[FireCrack]

note, work is definitley in progress and probably quite slow.

[Admiral Nelson]

Great stuff!
I always wondered if those large gun barrels were meant to be triangular, or if Volition were just trying to save polys....

[Unknown Target]

What program is that?

[FireCrack]

That's maya, but i used the vector art renderer for that shot.

[WeatherOp]

May I ask why it's an Ursa cut in half or nearly in half?

[Fade Rathnik]

likly because the other portions are not there yet

[FireCrack]

^what he said

[Trivial Psychic]

Would you be able to make one with the gun barrel as a separate submode, so it could be made to rotate as a gattling gun?

[Galemp]

Engines and cockpit look good, hull needs more work, the gun's controversial. I suggest a poll.

Before you go any further, though, make sure you CAN export from Maya into a COB, 3DS, or other format we can convert from.

[WeatherOp]

Ohhh, I get it now, *bangs head into computer desk over and over.

[FireCrack]

Originally posted by Galemp
Engines and cockpit look good,

thanks

hull needs more work,

yup

the gun's controversial. I suggest a poll.

hwo so, sure why not[/quote]

Before you go any further, though, make sure you CAN export from Maya into a COB, 3DS, or other format we can convert from. [/quote]

It's convertable

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[Mongoose]

All right; the flying brick gets prettied up!

About the gun:  I always thought that they should have been round, since triangular openings didn't make much sense for round projectiles, and just about every other instance of gun emplacements in FS1/2 suggests round barrels. (The Orion is a notable exception, but I believe that can just be written up as the desire to save some polies.)  I just checked the FS1 Endgame cutscene, and while the barrels in that are triangular, the model does look decidedly low-poly, so take that as you will.  I really don't have a huge preference either way; the model seems like it will look great no matter how the barrels are done.   I think a poll would definitely be a good idea, just to see what everyone thinks.  Thanks for taking this ship on; I always had a soft spot for the thing.

[Black Wolf]

Barrels should be round - check the texs. They're designed to have a smooth, gradiented shine.

[FireCrack]

Hmm.. the guns probably were supposed to be round, seeing every other terran fighter has round guns, but the ursa always had somthing that struck me about them being triangular...

[Bobboau]

well I think the most important question here is; does FireCrack think they should have been round? if you disagree with his assessment just wait for him to get done and remodel them (assumeing he doesn't have a problem with that)

[FireCrack]

I kinda think they look good as triangles, but i guess i can try a round version and see how that looks...

[MicroPsycho]

Have you thought of making the gun barrels hexagonal? Not a regular hexagon but more like a triangle with 'flattened' corners.

[Mongoose]

Just throwing out another idea here, but keeping the guns triangular with circular openings might be an interesting compromise.

[mikhael]

I vote for Mongoose's idea, if anyone cares.

[achtung]

The triangle shape makes it look "tougher" like it should.  It almost looks like the original round barrels were covered in armor plating.