Introduction.
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I've made you a little seasonal freebie. The "Sleigh-Slayer" Mk.6 15mm Home Defence Cannon... I hope you like it.

The set includes the posable Mk.6 15mmHDC, a posable ammo box, two loadouts of smart-propped caseless ammunition (one for the HDC and one for the ammo box), and a seasonal target prop. The gun does NOT feature a fully detailed interior, a rudimentary reciever and breech block are included in case you set up 'reloading' scenes where the camera can see into the magazine port, also there is no ejection port, the HDC uses CASELESS ammunition.

Also included are 2 pose files, one for Vicky 3 to hold the gun, and one to position the gun for Vicky 3. Once you have loaded and posed the gun and character, parent the gun to some suitable bodypart, I'd suggest the right collar.

Animators please note, the body of the gun contains a number of ERC dials.
Cocking - This works the cocking handle under the scope, it also moves the breechblock inside the gun, do NOT use at the same time as 'Recoil' or the block may exit the rear of the gun...
Safety - This operates the squeeze style safety on the trigger-grip.
Trigger - Guess...
Recoil- This recoils the barrel/breechblock assembly, complete with morphing the barrel-spring.
AmmoFeed - This moves the ammunition place holders (and smart propped shells) down the magazine. Range 0-5 (5 round clip).

Assuming you're using 30 fps, an animated firing cycle might go as follows...
1. Translate a loaded magazine back into the mag-port on the top of the gun by zeroing its transform dials (use as many frames as you want), 
2. work the cocking handle, posing the characters left hand as needed (frames as needed), 
3. right hand to grasp trigger grip and depress squeeze safety (frames as needed), 
4. pull trigger (frames 1 or 2), 
5. recoil barrel adding muzzle flash effects as desired (frames 2) the round in the breech may be translated z-axis out of the gun (set cartridge mat to invisible) there is no shell case to eject, the HDC uses CASELESS ammunition, 
6. allow barrel to return to start position (frames 2 or 3 including release trigger frames 1 or 2), 
7. put the chambered round back where it was (frames 0), 
8. increment the AmmoFeed dial by 1 (frames 2) and hide the lowest round in the magazine, 
9. repeat steps 4 to 8 untill magazine is empty, 
10. RELOAD!

I've also included a Das Studio Mat Preset that works for everything in the set, this preset assumes you have DS 1.3.1.0 and the 'improved' shaders (free download at Daz3D.com) including DzGlossyMetal. 

The items load with rudimentary P5 shaders, I don't use P5 for anything except rigging so, I used basic shaders, on the assumption that you know your shader trees better than I do...

All needed texture files are included in the pack. I've tried to keep the UV mapping as straight-forward as possible while still permitting the use of stock seamless texture maps.

Installation.
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Open the zip, drag the 'Runtime' folder onto your Poser folder, or where ever you keep your poser files. For Daz Studio, drag the contents of the DS folder onto where ever you keep your DS files.

You will find the items under :Character:AD-Arms:, the poses under :Pose:AD-Arms:, and the DS Mat Presets under :Content:MAT Presets:AD-Arms:, OK?

EULA
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1. You may use these items in commercial or non commercial renders and animations.
2. You may cut these items up for spares, unblock the sink with them, or intimidate "The Fat Man" with them, to your hearts content.
3. You may host this archive as is, without my express permission provided that it is offered as a FREE download, no fees of any kind required.
4. You may distribute this archive as is, without my express permission provided it is offered FREE, no fees of any kind required.
5. If it all goes pearshaped, and your PC drinks all your beer, hogs the TV remote all evening, and sleeps with your wife, it's not my fault and I won't send you any money.

If you do use it, why not send me a PM at RaunchyMinds.com, user name AestheticDemon, with a link so I can go look.

The Aesthetic Demon.

Oct 2006

File List
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..\DazStudio\Content\MAT Presets\AD-Arms\
   15mmHDC-Set-MAT.ds
   15mmHDC-Set-MAT.ds.png

..\Runtime\Geometries\AestheticDemon-Props\
   15mmHDC-AmmoBox.obj
   15mmHDC-Mk6.obj
   15mmHDC-Round.obj
   15mmHDC-Target.obj

..\Runtime\Libraries\Character\AD-Arms\
   15mmAmmoBox-Loadout.cr2
   15mmAmmoBox-Loadout.png
   15mmAmmoBox.cr2
   15mmAmmoBox.png
   15mmHDC-Loadout.cr2
   15mmHDC-Loadout.png
   15mmHDC-Mk6.cr2
   15mmHDC-Mk6.png
   15mmTarget.cr2
   15mmTarget.png

..\Runtime\Libraries\Pose\AD-Arms\
   HDC-4-V3-Pose.png
   HDC-4-V3-Pose.pz2
   V3-4-HDC-Pose.png
   V3-4-HDC-Pose.pz2

..\Runtime\Textures\AestheticDemon-Props\
   BONE.JPG
   LeatherBump.jpg
   Santa-Trans.jpg
   Santa.jpg
   Silver1.jpg
   WOOD003H.jpg
   canvas.jpg
   steel.jpg

..\
   Mk-VI-15mmHDC-01-tn.jpg
   Mk-VI-15mmHDC-01.jpg
   Mk-VI-15mmHDC-02.jpg
   Mk-VI-15mmHDC-03.jpg
   Mk6-15mmHDC-ReadMe.txt