[Androgeos Exeunt]

And used in a cinematic: Clicky!

Now that's an inspiration for a ship ANI...

Personally, I see Laporte to be sort of a mix between these three:

I was thinking of something similar with a shade of tan.

[General Battuta]

I'd really have to base her on an actress or such to avoid the uncanny valley zone. If some of the BP team can suggest a few candidates by PM then I could work with that instead.

Winona Ryder was bandied about. Only probably less white. I'll see if any other names come up.

[Kolgena]

Personally, I see Laporte to be sort of a mix between these three:

Problem is, only the first one has any semblance of normal human anatomy, and it's a profile.

Sara, when you model faces, are you taking the skull and muscles into account? I think the uncanniness comes from the appearance that a face was taken and smooshed around to look like another face. But yeah, it's ridiculously hard to build a face from the ground up. Modeling it after a real person would be much easier.

[The E]

Problem is, only the first one has any semblance of normal human anatomy, and it's a profile.

And? The point is, none of those designs go into uncanny valley territory. If you want real actresses, Winona Ryder or Nicole de Boer are good references as well.

[General Battuta]

And for the character's physicality, we've talked about Ellen Ripley the character, Linda Hamilton the actress, or unfortunate collegiate athlete Allison Stokke as examples of women who were very athletic without provoking the usual 'ew a woman with MUSCLES response' that pops up a lot.

[-Sara-]

Winona Ryder quickly goes the wrong way in Poser, her big eyes really are difficult to get right in the 3d render. (Poser really needs a more realistic Victoria v5 base already ).

[-Sara-]

Screenshot from Helios, as seen in the techvid.



^ Clickable ^

[Deadly in a Shadow]

One Question: The ship starboard from the Helios. Is that a Raynor? It looks like one. On the other side, It looks to small.

Other Question: Did you changed the colors of the Colossus/Helios?

[The E]

Everything looks too small next to the Collie.

[Deadly in a Shadow]

Hm, the Raynor is nearly six kilometres long but it is small in the height? Well that's crazy. I didn't care that when I charged the Atreus.

[General Battuta]

Hm, the Raynor is nearly six kilometres long but it is small in the height? Well that's crazy. I didn't care that when I charged the Atreus.

It's probably just far away in the shot.

[Fury]

Hm, the Raynor is nearly six kilometres long but it is small in the height? Well that's crazy. I didn't care that when I charged the Atreus.

What are you smoking? Raynor is 3031.59 meters long. Colossus is 6117.46 meters long, at least the one in FSU svn is.

[Deadly in a Shadow]

Reading-techroom-fail. Sorry for that.

[-Sara-]

Yes the Helios uses grey-toned tiles with the blue windows as seen on the Raynor, Titan etc. Also the GTD Invincible (that Raynor) her nose is at the distance where the engine of the Colossus about ends so it's the angle which makes it look tiny. Still the Collie is huge.

[Buckshee Rounds]

I've just noticed how cool the Raynor looks with it's predatory profile. Oh and shame on you for letting a poor old Fenris in that furball Sara!

Did you alter the glowmap for the colossus then for the blue windows?

[-Sara-]

Just threw in tiled windows with it's own glow texture.

[Buckshee Rounds]

Wait so...you had to make it? Did it take long?

[-Sara-]

Wait so...you had to make it? Did it take long?

No.. I use the ones from the Titan.

[MatthTheGeek]

Remapping a tiled ship with new tiles is easy as pie. You can even do it with fredding only if you want.

[-Sara-]

That's how I did it, yep.