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Title: Got Really Really Bored...
Post by: Thrilla on March 26, 2005, 08:29:26 pm
I guess it's a start...


(http://images5.theimagehosting.com/diglar01.jpg)


(http://images5.theimagehosting.com/diglar02.jpg)


(http://images5.theimagehosting.com/diglar03.jpg)


(http://images5.theimagehosting.com/diglar04.jpg)

It's just shy of 500.
499 to be exact as of now.
Title: Got Really Really Bored...
Post by: Dark RevenantX on March 26, 2005, 08:39:07 pm
wtf is it?

Reminds me of that ship in Crusade where the parasite people are found.
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Post by: Trivial Psychic on March 26, 2005, 08:43:00 pm
Isn't that a Dilgar design?
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Post by: Thrilla on March 26, 2005, 08:51:44 pm
yup
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Post by: Burns on March 26, 2005, 10:07:40 pm
It looks weird but good.
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Post by: Getter Robo G on March 27, 2005, 02:04:55 am
Damn Dirty Dilgar!

Good job! It looks like the ships I saw in that Homeworld mod (Now I knowwhat race they are, DILGAR!!!) Wierd stuff I mistook them for a Drahk fleet.
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Post by: karajorma on March 27, 2005, 02:41:20 am
That's a great job and it's you've done it in under 500 polys even more so :yes:
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Post by: starfox on March 27, 2005, 02:43:59 am
nice paintjob ! I dont know much about dilgar, but it looks very....exotic.
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Post by: Sparrow on March 27, 2005, 04:52:14 am
Mmm.. dilgar war campaign maybe in far future?
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Post by: -Norbert- on March 27, 2005, 08:35:50 am
Looks great.
To be honest even better than the screenshots I saw so far of any finished ship of that type.
I guess it's the big bright violet lights that arn't on it yet.
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Post by: Thrilla on March 27, 2005, 09:21:52 am
Yeah, the textures aren't mine.  I have a 30,000 poly version of I got and those are it's textures I've put on it.  It's right now 620 untriangluated of course.  I'll post another update on it in a few minutes.

*edit*  674 to be exact.

(http://images5.theimagehosting.com/diglar01.1.jpg)
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Post by: IPAndrews on March 27, 2005, 09:56:46 am
I think this ship could do with a few more polygons to make for some smoother curves. I can't really comment on the texturing without seeing it in-game. Certainly I don't think it would take a vast amount of work to make this ship TBP quality. It just needs a little bit more love and attention.
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Post by: pyro-manic on March 27, 2005, 11:41:32 am
I love the tattoo pattern on the top, but the design isn't really to my taste. I think it's those bits on the bottom that make it looks odd. The top's all smooth and curved, and then there are a couple of boxes underneath....
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Post by: Primus on March 27, 2005, 02:49:26 pm
I like it. Are you gonna the purple thingys to it?
http://www.b5tech.com/miscracesgroups/Dilgar/dilgarcruiser.html
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Post by: Thrilla on March 27, 2005, 07:31:48 pm
yeah, it will have them eventually.  Once I get it worked out I will smooth is out a little more.  Unfortunately I won't be able to work on it until next weekend.  :(
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Post by: Ace on March 27, 2005, 08:13:52 pm
If a Dilgar fleet is made, I'll do a Dilgar Invasion campaign for TBP once BWO is more or less handled.
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Post by: Thrilla on March 27, 2005, 09:43:03 pm
what are the other ships?  That is the only one I can find.  I never watched the show that much.

The love and attention on those textures can be done.  All I did was slap some mapping on it hastily so I can see what is was.  That and I think I can fix the mapping for the textures too.  But right now I'll try to finish it roughly this weekend.  When I mean by finish I mean have it put together based off the reference ship.  Fixing the geometery, and mapping and stuff is going to take some time.  Unfortunatly time I don't have alot of right now, but I will do the best I can.  My only beef on the top part being smoother is in the back part.  It drives me nuts right now, but the textures seem to cover it up pretty well.  If people like it when it is done you guys can have it.  I don't know where all those weapons go or anything, or even how big it is suppose to be.  I just thought it was a cool ship, and thought I would give a shot at trying to model it.  I had came down to that or one of the Vree ships, but this was more of a challenge.
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Post by: -Norbert- on March 28, 2005, 04:23:58 am
Well it was never seen on TV.
As far as I know it was designed for "Into the Fire".
There should be some pictures of one fighter-type out there in the net too, but thats all I know of.
Maybe someone else is better informed on the matter.
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Post by: aldo_14 on March 28, 2005, 04:35:03 am
DamoclesX did a decent number of (obviously high quality) Dilgar ships, although I'm not clear on their canon-ness.
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Post by: Primus on March 28, 2005, 04:38:44 am
I think the cruiser is the only canon Dilgar ship. Not sure though...
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Post by: IceFire on March 28, 2005, 09:25:00 am
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Originally posted by Primus
I think the cruiser is the only canon Dilgar ship. Not sure though...

