User:TheExplodingBarrel

Or ExplodingBarrel, The, if you'd like.

About Me

Did you really think that I was gonna talk about myself? Fool.
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Alright, fine, I'll talk about myself: I like guns, I like video games, and I live in Singapore. That is all I will say.

Sandbox Link

Sandbox with WIP projects and possibly other thingies.

User:TheExplodingBarrel/Sandbox

Things That I Should Be Working On

Getting new caps for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
Getting new caps for Fallout: New Vegas
Getting caps for Phantom Forces (gonna take a while)

Things That I Might Do Sometime In The Future

Retaking the caps for the L4D2 page to reflect The Last Stand updates
Getting new caps for Fallout 3 after I fix the issue I'm having
Getting new caps for L4D1
Getting new caps for the older Counter-Strikes
Getting new caps for the Postal movie
Getting new caps for F.E.A.R.

Photosourced Gun Texture Archaeology

Video game textures made from photographs are a particular area of interest to me. This is an attempt to document the original image sources that were used for these textures.

Peripeteia

This only covers the demo as it's the only build of the game I have access to. Newer development images appear to show textures sourced from this and this image.

"AK Clone": Receiver sourced from this very old image of a Type 1 AK-47, combined with the stock from AKMRifle by MoviePropMaster2008 along with unknown sources for the handguard, barrel, and magazine.
APS Underwater Assault Rifle: APS underwater rifle REMOV by REMOV from Wikimedia Commons.
Calico M900: Calico-M900Carbine by MPM2008.
Franchi SPAS-12: Franchi12 by MPM2008 combined with top-most example on SPAS-12 Variants. by HellsXgunsmith on Wikimedia Commons.
Heckler & Koch G3A3: SouthAfricanG3 by MPM2008.
kbk wz. 88 Tantal: Appears to be from this Forgotten Weapons article, with the bolt and barrel assembly from the "AK Clone".
kbk wz. 97 BOŻ: Unknown source.
M16A2: M16A2 Rifle with M203 Grenade Launcher by the US Air Force on Flickr.
Makarov PM: 9-мм пистолет Макарова с патронами by Andrey Mironov on Wikimedia Commons, combined with the trigger guard from an unknown image.
Mauser 1914: From this Rock Island Auction listing of an early "humpback" Mauser 1914.
Ortgies: Ortgie right by Drhoehl on Wikimedia Commons.
PK: Unknown source.
PM-63 RAK: Composite of this and this image, with some colour shifting.
PP-2000: From this image.
PTRS-41: Unknown source.
Sa vz. 58: From this image.
SKS: Receiver and barrel from YugoSKS by MPM2008 combined with the stock from this image, which is of the SKS from the Swedish Army Museum's collection.
Stechkin APB: Gun itself is from this image, but the magazine is from this image of a Dracula md. 98.
TT-33: Unknown source, but it seems extremely familiar to me.
TOZ-36: From this image.
VSS Vintorez: Composite of this and this image.
VSSK Vykhlop: From this image.
X11E4: From one of the images on the Royal Armouries page on the gun.

Maximum Action

AirTronic PSRL: Unknown source, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it before.
AK-47: Filename indicated that it's from AK-47 type II Part DM-ST-89-01131 on Wikimedia Commons.
Beretta 92FS: Unknown source.
Beretta 92FS Inox: From this image.
Calico M950A: Calico-M950A by MPM2008.
Double Barrel: Source is unknown, but I've seen it before.
Glock 17: From this image.
Grenade: This image is very frequently used for toy grenades, so finding the actual source is highly unlikely.
Heckler & Koch MP5: Seems to be from the ICS website, but I've been unable to find the exact image referenced.
Henry 1860: From the official Henry USA site listing for the New Original Henry Rare Carbine.
IMI Uzi: Uzi of the israeli armed forces by Uziel Galishto on Wikimedia Commons.
Ruger GP100: From the official Ruger website.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

USP Compact: From this image.

They Hunger

Heckler & Koch HK91A2: From this image.