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High Res Ak74

(Just an idea) Maybe you could release it with a different hue (separate workshop item) because actually the skin is really nice and I think the interesting nonuniformity of colour across the magazine would really suit a plum magazine. Kind of like this:
https://www.circle10ak.com/product/russian-plum-ak-74-30rnd-5-45x39mm-magazine-izhmash/

If someone were able to capture the unique beauty of that I would definitely subscribe. I find the AK-74 to be the most aesthetically pleasing firearm but I find it hard to find a replacement for the default. They did such a good job at getting something basic and accurate that works as a whole.

Thanks for being so polite.

So essentially what you're saying, is no magazines made out of actual bakelite, had reinforcement ribs. That's what you're taking umbridge with? Fair enough. I honestly was unaware that there a almost no authentic circle 10 mags cast in bakelite, with the ribs. The only ones I could find after a quick search were the (beautiful) plum ones. As such I'd be happy to rename this mod.

So check this picture for reference (I know hotlinking is bad but the full article is linked below):
https://gunsgunsandmoreguns.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/ak74-colors11.jpg

There's only one bakelite magazine in the picture. Guess which one it is.

Again you can just ignore me if you want, this is just discussion.

I wasn't asking you to do anything but trying to make you aware that this is kind of false advertising (the name of the mod). I'm no expert but like I said this is not a bakelite magazine/AK-74. This appears to be an AK-74 with wooden furniture and a magazine that is as I described. It's a little annoying for me that I can't find an AK-74 with a bakelite magazine (the default magazine) and polymer furniture or just the same with a normal polymer magazine, but that appears to be no where. That's not your problem just when people are searching stuff and they come across "bakelite" they expect bakelite.

As I said you don't have to do anything but IMO it's false advertising and it would be nice if people familiarised themselves with some of the differences in standard military magazines for these weapons, which would in turn produce better mods (IMO).

I'm sorry, I don't quite get what you're suggesting here. This skin replaces the normal map of the base retexture by: http://steamproxy.net/profiles/76561198040805728 . to increase the detail of the normal maps. As stated in the description.

Any faults with the depiction of bakerlite magazines or their shape, aren't something I've touched. I simply increased the detail of the origional skin which was too smooth for my liking.

I didn't try it out but judging from the pictures I think you may have bakelite and polymer mixed up. It seems to be a polymer type model/cast with a bakelite skin/colour. I'm not an expert in this but I found one reference:
https://gunsgunsandmoreguns.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/identifying-ak-magazines-47-and-74/

Yo I'd love to see a AKM like this i use to have AK mods but the maker took them down and i never found a AK mod i liked until now :D good job

In the workshop, I never saw a guy make a real AK-74M, most of them are just reskins without even having the proper Warsaw Pact folding stock and markings on the lower receiver. Are you interested in making one?

id love to see a ak74 with black handgaurd and butstock with a baklite mag

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my bad