» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:51 pm http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/102471
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15012 (login required)
:What this is
This replaces Bethesda's Combat Shotguns and shotgun traps with a Saiga-12, which is a self-loading, 12-gauge AK. Charon's Combat Shotgun is shown with a 5-round magazine (because that's the actual capacity of his gun in-game), and The Terrible Shotgun has a shortened barrel since it has more spread. Because this model has a 10-round magazine, i lowered the capacity in-game to ten as well; unfortunately, there are no SureFire magazine models out there, but on the bright side, i increased the item's hit-points to account for its AK ruggedness. This will fire at 1.5 shots a second, just like the vanilla Combat Shotgun. Also, Charon should now treat his gun as a self-loader, thereby doubling his DPS.
:Why i did this
...because i loathe Bethesda's Combat Shotgun. Sorry, Bethesda, but your gun models make as much sense as a screen-door on a submarine. I had actually replaced all references to the Combat Shotgun with Streetsweepers and AA-12s, however i've always wanted a Saiga-12, and the only one available for Fallout 3 had some flaws. Well, as soon as i learned how to convert models to Fallout 3 without having a heart-attack in the process, i set out to find all the damaged-looking, worn-out-looking weapons i could find, and was gladdened to find this model.
:Credit
Saiga mesh: lez0 / smoothing, edits, collision: Leif Runenritzer
Saiga skin: S_Cream_Err, Fantom Oblivion
Idea and supervising for original model: BarbAn
5-round magazine mesh and texture: GSC Game World / brightening: Leif Runenritzer
Shotgun trap mesh, shotgun shell mesh: Bethesda
Compiling to Fallout 3: Leif Runenritzer (AKA Schreiter AKA Luguberos)
:Source
http://www.rpgbanana.com/skins/42144
:Lore-friendliness
The Saiga-12 is one of a series of Russian-made rifles and shotguns derived from the AK-47. These are nowadays readily available in the US, where they are customized extensively. I find it plausible for a Saiga-12 to be in a Fallout game because the divergence of our timeline from the Fallout timeline happened in 1945, only two years before the first AK-47 was finalized, and because the US and the Soviet Union had good relations in the Fallout timeline.
:Pronunciation
I recommend (USdict) sī′g? / (IPA) ?sa?g?. In Russian, it would seem to be (USdict) s?y·g?′ / (IPA) saj?ga, with the stress on the "ga", but this feels awkward to me.
