[Axem]

There's just another quad laser turret at the front of the bottom engine block and a dual turbo at the back. There's barely anything to see there yet, but I'll post pix after I've detailed it.

[Axem]

Brace yourselves, I've gone into uncharted territory here:



Sure the Gunship's never been seen with a dish before, but I think it looks cool. I've already diverged so far from any Gunship schematics that I might as well keep going.

(Alternatively, it's a death ray, it can blow up an ISD in one hit)


And beginning work on the engine block. And those things are not missile tubes, they are reverse thrusters!

[chief1983]

Diverging or not, it's still brilliant.  You're doing exactly what I hoped someone would do with a poorly defined EU ship, making it frickin' sweet.

[StarSlayer]

seriously frickin' sweet. 

[aRaven]

i'd like to command that ship ^^

[bobbtmann]

Just out of curiosity, how many triangles does this ship have?

[Galemp]

What inspired you to mount the dish on a long tube like that? I would think it would be sitting on just a small cylindrical extrusion, like the quad laser turret on the bottom, to better match the Corellian design.

I like the concept, and I like the execution locally, but I'm not convinced about the placement on the hull.

[StarSlayer]

I think its based roughly on the sensor dish on the Consular class ships from PM.  Thats a CEC product and probably one of the few ships in the prequels to look like a precursor to the original trilogy.

[Axem]

The idea was taken from the Consular ship which had a similar forward facing dish. Originally it was mounted directly on the front, but I moved it off to the side so the front could still possibly be a docking port. I just extended the base to go into the ship itself, so that's why its a long tube.

[Galemp]

*opens Wookieepedia* Aha, I see now. However that dish was stuck onto one of an existing pair of wings, not booleaned directly into the hull. It fits better up there, but there's no similar opportunity on this ship.

I agree that the dish shouldn't be directly on the front, but it shouldn't be growing directly out the side either. Maybe you could put where the port-side docking ring is now?

[maje]

Bravo, Axem!  This is a really cool rendition of the Gunship and I like what you've done in terms of adding tons of detail that help add to the design and make it as detailed to any film model.

Keep up the good work!

[Pred the Penguin]

Have my doubts about the dish, but everything else looks superb!
'Specially like the reverse thrusters. ^_^

[EtherShock]

Great idea, but I think it would look better in a location similar to the corvette. Those reverse thrusters are a very nice addition, although now everyone will be looking for those on every starship I'm betting, which means you've inadvertently created a monster.

[Axem]

Schmall updaten. The right half was deliberately unarmored to show how much work I'm putting into detail's you'll never see.



(However destructible subobjects would be rad for these...)

[swashmebuckle]

That is so sweet.  And yes, destructible armor plating (though awesome on any starship) would be perfect for gunships/corvettes because they are the right size of vessel for the player to make meaningful torpedo runs on but they are also unlikely to be blown away outright by your attacks (like a shuttle or transport might).  Looking great! 

[EtherShock]

Only if you can get destructive subobjects will it pay to model anything that won't even be seen, so maybe you want to make two varieties for when it is?

[Pred the Penguin]

Those supports look somewhat.... "flimsy" to me. Are you sure they're connected to the main hull? XD

[jacek]

nice how many polys does it have?

[Axem]

No comment!

Any answer I give you now would be inaccurate since I haven't been caring about optimization. I probably should optimize as I go, but I like to have fun making detail, and eventually going back and taking anything out that's too poly rich.

[rhettro]

Looks good!