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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: LtNarol on November 10, 2002, 07:46:58 pm

Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: LtNarol on November 10, 2002, 07:46:58 pm: (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/the158th/dev/narol/kiev2.jpg)
[glow=blue]Kiev Class Colonial Confederacy Destroyer[/glow]

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/the158th/dev/narol/stukov-01.jpg)
[glow=blue]Andropov Class Colonial Confederacy Carrier[/glow]

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/the158th/dev/narol/avalonian-01.jpg)
[glow=blue]Avalonian Class E.A. Heavy Cruiser[/glow]

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/the158th/dev/narol/evangelist-01.jpg)
[glow=blue]Evangelist Class E.A. Light Cruiser[/glow]

Let it be known that credit for the meshes belongs to mikhael
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: Knight Templar on November 10, 2002, 07:54:56 pm: More turbo fans!

(First one is kick ass :yes: )

The runway is a nice touch too

O.o he's added more. Those Colonials 0wn. And the last one. :jaw: or :eek:
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: CODEDOG ND on November 10, 2002, 08:10:13 pm: WOW!!! :yes: :yes:
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: karajorma on November 11, 2002, 05:12:26 am: Very good work. I`m impressed :D

Are the Kiev and Andropov influenced by Starlancer by any chance? It's just the russian names that make me wonder :)
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: LtNarol on November 11, 2002, 07:14:07 am: Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
Very good work. I`m impressed :D

Are the Kiev and Andropov influenced by Starlancer by any chance? It's just the russian names that make me wonder :)
actually, no; i've never played starlancer and drew up both concept sketches mor the colonian ships myself...went after the stereotypical industrial look often associated with russian machinery though, so thats probably where the resemblances came from; as well as the names.
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: KARMA on November 11, 2002, 07:30:59 am: :yes: :nod:
my only doubt...what is the use of the fans in space??:D
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: Black Wolf on November 11, 2002, 12:45:37 pm: Holy boomstick wielding Dog Slut! Those rock! No, really! See admins? This is why we need :jaw:. :eek2: simply doesn't cut it!

2 questions - who did the textures? (they deserve as many congrats as Mikhael, assuminmg he didn't do both)
and will those angled turrets actuallly work klike normal barrelled turrets? I remember something about barrelled turrets needing to be perpendicular to the hull - my memory could just be screwed though...

Once again :jaw:. Excellent work. :yes2::yes:
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: LtNarol on November 11, 2002, 02:20:00 pm: I angled the turrets after I textured them for rendering...they wont work like that so ya...
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: mikhael on November 11, 2002, 02:28:30 pm: Quote
Originally posted by KARMA
:yes: :nod:
my only doubt...what is the use of the fans in space??:D

The introductory act for the 158th is set on Earth, with an emphasis on aerospace craft, I believe. The fans are what keep the ships up. ;)

Narol can give more detail.
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: Knight Templar on November 11, 2002, 02:57:16 pm: Quote
[Originally posted by Mikhael

The introductory act for the 156th is set on Earth, with an emphasis on aerospace craft, I believe. The fans are what keep the ships up.

LOL! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Man doesn't even know who you work for...

How "far" back into the past does it start? Becuase now (RL) they have the same kinda of idea, but Jets. Like the Harrier VTOL, righT? I'm not just crazy am i? :p
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: mikhael on November 11, 2002, 03:21:36 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar

LOL! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Man doesn't even know who you work for...

How "far" back into the past does it start? Becuase now (RL) they have the same kinda of idea, but Jets. Like the Harrier VTOL, righT? I'm not just crazy am i? :p

*SMACK!*

Its called a typo, nimrod.

The problem with VTOLs is that they burn a lot of fuel for not a lot of lift. In that way, rotors are more efficient. You get lift from both downward force AND from aerodynamic lift effects.

Besides, the enemy units use reaction jets for lift. The use of fans seperates the two fleets visually. And fans rock. :)
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: Knight Templar on November 11, 2002, 03:24:51 pm: jeeze I was just havin' fun. No need to go back to your previously violent ways. :shaking:

Quote
fans

point taken. :nod:
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: LtNarol on November 11, 2002, 04:49:22 pm: Set in late 2260, Exposition will place the 158th in the middle of a Sol civil war over dwindling resources; splitting into the E.A. and the Colonial Confederacy. Much of the combat will be in atmosphere, although there will be a fair share of space missions. For the most part, E.A. ships will be of higher technology while the colonial ships will be larger, meaner, but clumsier.
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: CODEDOG ND on November 11, 2002, 07:10:30 pm: atmosphere?
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: Anaz on November 11, 2002, 08:00:55 pm: okay...those turbofans look AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I trust that they will be rotating very quickly, and will have the ability to smack fighters around?
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: LtNarol on November 11, 2002, 08:20:15 pm: lets just say that if you're dumb enough to fly into those fans, you're too dumb to come out alive ;)
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: Raven2001 on November 12, 2002, 07:18:25 am: Those first ones kind of remind me of my Dominion vessels, with those nice shield plates :)

They're very good :)
Title: 158th Dev Renders MKII
Post by: mikhael on November 12, 2002, 08:13:12 am: Quote
Originally posted by Raven2001
Those first ones kind of remind me of my Dominion vessels, with those nice shield plates :)

They're very good :)

:lol:
Yeah, that kinda gave me a jolt when, after modelling the Kiev, you posted your Dominion stuff.