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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Anaz on May 30, 2002, 10:23:28 pm

Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on May 30, 2002, 10:23:28 pm
Ok, astoundingly enough, I managed to get this ship up to 341 polys, and I think that to date, this is the higest poly ship that I have ever made. I thought after doing all of the work for ap, that I could give you guys something to chew on.

Anyways, heres the pics:

(http://www.tgfx.com/travis/NDOship1.jpg)

(http://www.tgfx.com/travis/NDOship2.jpg)

I know it is missing something...

if you want any more views of this ship, please tell me

and if you texture it, you can use it in your campaign...mind you it has to be a decent texturing job, and I have to get a copy of it...
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Stunaep on May 31, 2002, 12:46:36 am
Does this just look like a TIE advanced, or was that the idea? :confused:
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Ulundel on May 31, 2002, 02:08:56 am
Looks too flat. And it's somekind of HW light corvette and SW tie interceptor hybrid.
tip: make the guns smaller :wink:
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: karajorma on May 31, 2002, 03:23:18 am
I like it. :yes:

The guns need to be a little less square though. Also since you`ve got polys spare you might want to round out the wings a little.
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Redfang on May 31, 2002, 12:18:29 pm
Yeah, it could use a few more polys, but it's good. :nod::yes:
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on May 31, 2002, 12:22:11 pm
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Originally posted by Stunaep
Does this just look like a TIE advanced, or was that the idea? :confused:


lol, I wasn't even thinking about that when I made the model...

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Looks too flat. And it's somekind of HW light corvette and SW tie interceptor hybrid.
tip: make the guns smaller :)


what part is too flat?

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I like it. :yes:

The guns need to be a little less square though. Also since you`ve got polys spare you might want to round out the wings a little.


hmm..ok...I'll try rounding the wings out a bit more...
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Kabal on May 31, 2002, 02:21:22 pm
great model...would make a great corvette, with big slash beams in the two gun turrets at the front
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Post by: Neon on May 31, 2002, 02:21:22 pm
Try to make the ship a bit rounder! And what's missing is something on top of the hull. Make some wings or something :nod:

Ideia: Near the engines, make wings like this: \_/
Instead of having ugly, simple squares near the engine make those wings! (with the style of the ship)
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Kabal on May 31, 2002, 02:29:50 pm
it would make an interesting terran bomber....
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on May 31, 2002, 02:32:47 pm
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Originally posted by Neon
Try to make the ship a bit rounder! And what's missing is something on top of the hull. Make some wings or something :nod:

Ideia: Near the engines, make wings like this: \_/
Instead of having ugly, simple squares near the engine make those wings! (with the style of the ship)


*smacks self*

thats what I was going to do!!

thank you!!!
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on May 31, 2002, 02:55:56 pm
guns are made smaller, wings added, looks much better...

note: it happens to supposed to look blocky, or just not-round. Kind of a very industrial style...

(http://www.tgfx.com/travis/NDOship3.jpg)
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Kabal on May 31, 2002, 07:01:47 pm
much better...although it would be cool if the turrets were circular instead of diamond shaped
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Galemp on May 31, 2002, 10:22:07 pm
Oooh, I want to fly that!

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Zaphod: Bang! Kaboom! Powpowpow! Freeow!
Eddie the Computer: Game Over. You have earned three points. Previous score, sixteen million, one hundred thirty-five thousand, eight hundred and...
Zaphod: Okay, okay.
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Kabal on May 31, 2002, 10:26:51 pm
figured out if it will be a fighter or bomber yet?
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on June 01, 2002, 01:03:36 pm
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Originally posted by X-Files Addict
much better...although it would be cool if the turrets were circular instead of diamond shaped


turrets...? all of those are gunpoints...

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Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
Oooh, I want to fly that!


:D (dare I ask about the quote?)

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Originally posted by X-Files Addict
figured out if it will be a fighter or bomber yet?


I'm thinking mebby its in the same class as a herc, heavy assault fighter...it defenetly "feels" much more like a bomber a fighter.
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: StratComm on June 01, 2002, 01:09:20 pm
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Originally posted by Analazon

turrets...? all of those are gunpoints...


I think that's the problem; no one is used to square guns.  Try making them hexagonal or octagonal instead; that will not significantly increase polycount and give the guns a more believable feel.
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Post by: Galemp on June 01, 2002, 11:01:34 pm
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Originally posted by Analazon
:D (dare I ask about the quote?)


