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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Styxx on July 01, 2003, 02:29:49 pm

Title: Starship Components
Post by: Styxx on July 01, 2003, 02:29:49 pm

Some of you may remember my last WIP thread, with the Dignity Class Destroyer (those who can't remember can check it out here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,13835.0.html)). Well, a while ago I decided to start to remodel that thing, adding more detail to the smaller "greeble" parts that are spread all over its surface and then moving to the larger parts, so I started to model the individual components. Here's what I have so far (you can identify most of them on the surface of the current model):

Field Detector:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sticks/pics/detector01.jpg)

Field Manipulator - Small:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sticks/pics/manipulator01.jpg)

Field Manipulator - Medium:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sticks/pics/manipulator02.jpg)

Optics Sensors:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sticks/pics/optics01.jpg)

Dish:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sticks/pics/dish01.jpg)

Antenna:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sticks/pics/antenna01.jpg)

Exhaust:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sticks/pics/exhaust01.jpg)


Comments, ideas and suggestions for the next parts to be modeled are welcome. :)

Title: Starship Components
Post by: kasperl on July 01, 2003, 02:36:06 pm

those are great, and some can very well be used for other purposes as well, including some personel useable stuff.

but the exhaust is very, very good.

Title: Starship Components
Post by: Styxx on July 01, 2003, 03:05:49 pm

Updated the view of the Exhaust so you can see the internal details. :)

Title: Starship Components
Post by: DragonClaw on July 01, 2003, 03:16:58 pm

:sigh:

:eek2:

Title: Starship Components
Post by: Nico on July 01, 2003, 03:26:18 pm

Not even a Field Manipulator: Large ™ ?
bah, your ship sucks :D

jokes aside, it's amazing, really :) such attention to details is what differenciates an excellent model from a good one.
That aside, I hope you have Lods for it ;) ( coz long distance renders with all that will induce ubber long rendering times for no real visual gain. But for a "Awing rushing through the SSD turbolasers" scene, it's a total winner :) ).

Title: Starship Components
Post by: Styxx on July 01, 2003, 03:34:20 pm

The large field manipulators will be built directly into the structure of the ship, so I won't make them as a component. And yes, I plan to make LODs for every component, probably more than one too.

Title: Starship Components
Post by: Ryx on July 01, 2003, 04:24:29 pm

Excellent! :cool:

I really like the exhaust and radar meshes.

I was wondering when you were going to post these here.

Title: Starship Components
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 01, 2003, 04:53:01 pm

Not bad. Convenient, too- I've had a whole stock of standard components for all my ships for several months, and it's saved hours worth of work...

Title: Starship Components
Post by: Thor on July 02, 2003, 06:53:26 pm

:jaw:

Sweet!  Very Sweet!

That be in FS2, right? :p