Playmaker Weapons (RUST Cosmetic Item)
The Playmaker weapon series is a collection of skins for RUST, designed to look like a cobbled together Nintendo blaster capable of eliminating your opponents outside of the game.
When creating the design, I drew inspiration from lots of things- I looked at the Mastiff skin from Apex legends for inspiration, as well as gameboys, duck hunt guns, the whole lot. I had a lot of fun interpreting these themes into firearms that someone would enjoy using in RUST. The Ironsight is nice and orange to stand out, and a pixelated heart rests above the power and battery lights on the back.
The AK47 in RUST typically comes with a shoulder stock, however, the game allows you to erase from materials as an alpha mask. So I entirely removed the stock to give the gun more of a blaster look than a machine gun look. I think it helps the design a lot, and it gave me some room on the back to add little details.
The Playmaker AK47 was officially added to RUST in March.
The Playmaker AK-47. You'll notice the buttons and such are inspired by Nintendo, but not directly lifted. Each detail is changed slightly in such a way that the design does not infringe on copyright.
A close-up of the cartridge on the magazine. IT's made to look like it's plugged into the screen attached to the gun. The game on the screen, "Super Dome Raider", is based on a monument within RUST's game world, called "The Dome".
A close-up of the back of the gun and some bits and bobs.
Playmaker Semi-automatic Rifle. It shares a majority of the details from the AK47, as I designed both at the same time. The AK47 ended up being the one chosen for sale within RUST.
Playmaker M249. I made this skin after the other two, due to the popularity of the set once the AK and armor were added. It has the same theme, but I turned the ammo reserve into a whole console and game-friend ( a gameboy ;^) ).
High-poly model for the AK-47 skin created in Blender and used for bakes in Substance Painter.
The Playmaker AK-47 and Playmaker facemask/chestplate in game.