[bobbtmann]

Thanks newman. Here's an update. Everything you see here has been UV mapped, so it's mostly ready to texture.

[rhettro]

Nice!

[headdie]

looking good bobbtmann

[Dragon]

Looks great. Can't wait to see it textured.

[CountBuggula]

Fantastic!  I can see it shooting back at a star destroyer in my mind.  Getting close!

[Lorric]

And you've got the little escape pod too.

[bobbtmann]

That's not my pod. I'm just using sawed off versions in my model; you can see four of them popping out of the hull on the underside. I'll texture the pod, though, it so that they fit together in a unified way.

[bobbtmann]

I find it interesting how adding a bit of detail to the texture seems to make the mesh less detailed. I suppose that when there's no texture, our minds fill in the blanks, giving the appearance of more detail.

[SypheDMar]

I'm sure it'll be fine once you add in normals with a bit of your magic.

[bobbtmann]

Here's an udate:

[niffiwan]

looking veeeery nice

[Luis Dias]

beautiful udate!

[Dragon]

Lovely. I really can't wait to see both this and ISD finished. We could then recreate ANH opening scene in-mission.

[swashmebuckle]

We would actually need an ISD-I to recreate that scene accurately (ours is a II), but yeah, the first 10 minutes of ANH are probably my favorite part of any SW media.  Someone's gotta do the opening shot at some point

[bobbtmann]

We would actually need an ISD-I to recreate that scene accurately (ours is a II), but yeah, the first 10 minutes of ANH are probably my favorite part of any SW media.  Someone's gotta do the opening shot at some point

How different is the ISD-I? Is it just the comm tower?

Here's an update. There's an odd seam on the top, but I don't think it'll show on a normal map.

[swashmebuckle]

They built a completely new model for ESB. The ANH model is substantially less detailed overall and differs in quite a few subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Damn, I wish Brand was here, he could give all the specifics. And hot damn that corvette is lookin' fine.

[Dragon]

I know that the comm tower was different, armament was noticeably altered, the main guns were 6 two-barrel turbolasers and 2 big ion cannons, plus it had tractor beam projectors in the hangar bay.

[swashmebuckle]

Here is a gallery of closeups of the original (Now Imperial I-class) model. Looks like they may have changed the antenna array sometime after filming. Maybe it was used for some shots in later films too? Dunno.

[Alan Bolte]

Maybe it was used for some shots in later films too? Dunno.

Devastator as part of Death Squadron.

SWTC has a list of differences:
ISD-I

triple vectrals on primary thruster nozzles
no protruding observation nodules on command tower
main bay: 8 transverse ribs on the long walls
secondary bay: hangar on aft wall
device akin to linear array struts is mounted on command tower forward face
huge quad cannons in the minor brim trench notches
stern triangular keel plating is further astern
tower support neck meets hull with a vertical surface
main turrets: six doublet heavy turbolaser batteries; two doublet ion cannons

ISD-II

ring baffles on primary thruster nozzles
some bridge windows possibly visible on command tower
bridge panorama situated beneath thick vertical feature
main bay: 7 transverse ribs on the long walls
secondary bay: hangar on forward wall
no obvious guns in the brim trench
stern triangular keel plating is closer to ventral bulb
tower support neck meets hull with a continuous diagonal surface
main turrets: eight octet turbolaser batteries
slightly different proportions for the main hull


(the corvette is looking great btw)

[Mongoose]

As awesome as getting uber-nerdy about differences like that is, I think for drool-worthy promotional purposes, whipping up a video with the ISD-II model will more than suffice.