[brandx0]

Well, here's my latest WIP, so no, I haven't been sitting on my ass doing nothing...

Also of interest, is that I've decided to split the mapping of the original TIE up as well, so that I can have just one map represent the ball section for all TIEs and use separate maps for the wings.  In doing so, I can lower the res of these maps, and thus when multiple types of TIEs are present in a mission, there will be a definite performance increase. 

Anyways, here we go, first WIP image of this baby

[Something]

*Begins drooling like Homer Simpson after a 10 day Doughnut fast*

[MR_T3D]

*Begins drooling like Homer Simpson after a 10 day Doughnut fast*

*laughs and holds back own drool subtly*

[carbine7]

Anyways, here we go, first WIP image of this baby

Looks finished to me...its beautiful

[brandx0]

Oh no, wait till it's really done

[Thaeris]

Nice.

I see you've already started on the cockpit for this one, too...

[brandx0]

Nope, as with the last TIE, it's just an optical illusion created with a combination of the diffuse and shine maps.  It's just drawn in, there's nothing inside

[Thaeris]

That's actually more impressive than a physical 'pit... 

[Dilmah G]

Wow, that thing is a frakking sex object! 

[brandx0]

Remind me never to give you the max file for this...

[brandx0]

Aaaand another update:

[Something]

Evil is sexy.

[Dragon]

It's great, no less.
I cannot wait to see this finished and in-game.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

* FSF agrees with all of the comments above

[chief1983]

The detail is great.

[TopAce]

I'm all for optimizing our models and textures for lower-end computers (since I have one).

But... why do them now and not after we have a reasonable shipset with rudimentary things such as a Rebel medium/large-sized warship and an ISD? Isn't putting such ships in-game more important than polishing our current ones?

[chief1983]

Our current Interceptor was Brand's work but it was never finished, it was known to be a placeholder, albeit at least one we owned.  Not sure if he just finished that one finally or started it over again, either way the time to get to that point again probably wouldn't have been more than a few hours work for him, if he did start fresh.  Might have been faster than figuring out where he left off.

[Snail]

Looks awesome.

[Mongoose]

This thing's going to be an utter ***** to get a bead on, isn't it?

[brandx0]

Actually I wasn't aware that we were using my Interceptor until yesterday, as I assumed it had been lost in my HD crash and I don't remember anyone converting it previously, but oh well, this one's better anyways.  Plus, as chief mentioned, this really hasn't taken me very long.