Finished the base model of the weapon that Mardonier is holding. This will be sculpted at a later time. This is closely based on the Croatian HS2000 (marketed in the U.S.A. as Springfield Armory XD).
I discovered this pistol through researching point-and-shoot methods, which originated from my reading of Ghost Force by Ken Connors, who briefly wrote about SAS shooting – how SAS men shot intuitively rather than using the sight. The HS2000 was purportedly a pistol designed with point-and-shoot in mind. And it looked cool.
It was also in that book that inspired the removal of front and rear sights (seen below); the reason for their removal, as explained by Connors, is to facilitate quick draw – by removing the sights the chance of snagging at the holster is reduced. (Clarification: Connors did not mention, let alone endorse the HS2000, in the book)
I removed some elements from the HS2000, such as the accessory rail, and trigger safeties, because I thought of making it more old-school.
