Crossbow Size

Length - 36 inches.
Width (with bow) - 24 inches.
Width of body - 3 inches.
Width of body unwrapped - 6 inches.

http://outdoorhobbies.co.uk/eagle-1381-p.asp

http://outdoorhobbies.co.uk/eagle-1381-p.asp

http://www.maximumhunting.com/product-guide/crossbow-comparison/

Crossbow UV Unwrapped Segments

Bow Arm (Rhodri)

Main Body (Rich) 90 cm

Winchester Trigger (Jenna)

Scope Block (Mathew)

Trigger Mount

Trigger

Sodding Crossbow V3 in all it's craptactular glory!

Still waiting for that reference drawing concept artist, by all means take your time, I'm not waiting on you or anything. ^_^

To show you what I need, here's one I prepared earlier.

If the reference is off, TOUGH should have done me one!

Just a heads up, this will be my mood if I have to wait another week;

Side view!

 Top view!

 Front view!

 3/4 View! (Yeah I know my views! 8D)

learning how to UV unwrap and how to apply textures

should have been posted way back when.

wood textures

skull crossbow

This is the more shaded one of the two. (I didn't bother doing the front because I didn't have it at the time)

This is the much less shaded of the two, it also looks a lot cleaner and has an actual scope in place.

I saw some of the detail and engraving that Matthew put up, and the gun with "SMILE wait for the flash" on the nose of the gun reminded me of Deadpool's guns. Matthew's Reference:

Deadpool's Guns:

We could add some random lines of text over it when we come closer to a final model/ colour/ texture.

cross bow front

texturing

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/new-square-enix-business-strategy-shifting-focus-to-online-games-at-north-american-studios/

detailing

examples of detailed yet functional objects and design ideas