Its semi-canon.  It appeared at the B5: ITF website as one of their ship models due to be a part of the game.

Its like AoG...its considered canon but its not a specific part of the show.
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Post by: Bobboau on March 28, 2005, 10:28:28 am
more polygons
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Post by: Thrilla on March 28, 2005, 01:49:15 pm
In the Main hull, rings, or both?
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Post by: NGTM-1R on March 28, 2005, 02:44:26 pm
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Originally posted by Bobboau
more polygons


Why? To be honest I can't see a place where more polies could be put to good use on this model.
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Post by: IPAndrews on March 29, 2005, 01:58:18 am
It's over a 1km long ship. Really you should be looking at between 800p and 1200p for LOD0. Bobboau will probably suggest even more. You can spend the extra polys on smoother curves and the few little details you have omitted. Check the link to B5Tech posted by Primus above and do a quick spot the difference on your model and that model. Look closely. The details may only be small but there are not many of them. When that happens those small details become very important. Certainly on a 1km+ ship you should be including them.
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Post by: -Norbert- on March 29, 2005, 05:44:03 am
I wonder just how many weapons it has and where they are located.
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Post by: aipz on March 29, 2005, 07:38:53 am
Here's an example a pair of x-ray lasers...
http://www.b5tech.net/art/b5/needbiggerguns.jpg
Guess it's better than nothing... ':sigh:':sigh:
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Post by: Thrilla on March 29, 2005, 08:15:05 am
ok, I will see what I can do when I get back to my computer this weekend.
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Post by: Fabbro on March 29, 2005, 05:59:15 pm
What happened to "into the fire"?
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Post by: PSI-KILLER on March 29, 2005, 08:25:12 pm
I don't think Novas had x ray lasers in the Dilgar War!
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Post by: Thrilla on March 29, 2005, 11:06:08 pm
The Dilgar is firing.
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Post by: aipz on March 30, 2005, 12:13:38 am
In this picture only the Dilgar ship fires a volley at the Nova...
In times of the Dilgar war EA ships didn't have any beam weapons...
The Nova repells Dilgar fire:
http://www.b5tech.net/art/b5/Nova_Fires.jpg
 :D
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Post by: Col. Fishguts on March 30, 2005, 03:16:15 am
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Originally posted by Fabbro
What happened to "into the fire"?


It got cancelled....long ago: http://www.firstones.com/firstoneshistory.php
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Post by: Sparrow on March 30, 2005, 04:11:15 am
Mmm, im not sure who fires who.. in one website i saw that pic and a comment bellow someyhing like "EA Nova learns that early x-ray beams sucks" but again we all know that novas or EA ship didnt have beam weapons pre mimbari war..

again i have a pic of two Novas firing all those big ass guns , firing beam weapons for all those!!??. anyway is curious that those really big big guns in the novas never are seen firing in the show i guess
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Post by: Sparrow on March 30, 2005, 04:20:36 am
O damn it, i had a fan movie in 3D wich showed a battle between a Dilgar and a Drakh fleet and the Dilgar wiped out the Drakhs.. it showd a Dilgar cruiser firing it beam weapons.. but i deleted it the other day i guess.. will search for it again
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Post by: Sparrow on March 30, 2005, 04:54:21 am
Ok here they are:

(http://www.telecable.es/personales/jlt/dilgar1.jpg)
(http://www.telecable.es/personales/jlt/dilgar2.jpg)
(http://www.telecable.es/personales/jlt/dilgar3.jpg)
(http://www.telecable.es/personales/jlt/dilgar4.jpg)

and for those who want the full trailer movie (movie will not ever be like 90% fanfilms):


http://www.drakh.uklinux.net/DR1.zip