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Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: brugger on December 20, 2004, 08:10:57 pm

I'm a long time freespace fan and I finally decided to get my feet wet with this model, suggestions/comments please

edit new pic (http://images5.theimagehosting.com/ship5.jpg)
(http://images5.theimagehosting.com/ship7.jpg)

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: WMCoolmon on December 20, 2004, 08:24:37 pm

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Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: brugger on December 20, 2004, 08:33:10 pm

sorry about that the links should work now

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Swamp_Thing on December 20, 2004, 08:56:06 pm

Why do people insist on using Yahoo for pics?? They are too small and go down after a few views, due to bandwith limitations...
The pics are too small to see the details clearly. Looks good, though. Get bigger pics, and use imagehosting or some other, just don´t use Yahoo.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Krackers87 on December 20, 2004, 10:47:38 pm

now that, owns ass like a bad case of hemroids

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Trivial Psychic on December 21, 2004, 12:13:43 am

A dedicated carrier outcrop of the Hecate?

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: c914 on December 21, 2004, 02:22:18 am

with this docking like nose...model is new troop transport.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 21, 2004, 02:24:41 am

Hercules variant?

Curse you! Your first model looks better then my 200th...

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: brugger on December 21, 2004, 02:46:07 am

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with this docking like nose...model is new troop transport.

actually, i designed this to be a terran jugernaut capable of defeating a sathanas for an idea i had for a campaign and the nose thing is a place for a huge beam cannon. I am planning on adding a lot of detail

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Setekh on December 21, 2004, 04:08:41 am

Cool. Reminds me of a Perseus-like freighter. Welcome to HLP, brugger. :)

:welcome:

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Fr3z3r on December 21, 2004, 04:25:06 am

c914 is right - a PERFECT troop transport for boarding operations.

Texture it, give it slightly more armor than the Argo has, equip with 4 turrets (2 flaks + 2 AAAfs, for example) and there you go. :nod:

What's the size of this thing? I think it should be somewhere between Elysium and Argo.

EDIT: I think the "chin" should be placed under the "neck", not under the "head". More docking flexibility.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: karajorma on December 21, 2004, 06:06:16 am

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Originally posted by brugger
actually, i designed this to be a terran jugernaut capable of defeating a sathanas for an idea i had for a campaign and the nose thing is a place for a huge beam cannon. I am planning on adding a lot of detail

I'd go with C914's suggestion if I were you. The community is somewhat sick of superjuggernauts and the campaigns they appear in. Most modellers tend to go through a phase where they want to model the biggest, nastiest ship in the galaxy but after a while it just becomes a "who has the biggest dick" competition.

A new troop transport on the other hand would be very useful. Loads of people in the community could find a use for such a thing as not many people model such mundane ships. If you did a good job texturing it as a troop ship I guarentee this would be used :)

Of course this is your ship so you're welcome to do with it what you want :)

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: TopAce on December 21, 2004, 06:09:27 am

Make it a traditional destroyer, there are few of them.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Fr3z3r on December 21, 2004, 06:31:29 am

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Originally posted by TopAce
Make it a traditional destroyer, there are few of them.

Nonono! I hereby INSIST that you make it a great TROOP TRANSPORT. ;)

Karajorma is right. There are too many monster-killers around. Maybe transports don't seem to be THAT exciting, but they're needed. They're necessary for every mature campaign.

Same thing with other specialty ships, like medical frigates (there's the Hippocrates and... what?), freighters, army science vessels, repair craft...

I really love your design, brugger, but it's a troop transport. :D

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: TopAce on December 21, 2004, 06:35:26 am

Yes, there are a lot of Monster-killer JUGGERNAUTs, but not destroyers.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: karajorma on December 21, 2004, 07:10:03 am

There are more destroyers than Troop Transports though. In fact the only one I can find on my big DVD of mods is Trashman's Barracuda Transport.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Fr3z3r on December 21, 2004, 07:21:18 am

If, by accident :D, you choose the troop transport route, it'd probably be a good idea to remove the "legs". They make no real sense and a troop transport should be as sleek as possible to avoid as much pounding as possible.

Ideally, make it fast and armored enough to approach the Orion (or Hecate) and still be in a better-than-critical condition.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: aldo_14 on December 21, 2004, 08:08:43 am

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Originally posted by karajorma
There are more destroyers than Troop Transports though. In fact the only one I can find on my big DVD of mods is Trashman's Barracuda Transport.

I thought you had the Svalin transport?

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: karajorma on December 21, 2004, 08:17:22 am

Don't think so. Is that a finished, poffed model?

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Krackers87 on December 21, 2004, 09:36:10 am

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Originally posted by karajorma


I'd go with C914's suggestion if I were you. The community is somewhat sick of superjuggernauts and the campaigns they appear in. Most modellers tend to go through a phase where they want to model the biggest, nastiest ship in the galaxy but after a while it just becomes a "who has the biggest dick" competition.

A new troop transport on the other hand would be very useful. Loads of people in the community could find a use for such a thing as not many people model such mundane ships. If you did a good job texturing it as a troop ship I guarentee this would be used :)

Of course this is your ship so you're welcome to do with it what you want :)

Personaly the premise of large ships has never appealed to me, and tend to have a hard time straying away from Fighters Bombers and turrets

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: TopAce on December 21, 2004, 10:56:53 am

Whatever type ship you will make it, do not make it a bombero r a fighter. The design is not typical for FS fighters. In other universes it may fit, I don't know which ones because I know only a few of them.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: pyro-manic on December 21, 2004, 11:39:38 am

I really like this, brugger. :)

:welcome:

It would look really good as an assault transport - don't make it huge, just slightly larger than an Argo. Give it a couple of flak turrets and a couple of lasers, and make it fast.

It needs some more detail on the engine pods (the bits hanging down from the wings), but it's very promising. :)

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: pecenipicek on December 21, 2004, 01:45:42 pm

when a Hecate has a triple with Perseus and Argo...

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Unknown Target on December 21, 2004, 01:50:33 pm

Cool, interesting design, but it needs soemthing in the back, imho.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: brugger on December 21, 2004, 08:46:23 pm

(http://images5.theimagehosting.com/tran1.jpg)
(http://images5.theimagehosting.com/tran2.jpg)
(http://images5.theimagehosting.com/tran3.jpg)

I messed with the model a bit to make it more like a troop transport. the four outer engines would give it better Maneurvablity and i slid the chin back a bit to allow for easier docking. It does make a good transport but i still want to work with it as a jugernaut too becasue the GTVA is going to have to have something capable of going toe to toe with at least one sathanas for any campaign invovling a full scale war with the shivans

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: karajorma on December 22, 2004, 04:24:29 am

That's fine. Make two. Release the transport to the community while keeping the juggernaut for your campaign :D

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Trivial Psychic on December 22, 2004, 01:28:38 pm

Assault class Loki.

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: Roanoke on December 22, 2004, 01:37:12 pm

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Originally posted by karajorma
There are more destroyers than Troop Transports though. In fact the only one I can find on my big DVD of mods is Trashman's Barracuda Transport.

*is working on a very special transport (when not buming about on the forums)*

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: aldo_14 on December 22, 2004, 04:55:10 pm

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Originally posted by karajorma
Don't think so. Is that a finished, poffed model?

http://www.fileplanet.com/dl.aspx?/3dactionplanet/hlp/hosted/reciprocity/gtt_svalin.zip

Sorry for the fileplanet..........

Title: my first attempt at modeling
Post by: karajorma on December 22, 2004, 05:50:15 pm

Thanks for that. :) I might as well take a look at it :)