[brandx0]

Stepping back into the Nu Series, here we have our first shot of the A-Wing, a WIP of course



Update:

Model and texture now complete, yay!

[colecampbell666]

Nice. I assume the texture is very early WIP. (as you stated)

[Commander Zane]

Now we need a mission where it slams into an Executor bridge.

[Dragon]

Now we need Executor for A-W to slam into. 

[StarSlayer]

Oh purdy I always loved the A Wing

[Thaeris]

Glorious as ever, Brand. I just have to know though, why is Turambar's revamped model being replaced?

-Thaeris

[Alan Bolte]

Just a guess, but Turambar's ships were comparatively low-poly, and less accurate.

[colecampbell666]

That's a statement, not a guess.

[brandx0]

Actually, quite the opposite in this case.  Turambar's A-Wing was well over double the polies that this one has, 7000 roughly.  It was rather high and it was easier to build a new one from scratch than try to optimize the old one.  The model itself was very accurate.

Also, an update

[TopAce]

How long will this be?

[chief1983]

Not long at all.  A-wing is tiny, only pilotable with any shred of comfort by the shortest of rebel pilots.  They fill out the cockpit.  It'll be just over 6m long.

[brandx0]

Which, technically is a compromise, considering the actual A-Wing model, scaled to the pilot is just over 4.5m long.

[brandx0]

Latest Update:

[colecampbell666]

So is this one supposed to look new and shiny like the E Wing, or is the grime untextured?

[chief1983]

He always makes the clean one and then puts dirt on as additional layers in the .psd as required.

[colecampbell666]

So when 3.6.11 rolls around will it have support for choosing different textures (i.e. like the nameplate dilemma) so that you can have different states of dirtiness?

[Aardwolf]

That's already supported in FRED.

Heck, you could probably FRED a mission where the worse a ship is damaged, the ickier the textures.

[brandx0]

For our purposes, I don't think our fighters will generally have the lifespan to make that worthwhile.

[StealthSudaka]

Heck, you could probably FRED a mission where the worse a ship is damaged, the ickier the textures.

That sounds like a great idea. I've always hated how most games don't have this feature. If I remember correctly, there was this Mechwarrior rip-off called Gnome that had numerous 'damaged' models that popped up whenever you shot your enemy enough times.

@Brandx: I've no idea how this game will turn out just from seeing the gameplay vids, but the idea of a one-hit kill sim game kinda scares me. Its bold, too bold if you ask me. The only thing I can think of to counter this is to make the ships exceedingly difficult to fly and stir, feature jamming systems or anything to make gameplay harder. 

[Thaeris]

Not long at all.  A-wing is tiny, only pilotable with any shred of comfort by the shortest of rebel pilots.  They fill out the cockpit.  It'll be just over 6m long.

Hmmm. I don't doubt this, as you've certainly cross-referenced film images as well as actual models. However, that IS shockingly small. And though probably right, is apparently not canon, at least to all the sites I've been to so far (to check the length). All sources state that the A-Wing is at least 9.6 meters in length.

http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/awingstarfighter/index.html

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/A-Wing

Forgive me for citing a "pedia."

Really, even the X-Wing is tiny. 12.5 meters is shorter than a modern fighter plane, no questions asked. 9.6 meters is nothing!

-Thaeris