[TrashMan]

A bit older model of mine that has been collecting dust on my HDD. If anyone wants it, here is it. The rar contains 3D max objects and a scene.

http://www.mediafire.com/?b1v3zvtt8z4upru


This is it's current state, after my lame texturing attempt:


Note that the 3D max version in the rar is not textured at all.

[Rodo]

Texturing looks ok, it could be better but it isn't anything to be ashamed of really.

[Angelus]

Yeah, looks decent.
This render shows a bit more of the detail, i might work on it if i find the time.

[sigtau]

Someone wanna start a thread in FSU?

[Angelus]

Too early, i wont be able to start on that until mid january. Unless, someone else wants to finish it.

[TrashMan]

Yeah, looks decent.
This render shows a bit more of the detail, i might work on it if i find the time.

Frankly, I was torn between smoothing it and keeping it blocky.

At this point, I'd say it needs a bit more smoothing. It looks better in the image-render than during real-time rendering

[Dragon]

Maybe this thread should be moved to FSU board.
That Demon looks great, I'd like to see it in next Mediavps.

[Hades]

Honestly, I think it should be curved a bit more and perhaps more like this:



Though I think I'd go a bit farther than that, even, and change things a bit more (like the engines, to make a little more sense)

[sigtau]

I second the above post.

[Commander Zane]

I really hope this comes through.

[Snail]

I agree with Hades.

[Galemp]

I disagree with Hades. I would prefer to see the outer shell smoothed a bit, but still substantially using the grey plating we have now. I really think the high-poly Demon's shell should match the MediaVPs Ravana's shell.

[Dragon]

Anything that doesn't set my computer on fire works for me. 

[Hades]

I disagree with Hades. I would prefer to see the outer shell smoothed a bit, but still substantially using the grey plating we have now. I really think the high-poly Demon's shell should match the MediaVPs Ravana's shell.

Oh! You mean that mediocre, almost impossible to see and what can barely be called detail? no, that's far worse than what I suggested. What I suggested would actually be adding detail, not a bunch of strips of pushed in mesh and ugly girder detail. It looks more like the creator were to lazy to actually come up with some actual, good looking detail.

[Galemp]

I guess we disagree on that. The original normal map for that grey texture was pretty much flat with grooves in it, like the Terran armor plating tiles, but I created the current wrinkled map as I preferred a relatively smooth and seamless shell.

It's my preference for more Vasudan-like armor than Terran-like armor.

[Hades]

Are we talking about the same thing here? I'm taking about the actual model (with both of my posts) and you seem to be talking about the texture.

[Galemp]

I'm talking about the interpretation of the detail we see on the texture. You seem to want to pull it all apart into individual chunks, while I would like to see it all as one smooth shell.

[Hades]

Yes, because just rounding it barely looks better, it'd be like just rounding off the hatshepsut and saying it's finished, instead of actually adding detail.

[General Battuta]

+1 for haddes

[Snail]

I agree with Hades. The smoothing and texture-detailing deal works for fighters and bombers but not for bigger ships.