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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: DamoclesX on January 01, 2005, 12:50:00 am

Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: DamoclesX on January 01, 2005, 12:50:00 am: Still under construction, but here is a wip shot.

I"m changing the ribs, and improving the shield textures and landing bay details right now.

(http://starshattercentral.com/Core/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10002/1%7E0.jpg)
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: Singh on January 01, 2005, 12:59:28 am: the model itself is quite, good, but waaaay too overtiled. That, and the textures aren't that good.

But still, A+ material right there. :yes:
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: DamoclesX on January 01, 2005, 01:42:58 am: Your eyes must be tricking you:) There is no tiling, but the blast shield textures are crap, its why I"m re-doing them.

For some reason, the bumps didnt work right with the light tracer, have to look into that.
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: Swamp_Thing on January 01, 2005, 05:14:38 am: Yup, that´s some excellent job there, mate! Best red cross i´ve seen in ages...
:p
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Post by: Ashrak on January 01, 2005, 08:18:09 am: yeah that red x is teh **** man :)
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Post by: Corsair on January 01, 2005, 10:13:14 am: I don't even see a red x, just blackness....
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: c914 on January 01, 2005, 11:46:47 am: same here:nervous:
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: pyro-manic on January 01, 2005, 12:25:04 pm: I get an "image not found on this server" message even when I try to open it in a new window....
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: DamoclesX on January 01, 2005, 12:42:34 pm: Fine fine fine.. I"ll replace it with a PICTURE

sheeeesh

hehe
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Post by: Taristin on January 01, 2005, 12:52:56 pm: Well, would you look at that... :eek:
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: Pyro MX on January 01, 2005, 12:54:42 pm: It's the Battlestar Galactica right?
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: DamoclesX on January 01, 2005, 01:03:53 pm: Naaa.. just a colonial cruiser, still building up to doing the galactica
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: pyro-manic on January 01, 2005, 01:36:08 pm: Mmmm, ribbed...

:nervous:

I like, but the texturing is, umm, nasty IMO. Too grey...
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Post by: c914 on January 01, 2005, 01:39:37 pm: texsture is one big greyble:ick: model itself is very good:nod:
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Post by: Ashrak on January 01, 2005, 01:40:21 pm: thats what BSG ships look like
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: DamoclesX on January 01, 2005, 02:35:19 pm: Ya, and I hate that, the old bsg ships had defined detail, like you could make out parts of the greebles, the nbsg ships are really just a mess of detail... I tryed to simulate it as close as I could in a good time frame.

I could make the hull textures.. main and blast.. even more detailed but then we are moving from a few days to a few weeks if not more of tweaking time.

Maby if I was getting paid lol, but i"m not about to spend weeks on a ship lol
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: pyro-manic on January 01, 2005, 03:43:59 pm: I'd suggest actually simplifying the texture slightly. The one on the armour plates is too similar to the base hull texture. Make it plainer or smoother, to differentiate between the two. Or change the colour - make it lighter or darker than the base - a bit of contrast would help it no end.
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 01, 2005, 04:52:31 pm: As much as the texture looks "all the same", that's a good thing, IMO.

Think about it for a bit. After all, isn't most military equipment essentially all one color?
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: pyro-manic on January 01, 2005, 05:15:55 pm: Yes, but there's always lots of details. This tries to put all the details in a repetitive texture, and it looks ugly as a result. Besides, this isn't exactly realistic, is it? A realistic military vessel would be either entirely black, or would have a mirrored hull to deflect lasers. It would look fugly as a game model though...
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: Ace on January 01, 2005, 05:42:00 pm: The lower hullplating could definately use a texture that doesn't tile as much. Other then that, nice. The fighterbays look very nice.

Anyway, a fan design or something actually in the new series?
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: Corsair on January 01, 2005, 06:12:53 pm: Mmmmmm... I like. :D:yes:
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Post by: Deepblue on January 23, 2005, 02:58:45 am: Nice!
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Post by: MetalDestroyer on January 23, 2005, 03:01:12 am: Excellent !
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Post by: WMCoolmon on January 23, 2005, 03:27:16 am: OMFG :eek:

How can you call that 'not good'?

Please tell me you're making a high...er, lower-poly version for FS2. :D

Although, you might want to get rid of the bird poop on the right side... ;)

(I'm sure it's an emblem of some sort, but I'm not a BSG oldtimer and not catching it...)
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Post by: aldo_14 on January 23, 2005, 07:29:20 am: I like it.
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Post by: Falcon on January 23, 2005, 08:25:54 am: :yes:
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Post by: Nico on January 23, 2005, 09:37:18 am: Why do I like those maps so much?
Good job, looks cool.
Title: Colonial Cruiser
Post by: vyper on January 25, 2005, 12:03:50 pm: Ribbed, for her pleasure.

And mine it seems - I like this ship. :yes:

vyper has booked a holiday to Tenerife, Los Brezos