[Terawatt_99]

model them!


(at least give it a shot, and keep going on them until someone posts a better idea, instead of waiting around, so that if nobody has any good ideas then you won't have wasted all this time waiting around )

[Unknown Target]

Um, dude, those are the models.

[wEvil]

purdy..thats going to be an utter ***** to texture though

[Stryke 9]

I'm going to assume that's all a disp mapper so that I don't have to beat you over the the head for having infinitely more free time than me.

[Galemp]

Funny, I had always thought of those lights as recessed rather than extruded.

Why aren't you smoothing the curve?!

[Carl]

"sweeeet"-Eric Cartman

[Carl]

but with the turrets, make the base square, not round.

[Galemp]

The base is square. It just has a circular turntable so the turret can rotate. Note the notches for the rotation gears.

Lots of attention to detail, very good.

[Ryx]

Thanks all.

All is created with extrude, bevel, inset, shapemerge, etc. I made best friends with the Create poly tool for all those nasty overlapping faces. It's all geometry no dicp. maps at all.
The turrets are circular, though, but those smaller turrets are more square.
I don't expect the texturing to be easy, no.

[Terawatt_99]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
Um, dude, those are the models.

i was talking about the windows that he says he wants to do...

[Sandwich]

A few things... first off... WHY DIDN'T I SEE THIS BEFORE?!!!?!?!??!?!?!

Second: for the turrets, can I recommend you increase the diameter of the barrels by 20% or so? They look disproportionatly small to the turret itself.

Third: I agree with GE on one count - I always thought those windows were recessed, not extrusions or on extrusions.

But I think that having the fore-dorsal ( = Top-front for you land-lubbers! Yar!!) "curve" as distinctly angled flat sections is uber-cool. MAke sure to leave smoothing for that section off!

Fourth: on those hull extrusions that stick up the most, model a reason for the season - give 'em some grilles on their sides or something... or you could just texture their sides with grilles.... whatever. I just like things to look like they have a purpose of some sort.

Fifth: Did I say: :JAW:!!!!!!!

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Fifth: Did I say: :JAW:!!!!!!!

Yes, but I think you meant

[Ace]

I'd just add some window portholes on the sides of the vertical extrusions Sandwich mentioned, as it makes sense that some of the areas would be observation decks or quarters for officers, etc. (there would be plenty of quarter space for such a crew in the front "nose" especially considering that probably the entire rear and center section is for the reactor and reaction-mass save for the hangar and ordinance areas. Also just because the top and bottom extrusions have viewing portholes doesn't mean that those areas of the hull are weak

[Shrike]

*avoids commenting on the turrets*

Looks good so far, although it seems wide.... could just be the fact that it's not the entire hull.

[Unknown Target]

Hey, BTW, how do you do those panels?

[Ryx]

Originally posted by Shrike
*avoids commenting on the turrets*

Looks good so far, although it seems wide.... could just be the fact that it's not the entire hull.

It used to be wider, actually. but it's pretty close now compared to my converted fs2 Orion, IIRC. I'll check again to make sure, though.

Also I have decided to go with geometry windows.

[Nico]

well, it sure is too wide, the front section is almost a square section, it's nearly two times too wide I think... Then again, maybe I'm just plain wrong, I admit I didn't see the orion mesh for quite some time...

Just checked, I'm plain wrong seems I'm already becoming senile, I'm losing my memories, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

btw, looks great so far.

[Styxx]

Nice work.

*also avoids commenting on the turrets*'

[Ashrak]

oh man convert it to LW too its like WOW!!!!!!!! some coool rendering opertunities

[Ryx]

Don't mind the textures too much, just a test.