[Ryx]

After seeing Mik's RBC mesh, I wanted to give hi-poly modeling another go. Since all my previous attempts at hi-poly have ended badly, I haven't really bothered with it. I figured an Orion would be a good learning experience.

So far (on the Orion), I have only made a basic model of the Orion, no added details, just plain copy. Well, actually, my Orion is somewhat wider than the original. I'll probably fix that later.
This will eventually, I hope, be the large turrets on the Orion. I modelled it with 2 barrels, but I will try and get the third back in. I will model something different for the middle power-generator-thing in the rear.
The poly count for the turret (what you can see in the later pics) is ~6700. This is for All the stuff that make up the turret.

That's it for now.

[mikhael]

I see you rounded off the bottom of the upper half. That looks excellent.

[Ashrak]

ryx when u get the orion modellled do try to convert it to LW (i see some nice renders for TT)

[Shrike]

Nice turret.

Too bad it isn't like the ones on the Orion.  

Sorry, but it's not FS-y.  FS does vertically oriented turrets mostly.

[Ashrak]

Originally posted by Shrike
Nice turret.

Too bad it isn't like the ones on the Orion.  

Sorry, but it's not FS-y.  FS does vertically oriented turrets mostly.

cut the bull with all-has-to-be-linear

maybe the time has ACTUALLY moved on and the turrets were upgraded SINCE the game came out.....

[Turnsky]

he's right, the orion's turrets have not changed since fs1 and need to be updated..

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Ashrak
cut the bull with all-has-to-be-linear

maybe the time has ACTUALLY moved on and the turrets were upgraded SINCE the game came out.....

So what?  Sure, the detail should be updated for a high poly model, but that doesn't mean the basic design is wrong and should be changed.  You want to make an Orion, at least make one that looks right.

[Ryx]

Allright then, It'll be an Orion variant/retrofit/whatever.

[Turnsky]

I.e how an orion would look like if it was actually built..

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Turnsky
I.e how an orion would look like if it was actually built..

You mean with vertically oriented turrets?

The twin-turret design can be a variant, but I don't see why having a turret higher than it is long is a bad thing.

[Ryx]

Originally posted by Shrike
You mean with vertically oriented turrets?

The twin-turret design can be a variant, but I don't see why having a turret higher than it is long is a bad thing.

Hmm, I missunderstood(sp?) you earlier then. I intend to put more stuff on top there, so It will be more vertical than it is. Just have to figure out what to put there.

[Shrike]

Just remember that the dorsal/ventral turrets have a primary role of covering the dorsal/ventral arcs.  Yours looks more like a broadside-style one.

Just some commentary.

[Star Dragon]

Make those turrents chrome and get rid of that blue/yellow combo (It's not working for me).. as for not being "freespacey"???

   simply AWESOME! I love those turrents! I wanna mount them on my EDF fleet!. Right now I learned some stuff cause of a texture name problem and ended up getting the Xanthus textured cause I was sick of it being invisible. Here it is!
 
   


   Of course this was just a first attempt and since I have no skills I just renamed textures until I found some that fitted.. .POF still needs thrusters/engine glows but WORKS IN GAME!

[Nico]

that's just the mesh colours, no material has been given yet, don't rush things man
Anyway, the turret design is cool, but I have to agree with Shrike, that's not what I would imlagine for an Orion turret. It should be more blocky, more like a ... a box, I'd say. In fact, I would ( ok, that's what I did with my herc2 anyway ) import the pof, and use the mesh as a template and build around, to keep the proportions right.

[Ryx]

Just the basic shape.







~11000 polys. Figuring that middle thing out and cleaning boolean's what taken up most of my day, thus far.

[Pera]

Looking good. Though I have no idea what parts of the ships those are

[Ryx]

Originally posted by Pera
Looking good. Though I have no idea what parts of the ships those are

You are looking at one of those large turrets.

Here's a better pic.

[Sheepy]

wheres the :drool: smilie when you need it?

[Mr Carrot]

the turrets look super good

but they dont look like theyd be much use in space combat because they cant turn directly upward? tell me if im wrong but they look like they only have limited traverse, a bit crap if your trying to engage ships directly above or below you.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Shrike
Too bad it isn't like the ones on the Orion.  
Sorry, but it's not FS-y.  FS does vertically oriented turrets mostly.

Shrike's right. To that end, I'll be getting rid of that Mjolnir model. Its got entirely too many extraneous bits for a Freespace model--and besides, its nothing like the V-maps anyway.