Herald Sidearm
Fictional Sidearm — Full Mechanical Documentation
- CATEGORY
- Games
- CLIENT
- CONCEPT PIECE
- ROLE
- Industrial Designer, Technical Illustrator
- DURATION
- 4 WEEKS
The Herald was designed to answer a specific question: what does a sidearm look like if it was designed by an engineer, not an artist? Every surface exists because of a functional requirement — grip angle from ergonomic data, slide geometry from extraction mechanics, trigger geometry from leveraged force ratios.
The caseless rotary system is fictional but mechanically consistent. The firing cycle — rotating magazine indexing, striker engagement, gas delay timing — was designed as a working kinematic sequence before any surface detailing began. The form follows from the mechanism.
Full disassembly documentation was produced as a technical illustration package: exploded views at two levels of assembly (field strip and detail strip), component identification table, and assembly sequence callouts. The weapon can be understood — and theoretically built — from drawings alone.
- CALIBER
- Fictional: 8.2x32mm caseless
- CAPACITY
- 14 rounds, rotary magazine
- ACTION
- Gas-delayed, semi-automatic
- BARREL LENGTH
- 112mm
- TOTAL LENGTH
- 198mm
- WEIGHT (EMPTY)
- 0.74 kg
- COMPONENTS
- 67 individual parts, fully modeled
- DELIVERABLE
- SolidWorks assembly + exploded drawing
Defined the mechanical operating cycle before any visual work. Firing pin geometry, gas port position, extractor engagement, and safety mechanism all resolved as kinematics in a simplified schematic. The form is derived from this schematic.
Full 67-component assembly built in SolidWorks. All mating surfaces have correct tolerances. Assembly is fully constrained — no floating geometry. Mechanism animates correctly through the firing cycle.
Secondary surface detailing applied over the mechanical geometry: grip texture, sight geometry, accessory rail, lanyard point. All derived from functional requirements — nothing decorative.
Technical illustration package produced: 3 views, exploded assembly drawing (2 levels), parts table with material callouts. Formatted to match ISO 128 drawing standards for legibility.