to be able to do the job.
this grenade makes it look that this design only goes sending shrapnel to the sides, and even if that is not the case, plastic is not a good fragmentation material, it has low energy and loses whatever energy it has very quickly.
and if there is a metal casing underneath that plastic, which i doubt due to its small size (pull ring, grenade size ratio), the plastic would dampen the shrapnel effect and probably leave gaps in a few angles of its blast radius, potentially leaving hostiles alive.
i also see no proper way to attach this grenade to a vest, other then by putting it in a pocket, which is not always a good thing, and a lot of grenade designs use the spoon for this, as for using the pull ring for this... well thats suicide.
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originality,
i have to give you credits here, i like how the design interests the eye, i like how you tried to change established concepts, but again its no grenade, it makes me think of a bluetooth speaker, or a gyroscopic wrist trainer orb with a ring-pull cord to get it going. ergonomic but not a proper grenade. but you get 4.5 stars for the effort here.
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technique,
your plastics look top notch, you got that really nice this time, only thing you mised the spot with is the metals this time around, while i see you wanted to go for the darker metal, it looks more like the plastics as it misses a bit of shine, especially on the outer right ring, the light doesnt really look right on the ring., the metal also seems a bit to course instead of smooth, o maybe to matte... see the followingnimage for my comparison: i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzkyWDMwMA=… the middle part of this band looks like what you were aiming for, however you overdid the matte just a little.
the text on polymer looks good although a bit small, but since its highly definable due to shape and size you dont need any other marking bands so thats good.
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impact,
i see you changed the floor to tiling, good improvement, you can now easily identify and orientate, small change big effect., your presentation is for the rest about the same as your other grenades so cant really complain about that other then what i have already said about this.
overall a nice ida, but not the best, original but you dont get me fired up for this one....
i hope this helps you with other future designs.
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Hi. tnx for reviewing. here are some points:
yea. real object is simple so I made this one more complicated to have something for modeling. otherwise it would be too simple.
Constructions: it is supposed that there is full fragmentation ball with explosive inside, partially covered by plastic surface for better grip. So explosion goes in every direction as plastic surface gets broken esily.
Yea it is missing some point to attach it on the vest or body.
Yea did some simple floor to avoid simple plane on it
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keep it up 
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This is an interesting concept for a grenade. Definitely an update from the tried and true Fruit of Doom.
Technically, this is a well done piece. The model is clean, and the ortho views in the corner help to wrap your head around the proportions. It truely looks like it could be an ad in some modern version of Soldier of Fortune. The warning label is an awesome touch.
As to the design, I like the concept of a baseball style grenade, but I think the button spoon may be an issue. Thinking of this as a baseball with a wing, the button would end up pretty high under the finger (not under the tip). Might be an issue with a glove. I would suggest making the button bigger (make that whole ridge on that side the spoon.)
Overall I really like it, I just think it has some ergonomic/combat use issues. But a solid design otherwise. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/t… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Once again, not an artist myself so I'll have a hard time judging the quality of the art itself. I can, however, take a gander at a potential weapon and see if there might be something wrong with it.
Good stuff: I can see the essentials of a grenade, the pin and the spoon. It also look like it would be easy to hold in hand and throw.
Bad stuff: My first problem is that I have a hard time imagining an efficient way of hanging/storing those. My second problem is the "fragmentation" part. The point of a fragmentation grenade is for the blast to make metallic shrapnel fly in all directions, which is why the current ones are covered in this square-like texture.
On this grenade, the only sources of shrapnel I can see would be the two "circles" on the sides (which look more like speakers to me, by the way XD). Which would only be deadly in two directions. The fact that these are the flattest parts of the weapon also means they have a high chance of rolling and stopping on them, which would make the deadly zone be "up" and "down", one side being on the ground.
One could wager the shrapnel is underneath the plastic-like outer layer, but it would really be less efficient for the blast to need to break the casing, before sending the fragmentation flying.
