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Offline Woolie Wool

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See, I can't agree that it's bad that the ship is ugly. Look at the current generation of strike craft in the US military. In particular the A-10 Thunderbolt. Yes, "Thunderbolt" is its actual designation. But it's not a pretty plane. It's so ugly it got nicknamed the Warthog. But it's one of the meanest things in the sky, especially in air to mud action. It can carry a heavy payload under its wings, and when that's gone, it still has the heaviest rotary cannon ever built into a fixed wing aircraft. That cannon can actually counterthrust the engines at low speeds, which could drop the plane out of the air if the pilot is not careful. It's why they use short bursts, rather than sustained fire. Nobody ever said it was pretty though. It's just big and mean. And there's nothing wrong with that. Why shouldn't we have a big, mean, ugly-ass fighter for the GTVA?

The A-10 is brutal and vicious-looking, like it could **** your **** up. FreeSpace is chockablock with such brutal designs, and Inferno has had quite a few good ones of its own, so there's no need to resurrect this misshapen monstrosity.
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Offline Jellyfish

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Actually, the A-10 is 'Thunderbolt II'. The actual Thunderbolt was pretty, as far as WW2 planes go (hint, they all look the same)
As for the HTL Vesuvius, I wouldn't mind as long as the firing points get fixed.
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Offline Thaeris

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The Razorback, glamorous?

The D, M, or N pretty? You are a silly chap. :p

Regardless, they were at least "stately," if you will.

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Offline mr.WHO

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I think that HTL Vesuvius could actually look decent, but I care more about the final release (it's almost 10 years waiting for R2 :(  ) rather than particular model.

 

Offline Jellyfish

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I think they were aiming for a Christmas release, but couldn't make it.
11th anniversary release, perhaps? In February?
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Offline Woomeister

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Sometime next year yes, like my post in the announcement thread said. Doubt it will be as early as Feb though, I'd probably want 1-2 months at the end just for testing.
All though we have to 2013 for the 10th anniversary of R1s actual release, 2011 was the 10th anniversary of the start of the mod. Either way it'll be done and released in its R1+2 completed glory :)

 

Offline BrotherBryon

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Happy New Year, here are some pics of the WIP GVC Selket.





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Offline BritishShivans

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She looks lovely. A unique take on Vasudan cruisers, yet she keeps the Vasudan's aesthetics without being too uniform. That's a problem I find with many custom Zod ships - they're either too uniform or they just fail to look Vasudan.

Good work. Even if it's only just a WiP :P  :yes:

 

Offline MatthTheGeek

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Woo moar zod stuff. I like this one.
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Is that an htl version of the AC Heraklion from ASW? (if I'm wrong please don't get too angry  :nervous:)
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Offline Jellyfish

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Nope, not really. I think they have their own HTL Heraklion.
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Offline BrotherBryon

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Definitely not, I've been working on updating models that have been a part of inferno for a long time along with at least one original that I've come up on my own to replace older assets. Unless of course that's where the team got the original model then I'm wrong but given the age of the current model I highly doubt it. Thanks again to all for the positive and constructive feedback, it's why we continue to do and show off the things that we do. Also to answer a point that was brought up earlier. The projects progress really depends on the missions at this point and thanks to the hard work of a few of our members (mainly Trivial Psychic who has picked up a lot of the slack here lately, we can't begin to thank him enough) we are getting a lot closer to release then ever before. The artistic work that I and others do for the project at this point are just icing on the cake. Once the missions are done and throughly tested we will release regardless of asset status (Unless of course there is some upgrade that is really close to finishing that may be absolutely worth an extra few weeks but nothing more). I know that most (myself included) if not all team members see potential in continuing to upgrade assets after initial release with the possible release of patches or incremental versions later on once things reach a certain level of excellence. Working with the Inferno team, both on their own assets and the things we have done together for the Freespace Upgrade Project before I joined them, has been both an honor and a privilege. I hope to continue to produce assets for them well into the future.
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Offline Woomeister

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Is that an htl version of the AC Heraklion from ASW?
Completely different looking models. The Selket was based on one of Darks Vasudan renders.

 

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With proper textures, it will be pretty hard to justify that Vasudan models seem to go wrong with every second model... ;)
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Offline shiv

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I love the look of this Vasudan cruiser. It reminds me oldschool renders from Sectorgame. Now just add some polys to it to make it more detailed.
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I love the look of this Vasudan cruiser. It reminds me oldschool renders from Sectorgame. Now just add some polys to it to make it more detailed.

It's detailed enough as it is.

...Then again, I have pretty low standards.
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Offline MatthTheGeek

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I think the modelling looks pretty much done from here. Now it's UV and texturing phase, which can add a lot of detail by itself.
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Offline jr2

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See, I can't agree that it's bad that the ship is ugly. Look at the current generation of strike craft in the US military. In particular the A-10 Thunderbolt. Yes, "Thunderbolt" is its actual designation. But it's not a pretty plane. It's so ugly it got nicknamed the Warthog. But it's one of the meanest things in the sky, especially in air to mud action. It can carry a heavy payload under its wings, and when that's gone, it still has the heaviest rotary cannon ever built into a fixed wing aircraft that has ever had an aircraft built around it (yes, literally. they designed the aircraft around the gun). That cannon can actually counterthrust the engines at low speeds, which could drop the plane out of the air if the pilot is not careful. It's why they use short bursts, rather than sustained fire. Nobody ever said it was pretty though. It's just big and mean. And there's nothing wrong with that. Why shouldn't we have a big, mean, ugly-ass fighter for the GTVA?

Not to mention, they often use the cannon before the missiles.  It's deadly and efficient, why waste a Maverick on a tank when a .5 second or less burst of 30-mm will finish the job just as well for less $$?

Also, I vote that the Vesuvius be HTLed... make it less of an ugly box and more of an ugly fighter.

 

Offline Rampage

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Also, I vote that the Vesuvius be HTLed... make it less of an ugly box and more of an ugly fighter.

Done.  It's now less of an ugly box and more of a sexy fighter. ;7

Pics?  No; we're holding this one off until release. [evil laugh]

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