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Title: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Tolwyn on April 06, 2007, 03:00:13 pm
Since the release of the WC Saga prologue, several talented new people have joined the Saga team to help us make the full campaign. Today, we would like to introduce you to one of our new memebers: Adam "Klavs" Burch. Klavs has amazed the rest of the team time and time again with the speed at which he turns out some amazing looking models, and he has a talent for bridging the gap between the art styles of WC2 and WC3, making WC2-era models look great and coherent alonside WC3-era models. For today's update, we are sharing a few pictures of Klav's rendition of the Ferret, which will be featured in the WC Saga full campaign.

(http://wcsaga.com/media/news/ferret_01_s.jpg) (http://wcsaga.com/media/news/ferret_01.jpg) (ingame screenshot)
(http://wcsaga.com/media/news/ferret_02_s.jpg) (http://wcsaga.com/media/news/ferret_02.jpg) (ingame screenshot)  
(http://wcsaga.com/media/news/ferret_03_s.jpg) (http://wcsaga.com/media/news/ferret_03.jpg) (truespace render) 
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Wanderer on April 06, 2007, 03:18:49 pm
Yay!  :yes:

Ferret was my personal favourite in the WC2.
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: MinasGodhand on April 07, 2007, 05:19:15 am
Ahh the X-wing of Wing Commander, I love that ship! :)

Very nice models!
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: gyp5sy on April 07, 2007, 07:22:40 pm
SONOVA...!  Well, there goes the Ferret I was working on.   That looks killer.  BTW, as my "learn to model" project, I was modeling the fighters from WC1 and 2.

Are you guys going to be doing the entire line-up? 
And, are you planning to re-create any of the pre-WC3 campaigns with them?

If I ever get any done, should I drop you some pics, or do you have it covered?

Awesome work, guys, you make me giggle like a schoolgirl.
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Starman01 on April 08, 2007, 01:30:49 am
Are you guys going to be doing the entire line-up? 


No, just a few, to fill the continuation of the story (since it must be logic that still a few fighters are around

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And, are you planning to re-create any of the pre-WC3 campaigns with them?

Not we. But I would love to see someone doing this someday. Our Autopilot demo proves, that it is very good possible :)

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If I ever get any done, should I drop you some pics, or do you have it covered?

Sure, post it. But don't feel bad when we already have it. There is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes, and things develop fast, so I can't say yet what will come and what not :)
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: jr2 on April 08, 2007, 02:57:48 am
SONOVA...!  Well, there goes the Ferret I was working on.   That looks killer.  BTW, as my "learn to model" project, I was modeling the fighters from WC1 and 2.

Are you guys going to be doing the entire line-up? 
And, are you planning to re-create any of the pre-WC3 campaigns with them?

If I ever get any done, should I drop you some pics, or do you have it covered?

Awesome work, guys, you make me giggle like a schoolgirl.

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Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: karajorma on April 08, 2007, 03:16:25 am
What's kinda scary is that there isn't that large a difference between the render and in-game shots. :D
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Starman01 on April 08, 2007, 05:20:25 am
What's kinda scary is that there isn't that large a difference between the render and in-game shots. :D

Indeed. This also makes me happy. Having a space sim game with visual effect similar to 3d-Renders is a nice thing :)
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Tolwyn on April 08, 2007, 07:10:41 am
What's kinda scary is that there isn't that large a difference between the render and in-game shots. :D

Hmm, depends on how you make the render :)

I can't wait to see bump mapping and shaders finally implemented :D
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Phenix on April 10, 2007, 08:46:45 am
Great work there!! The model looks great in ingame. I always thought that wc1-2 models woudn't fit in wc3 era.....guess I was wrong  :D
Keep up the good work guys!  :yes:
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: gyp5sy on April 10, 2007, 07:19:18 pm
Are you guys going to be doing the entire line-up? 


No, just a few, to fill the continuation of the story (since it must be logic that still a few fighters are around

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And, are you planning to re-create any of the pre-WC3 campaigns with them?

Not we. But I would love to see someone doing this someday. Our Autopilot demo proves, that it is very good possible :)

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If I ever get any done, should I drop you some pics, or do you have it covered?

Sure, post it. But don't feel bad when we already have it. There is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes, and things develop fast, so I can't say yet what will come and what not :)

Well, thanks much, anyways.  I'd thought I'd work on getting the original stuff going.  For me, the most fun was had running around on the Tiger's Claw, trouncing the hell out of the Kitties.  So WC1 would be great fun, as far as I'm concerned.  Of course, I'm learning everything as I go, so it's going slow.

I'll post the Hornet as soon as I get it working.  Then maybe I can learn how to texture...  (shudder)
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: IceFire on April 15, 2007, 10:58:29 pm
At some point I hope that there is a WC1 or WC2 based setup...I'd love to be flying a Raptor defending Exeter class destroyers from waves of Gratha and the like.  It would definitely bring back memories...probably expand them too as the WC1 engine never featured capital ship combat.
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Klavs81 on April 16, 2007, 04:18:09 am
For fans of End Run: Keep a clear eye.
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Tolwyn on April 16, 2007, 04:23:00 am
For fans of End Run: Keep a clear eye.

*bleary eyed* now you are talking :)

Seriously, we have several WC2 models finished. We'll keep showing them in the next few weeks.
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Col. Fishguts on April 16, 2007, 03:01:05 pm
Indeed, I remember a Confederation class dreadnought in one of the older trailers. ;7
Title: Re: NEWS: New Saga Artist and Saga Ferret!
Post by: Tolwyn on April 16, 2007, 03:17:55 pm
That was a Wake Island-class escort carrier, commonly refered as Tarawa. Shame on you :)