One could also say that the outer case is supposed to fall off with the pin and the spoon. If this was to be the case, I couldn't pronounce myself on how effective it would be, though the weapon seems pretty small overall. Losing the outer layer wouldn't lave much space for the payload and the shrapnel.
Overall, I think it looks nice on the first glance and is pleasant to the eye, but it doesn't seem practical.
All this, of course, is only my opinion and I can always be wrong.
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Oh wow, I have never seen anything like this before.
Let's get down to it then, shall we?
First and foremost I must applaud you on taking something that doesn't really see different forms and put together an entirely new and unique design. I really have never seen a grenade that looks quite like this!
Design wise, it looks to be incredibly ergonomic for the user and compliments the overall design of the grenade. Not only that but, for being a sci fi inspired grenade (I assume so) it isn't at all too complicated. Not too many details, but just the right amount.
As you have said before, improvement can always be done. Where it can be done here, I cannot see personally. The grenade is beautiful and appears to have been expertly crafted. Incredible work!
Overall:
Fantastic "simple" design
Original
Pleasing to the eye
It just looks badass
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tnx mate. yea it is true. anything can be improved. We say. there is always f.cking way
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Reminds me of the grenades from Fallout 1 & 2. Digging the design!
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becouse of pin? 
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looks more like it could be a sonic grenade with those speaker looking things.
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yea could be. you are not first one pointing it out....
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If this is a frag grenade, then the shell must be designed to fragment in a roughly equal pattern in 360 degrees in 3 dimensions. This is why most frag grenades have an all-around ribbed surface or smooth surface, so that the fragments get evenly distributed.
This would create two conical zones where there would either be more or less chances of hit than the rest of the blast radius, depending on the materials used to make the different parts of the significantly complexified shell.
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Hi. tnx for review. Most people see in that sonic grenade. My idea is that that shell is just plastic part around metal perforated ball with expolisive material inside. so explosion inside split the metal ball into many pieces flying 360 degrees around and that plastic shell get broken apart as well but not making big resistance to explosion....
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it is safety. grenades used tri points safety system. So I use 2 button and one ring on the pin.
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tnx you. iit works simple. you throw it as far as you can and run away
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Hahahaha X"D okay. Ya got me.
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it would fit more as some kind of EMP bomb than a frag. It is a very cool design anyway
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tnx you mate. I also have EMP grenade there in my gallery.
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Love this look. Really fresh take on a classic design
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maybe. But if I called this one as sonic boom grenade then people would accept it
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Great concept, looks awesome, Always love your work.
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Looks more like a sonic grenade than a frag. I'd love to have this as a model to play around with. Heck, I'd love to have all the stuff you build.
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yea everybody see in that sound grenade, becouse that ball inside.
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B
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Never seen anything like it! Incredible!
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I like this grenade a lot. For a moment I thought it was for lefties, but quickly realized it would be easy to pull the pin just by turning the right hand 90 degrees to face the pin toward the body. I can't help wonder how easy it would be to throw given its unusual, though attractive, shape.
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tnx you mate. it was just idea to bring something new caused most designs on the web are similar.
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Okay the styling is very different than the typical grenade. Not at all a bad thing.
It looks far more practical than a lot of sci-fi grenades. the lack of sharp edges would be an advantage since there is nothing to snag on gear or clothing. while it would be hard to use for an off-hand user. but that's a problem with any grenade.
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tnx you mate. could be rpactical but nearly everyone see in that sound box. so it probably need some redesing to be use in some game.
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I'd add a ring somewhere on the case so that it could be clipped to the soldier's web gear. As it is it can only be carried in a pouch or pocket.
I don't like to tell an artist how to create their designs. especially when they already look so nice. I assume the part that looks like a speaker is a fragmentation panel. Most modern grenades use a pre-formed shells that are designed to create fragments of a specific size and shape. When I first saw the image my brain tried to picture its internal layout. I sort of saw a spherical core with a plastic shell around it holding the fuse,timer, and safety devices
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hi mate. I have no problem with critic. feel free to put any. and you right. that gragmented ball is source of fragments.
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