[Sandwich]

Originally posted by J.F.K.
Perspective makes so much difference. The nebula looks Photoshopped, is that right?

Yeah, 'tis Photoshopped. It's not meant to be a proper render, just a scale comparison.

[Sandwich]

Texture update - which looks better, with or without the beam turret texture circles?

[KARMA]

second one
btw my suggestion is that the black lines should be smaller and look like pipes (it's pretty easy with photoshop, just go to blending options and use the bevel), and the grey areas should be little more dark (and probably i'd work on them a little to make em seem shyiny glass)

[Sandwich]

Those black areas are actually the support braces, lemme post the texture itself for ya to see.

[karajorma]

You need some extra detailing on the circles of that texture. Apart from that are you saying that all the holes will be beams? Cause that's a bit insane

[KARMA]

the braces defenitively needs to be bigger and i would try to use somekind of dark background instead of the black lines (for example, a group of bigger tubes)

[Sandwich]

No, no beams - that was just the only round texture I knew of, but I took it off anyway. Here's what I have:

[Su-tehp]

Damn nice work so far, Sandwich. That nebula pic of the station and a the Deimos corvette was SWEEEEEEEET.

Something just occurred to me: That installation has docking ports for capships like the Deimos (or it will soon be incorporated). I can see circumstances for using this in nebula missions in DatDB... (hint hint!)

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Su-tehp
Damn nice work so far, Sandwich. That nebula pic of the station and a the Deimos corvette was SWEEEEEEEET.

Something just occurred to me: That installation has docking ports for capships like the Deimos (or it will soon be incorporated). I can see circumstances for using this in nebula missions in DatDB... (hint hint!)

Y0u mean for the ****** to use as their ******? Good point!

If y0u can use it, y0u can have it.

[Anaz]

it just occured to me sandwich- I think the top might look a little better if you made the support struts a light color, and the greeble stuff a dark color. Would make the struts seem, i dunno...more strutlike.

[KARMA]

sandwich, this is an alternative "bespin style" for the top, i did it in a hurry, but i think it may give the idea of what i'm thinking
btw i like the "struct style" too, i may give a look at the texture in the next days if you want (i don't promise anything)

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Y0u mean for the ****** to use as their ******?

No, I meant for the **** to use as a **** in order to *******  **** the ********. That way, the **** can **** the ******** right in the ***. Otherwise the  ******** would be able to ****** **** at the ****. Do you understand what I'm ******? That's what I'm ******. What am I ******? I have no bloody ****!

[Petrarch of the VBB]

KARMA, that looks a lot like the Nomad Moon, from Cataclysm. Very nice, though.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by KARMA
sandwich, this is an alternative "bespin style" for the top, i did it in a hurry, but i think it may give the idea of what i'm thinking
btw i like the "struct style" too, i may give a look at the texture in the next days if you want (i don't promise anything)

Hmm... interesting idea - here's what came of it:

[FreeTerran]

The station looks very pretty.

[BlackStar]

Both versions of the sphere are good, just depends on the overall use of the station.

The first, with all that glass, would be good for a large hydroponics garden or other "natural" setting - something humans may desparately want to experience after an extended tour in deep space and no habitable planets nearby.

Or perhaps a "Noah's Ark" approach to terraforming.  Keep your people, animals, and plants growing in orbit while the planet is prepared.

The second is definitely more utilitarian, like a temporary HQ for a newly found system.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Glass one, think "Garden grove", think "Citadel Station"

I like the second one, much more... well, much more military. BUT it all depends on the scale, that might be too mnay decks.

And Sarny, please release this soon!

BTW, how big is it?

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by BlackStar
The first, with all that glass, would be good for a large hydroponics garden or other "natural" setting - something humans may desparately want to experience after an extended tour in deep space and no habitable planets nearby.

Glass? What glass?

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
BTW, how big is it?

Look at the picture I attached to my post on the previous page - the one in the orange nebula with the Deimoses...

[BlackStar]

Originally posted by Sandwich


Glass? What glass?

Well... It COULD be glass.  Or plastic, or whatever-futuristic-material you say it is.  But obviously, that's just my asumption and guess as to it's function.

If it isn't transparent then what purpose would a big dome like that have?  

So I'll ask you, as the engineer, what's inside the dome?

[KARMA]

i tend to agree with blackstar, in the first version i definitively think that a "glass style" is the better chice
for the second version...good, but....uvmaps..