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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Grey Wolf on May 25, 2001, 11:11:00 pm

Title: The Battle Is Not Over...
Post by: Grey Wolf on May 25, 2001, 11:11:00 pm

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Title: The Battle Is Not Over...
Post by: NeoHunter on May 25, 2001, 11:20:00 pm

Somehow, it reminds me of the recruitment posters in the movie Starship Troopers. Must be the font you used.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: The Battle Is Not Over...
Post by: Carl on May 25, 2001, 11:25:00 pm

actually, it is.

Title: The Battle Is Not Over...
Post by: Sushi on May 26, 2001, 12:11:00 am

Not too shabby. I haven't decided if I like the harsh metallic reflecting yet, but at least it's original.

Things I would suggest to improve the picture:

1. Make it taller. The letterbox format makes it look crowded with the large text.

2. Antialias the text. It looks like you used Wordart, which is fine, but it tends to produce jagged-looking text. Run it through a smoothing filter or something like that.

3. Get some engine glows. The flames look nice, all you need are the FS2-style glow effects around the engines.

I know you may not be able to do all of these, but I throw them out for suggestion anyways.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: The Battle Is Not Over...
Post by: Setekh on May 26, 2001, 05:57:00 am

What happened to the thrusters on those Basilisks? It looks like you applied the Basilisk main texture to the thruster sobj. Oops.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

Next: To get some action in those.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Title: The Battle Is Not Over...
Post by: Snipes on May 26, 2001, 07:47:00 am

The Mettalic looks good on the terran ships...


...but not the shivan ones...

I like to see the Shivan ships have a more... 'Organic' feel to them...

Title: The Battle Is Not Over...
Post by: Grey Wolf on May 27, 2001, 08:05:00 pm

I've decided that for all Shivan ships I'm now using phong shading. Anyone know why Kazan's POF2COB didn't convert the Lucy right? It only showed in the top view when I rendered.