:eek2: You've never read the Guide?!
You poor man... *hands Analazon a Jynan-Tonyx*
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Fozzy on June 02, 2002, 08:17:10 am
If it was my model i would get rid of the two front guns and make a bigger cocpit.
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: WS-Thunder on June 02, 2002, 06:19:26 pm
What program you use man? I use D3edit which is a level building program for Descent 3 and I use milkshape which is significantly better and I can't even accidentally get a ship that square. Make it rounder to give it some life man! :) It has potential and a very interesting designe. It just needs a little more life to it. Try useing hexagons for the guns as was suggested above. I would also take the vertices on top of the wings and move them together so that they connect to give it a little sleeker look. The cockpit also is a bit simplistic in shape and makes the model so that it doesn't come together very well. Try makeing the cockpit a little different shape :)
If you can convert it to a format I can use, I might be able to help you out a bit if you would like:o) Very nice model though.
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on June 02, 2002, 08:55:44 pm
I made it in truespace :nervous:

anyways...GE, I thought you were talking about Zaphod the person who posts on forums, not Zaphod Bebblebrox. The only one I remember reading is Restraunt at the End of the Universe, which has the Jynan Tonyx in it.


This ship is rather small by FS standards if you look at the rest of the cockpits...I've never been very good at cockpits, I've allways been better with engines and hangar bays. I think the two front guns will go, and I will make missile bays next to the cockpit (I think it will look ok), and I'll try to make it a bit rounder.

Ok, on the "wings" you mean the tail things? make it so that the ends of them are closer? I don't quite follow...but I think I know what your talking about...


hehe, I think this is the most discussion that any of my models has ever generated :D
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Unknown Target on June 04, 2002, 01:49:36 pm
To get more polys, try actually using cylinders, like for those guns, rather than blocks;):p
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on June 04, 2002, 06:57:52 pm
Please use cyliders!!! PLEASE!!!!!

also to all you people who said it loks like a TIE. I don't think so (before even) it looked much more like a Roland Systems CalHorn Fighter, deffinately!

nice ship, but please change those guns!
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on June 04, 2002, 11:23:31 pm
guns are being worked on...
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on June 05, 2002, 11:14:58 am
hehe, fixed guns, added missile banks, made guns longer, made the transition from side to cockpit look better.

(http://www.tgfx.com/travis/NDOship4.jpg)

whats next?
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Riven on June 05, 2002, 11:30:17 am
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whats next?


If you want email it here and i'll have a go at texturing it and rendering it for you. I'l PM you my email address. Decide on a class though so i can decide some textures. Also send it as a COB.
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: IceFire on June 05, 2002, 12:37:49 pm
One more gripe.  The wings and the tail.  Bring the edges together at the tops so that they are much thinner at the top than at the bottom.  This will make it feel less polygonal and more of a real model.  Unless having square tails/wings was the idea but F-15's and F-22's don't look like that and neither does the Hercules Mark 2 or the Artemis.

Just a gripe/suggestion :)
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on June 05, 2002, 01:43:12 pm
thats a good idea...ok, done, I won't post pics, but I am e-mailing it to riven to do some texing for me, and thx riven for texing it!!
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Goober5000 on December 08, 2002, 10:34:27 pm
:jaw:

Has this been finished?  It looks very promising. :yes:

I think it looks more like a gunship than a fighter or bomber.  Not very Freespace-y, but an excellent model nonetheless.
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Knight Templar on December 08, 2002, 11:02:58 pm
*Ack* Bumpage...


*Comments on purdy ship*



*Goes to harrass Anaz*
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Eviscerator on December 08, 2002, 11:53:48 pm
I love the last one waaaay much. I'm gonna want it when it's textured.
Title: *pimp*
Post by: Star Dragon on December 09, 2002, 12:48:15 am
Someone say Tie Advanced? :nervous:

(http://photo.starblvd.net/Star_Dragon/2-1-1-1040525360?m=0&pg=1&ro=0&co=0)

Yeah it looks a little like this
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Goober5000 on December 09, 2002, 01:07:03 am
TIE Advanced is A-1 Supar, but so is Analazon's model. :)

[impatient] Analazon or Riven, post! [/impatient]
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Post by: SadisticSid on December 10, 2002, 04:01:54 pm
That, and another fighter I've seen on the board, looks incredibly similar to a Heavy Fighter in Master of Orion 2 (think of that cool thing in the introduction FMV).

Sid.
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on December 10, 2002, 05:38:07 pm
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Originally posted by Goober5000
TIE Advanced is A-1 Supar, but so is Analazon's model. :)

[impatient] Analazon or Riven, post! [/impatient]


POST!
Title: Heres one for you guys...
Post by: Anaz on December 10, 2002, 05:39:02 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
*Ack* Bumpage...


*Comments on purdy ship*



*Goes to harrass Anaz*


lol...