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Offline Rodo

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From that angle... it still looks like an elephant.
Try separating the lower engine from the frontal part just a little, maybe that will help.
And I agree, the dish and the spikes do not fit in there... if you want to fill the area, you can make a pipe come out of that part and connect with the area around the two beam turrets, something like a cooling system pipe of some kind (just a random idea).
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Offline Kolgena

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I think the trunk appearance may be remedied if the front thruster is moved yet more forward, so that the "trunk" portion is shorter.

 
On the retail model, the nose thrusters seem to extend further down... it also makes them look shorter, hence that bottom turret placement seems slightly less wrong.
Apart from that, I agree with GalEmp and the others, it could do with less curviness and a less organic look.


 

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Yeah, I think you might have gone a little overboard with the smoothing. It looks like a plush toy~

The radar and sensor spikes also look out of place.

 

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So that's what the retail model looks like. Gotta say, it looks very different without its texture. Much, much simpler.
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I like where this is going.
Since the Deimos represents a new generation of battleships, this smooth approach is quite fitting IMO.

Besides, the elephantish look will vanish as soon as the model  is textured.

I think it looks more like an elephant seal anyway :P
« Last Edit: February 27, 2011, 11:22:08 am by SkycladGuardian »

 

Offline Commander Zane

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I think if it absolutely needs to be changed, the ventral thruster could be slightly shorter. Otherwise, the Deimos looks sleek, modern, and fast, and I love it.

 

Offline Hades

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Since the Deimos represents a new generation of battleships, this smooth approach is quite fitting IMO.
That's exactly what I'm going for.

Anyway, I'll probably change the bottom engine a little bit, mostly shortening it and making it a bit less trumpish, but I'm keeping the Deimos curvy.
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Offline General Battuta

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I dunno, I only started liking your Medusa when it got really angular and detailed.

 

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Funny thing is, it's, if anything, gotten LESS curvy since before the bottom engine was attached (mainly the body) and no one had a problem then! And now it's as if I've gone and killed all that is holy and dear to the world. In fact, I was told several times by several people to 'make it curvy and not a greeble monster like the Medusa' and that's what I've done, and now some of the very same want it reversed?
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<batwota> wouldn’t that mean that it’s prepared to kiss your ass if you flank it :p
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<batwota> KILL

 

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Pardon us, we don't know what we want, but we'll recognize it when we see it  :p

That's about the only excuse I have for myself.
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Offline General Battuta

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Funny thing is, it's, if anything, gotten LESS curvy since before the bottom engine was attached (mainly the body) and no one had a problem then! And now it's as if I've gone and killed all that is holy and dear to the world. In fact, I was told several times by several people to 'make it curvy and not a greeble monster like the Medusa' and that's what I've done, and now some of the very same want it reversed?

The model is not far enough along to really judge it yet.

 

Offline Sololop

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I can see it now.

Also, I know Hades knows how to make a ship look good. I'm sure he will revise it again and again until he has something that looks decidedly awesome, because that's just what he does.

 
Funny thing is, it's, if anything, gotten LESS curvy since before the bottom engine was attached (mainly the body) and no one had a problem then! And now it's as if I've gone and killed all that is holy and dear to the world. In fact, I was told several times by several people to 'make it curvy and not a greeble monster like the Medusa' and that's what I've done, and now some of the very same want it reversed?
That's what you get for listening to other people.

 

Offline MatthTheGeek

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All those people complaining about the greeble on the Medusa are retarded. You make greeble great, much better than you do smooth. I'd like to see more greeble on that Deimos.
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All those people complaining about the greeble on the Medusa are retarded. You make greeble great, much better than you do smooth. I'd like to see more greeble on that Deimos.

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It seems like why it looks more rounded is that the forward lower engines don't quite extend far enough down and go too far back? I donno.
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Offline Kolgena

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I know this is contrary to what I usually do, but we should all shut up and let some more progress happen.

 

Offline Galemp

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Thanks for posting that shot of the retail model. It helps me illustrate what I see as the primary lines of the Deimos. I don't want to see them too broken up; I'd prefer to see the massing of the high-poly Deimos defined by the smoothgroups of the original model.

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Offline Pred the Penguin

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When you get down to it, the Deimos really isn't a blocky ship. There are many smooth lines going on there.