Army green panels laid over a black mechanical body: the green covers the upper receiver and the flat of the pump, while the openings between the panels show black ribbing and small hatch shapes underneath. White lettering runs along the side above the trigger, and the barrel with its sights stays black. The hands are in black gloves.

The author’s high-poly Nova again: 20282 polygons and 74 bones in first person, against 1119 on the stock M3, with 19229 on the player and world models. The texture set runs to twenty sheets, from a 32×32 patch up to 1100×273 barrel strips. Firing has two takes, the reload splits into start, a 54-frame insert and a finish, and a 137-frame look-at stands in for an inspect. Six sounds come with it, four in the author’s folder for the draw, bolt, shell insertion and movement.