I do not think it's a pleasure to be on the recieving end of that one.
Anyway, how did you make this? Photoshop i assume?

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Yep PhotoShop v.6.0

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Gyrojet...Such an underated system, don't you think? Of course, it's only practicle higher than 13.7mm, as proven by the Japanese. And there is the issue of accuracy, which is difficult to control with any rocket propelled projectile...I've always thought it would be interesting to have a laser guided Gyrojet, an actual "magic bullet..." I think I want to design that now...damn...

Gyrojets have had a bad rap to be honest, though a lot of their accuracy issues came from bad quality control of the vents the prototypes and the ones submitted for most of the original tests were quite accurate due to their flat trajectory. Once they began to be manufactured on a larger scale however things began to go downhill.

Their major issue was the lack of any real muzzle velocity due to the need to 'spin up'(as well as the original system requiring that the projectile overcome the firing hammer to leave the barrel)This combined with the earlier Vent issues pretty much killed the weapon (not counting the cost). Combined with a kicker charge to give it an appreciable muzzle velocity and produced in low enough volume though...

...well who knows.

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True, but the real disadvantage is the amount of labor and money required to make a jet that meets practical standards.

All things aside, It was a pretty kick-ass idea in my opinion.

...why do all kick ass ideas have to be so expensive...

Ah. If that's so, i have a question for you.
I see you've used gradients for shading, and they get narrower as the round's tip thins out. How did you to that?

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Well actually I use very few Gradients (well low opacity, usually on soft light layer mode which makes them fairly subtle) for the more visible highlights and cylinder effects I use the line tool (1 or 2 px thickness) and just draw it tot he shape I want then blur it till its not so hard a line. this allows the highlight to 'flow' with the subject and still be fairly easy to accomplish.

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I see. I've been looking for an easy way to make gradients like that for quite a while now. Thanks^^

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The first thing that ran through my head when I saw this, "How much does one of those things cost?"

Seriously, all the firepower in the universe don't mean squat if you can't pay for it. But, you already knew this, of course.

Still a cool concept though.

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