So, I'm going out in a two weeks travel so I won't be able to work on this for the next couple of weeks.
The firepoint issue has send me back to the modelling stage. Most of my UV islands are intact, but I will have to repack the UVmap. I see it as an opportunity to correct some errors that I've noticed but that I was to lazy to fix.
The texture I was working on will be nearly useless once I've redone the UV. Being my first texture, I wanted to show it a little before it enters oblivion. I was focusing on the front part, so here it is:
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Regarding the firepoint issue, I have to say that those intakes look big but the place they take was actually pretty small.
So I decided to replace them completely with missiles bays. And may God have mercy on my soul...
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Those missiles bays are actually half the size of the Tauret's. So they're actually pretty small I think.