[BirdofPrey]

Wow, that looks tons better already.

I think original Orion was darker a little bit. Keep going . I can't wait to see the effects.

Maybe a little bit darker.  A lot of it may depend on how it looks when actually in space which is why I wasn't entirely sure about the hue when I mentioned it.

[DahBlount]

More progress already? What am I a workaholic?

dat ass



One of two multipart turrets on the nuOrion

[Cobra]

Oh jeezus

I really want to have a hand in making the textures for this

[fightermedic]

it's amazing how much a little bit of color shading can already improve a model

[BritishShivans]

Absolutely beautiful. You're doing a great job here DahBlount and I can't really say anything else other than to keep going - you've pretty much got this handled.

[DahBlount]

Thanks!

I started moving the UVs into actual textures today, so you'll be able to see the difference soon enough. I also switched some of the materials around so as to more evenly distribute color.





This shows a subobject that has been entirely moved into a texture.


Yes I know most of the subobjects don't have materials applied, that's because I have a really weird work setup. D-don't judge me!

[SmashMonkey]

Wow

[BritishShivans]

Looks great. I'm particularly loving the gold trim - there was always a hint of gold in the retail Orion textures that I noticed and I'm disappointed the other HTL Orion never picked up on that because I felt like it was one of the things that connected the Orion to the Arcadia.

[DahBlount]

Looks great. I'm particularly loving the gold trim - there was always a hint of gold in the retail Orion textures that I noticed and I'm disappointed the other HTL Orion never picked up on that because I felt like it was one of the things that connected the Orion to the Arcadia.

You can blame Hades, he's continuously told me to texture it like the retail Orion. This, of course, means there are significantly less purple/red tints and the gold trim is being brought back in a more noticeable manner.

[An4ximandros]

It's looking awesome.

[SypheDMar]

Looks great. I'm particularly loving the gold trim - there was always a hint of gold in the retail Orion textures that I noticed and I'm disappointed the other HTL Orion never picked up on that because I felt like it was one of the things that connected the Orion to the Arcadia.

You can blame Hades, he's continuously told me to texture it like the retail Orion. This, of course, means there are significantly less purple/red tints and the gold trim is being brought back in a more noticeable manner.

Giving thanks to Hades creative direction.

[Rodo]

It's the boxiest ship I've seen so full of win up to this moment.

Keep up the nice work Dah

[BritishShivans]

I always thought the purple/blue was more hull color and the hints of red were from specific bits of equipment. IIRC there's a few radiator looking things on the retail Orion that are all reddish. I always just figured they were a bit burnt or something from constant usage.

[DahBlount]

The retail Orion textures have significantly less purple on them than the MVPs textures. The are some red tints on both suggesting rust/tarnish, and there are also some red lines (electrical cables?) on some of the textures as well.

[Nyctaeus]

DahBlount actually has the point. Retail Orion have less saturated hull platting and greebles texture. Current color scheme of new HTL Orion resembles retail model pretty well. I'm only not sure about yellow bits, but they can be turned into cool details in final texture.

[BritishShivans]

The retail Orion textures have significantly less purple on them than the MVPs textures. The are some red tints on both suggesting rust/tarnish, and there are also some red lines (electrical cables?) on some of the textures as well.

Yeah, pretty much.

[Vrets]

I literally rose from the dead to say that I like this model.

[Lc4Hunter]

Hey there 
I just have a question regarding the materials:
Are you going to make unique- textures for the whole ship or are you going to use some tileable textures for it?
And please, keep on the excellent work so far 

[BirdofPrey]

since the topic's been bumpped anyway,  How is the recent PBR work going to affect this?

[Lc4Hunter]

Well, as it seems the work has been stopped so put my Orion and tried a bit around with the stock-textures:




I know it´s not the same quality like Hades´ model but if the quality is good enough, i could try to finish it for the game???