[FreeTerran]

Thats my first try in LightWave

What do you think ?

[Tiara]

Looks good... but I have 2 things to say about it:

- The nebula is not quite nebula-like. It appears as if space is on fire.
- Lightning is wrong. Though this is done quite often so your not the only one placing the lights wrongly.

[Rictor]

Make the nebula more "dissolved". Basically, make it spread over a larger area and less contrasty...uhm I really can't explain it that well. As well, you could try putting a planet in the background or something.

other than that, its very cool. I take it the inspiration is that SOC mission where you have to rescue Snipes?

[FreeTerran]

Originally posted by Rictor
I take it the inspiration is that SOC mission where you have to rescue Snipes?

Hey 100 points for you

[Bobboau]

Originally posted by Tiara

- The nebula is not quite nebula-like. It appears as if space is on fire.

damn shivans

[Tiara]

Originally posted by Bobboau

damn shivans

[FreeTerran]

its time to put some nukes into shivans ass

[Tiara]

Originally posted by FreeTerran
its time to put some nukes into shivans ass

[FreeTerran]

New version and what do youn now think ?

[mikhael]

Now all you have to do is kill the ambient light, light the scene properly and you're in business.

[FreeTerran]

Well i will give now the lights on the erinyes a glowing

[FreeTerran]

OK next update now ?

[Knight Templar]

lighting is still fuct. You want the faces that we see to be relatively dark, and the backs of the fighters to be where the light is (because the star is shining on them). Right now, it looks like the opposite.

[FreeTerran]

better ?

[Darkage]

1. Always disable ambient lighting or not higher then 5%
2. Use shadow maps or raytrace, but shadow maps are just as good and render time is less.


You are improving but there is still much to learn.

[FreeTerran]

Originally posted by Darkage
1. Always disable ambient lighting or not higher then 5%
2. Use shadow maps or raytrace, but shadow maps are just as good and render time is less.


You are improving but there is still much to learn.

1 ambient lighting is at 0%
2 i use ray trace

[Anaz]

ooh, nifty...


but one gripe...

you fixed the lighting on the erienys, but the planet still looks like the light source is next to the camera. Either use a modeled planet, or rotate it somehow to make it look like the sun is on the same side of it as it is the erieneys

[Ashrak]

kill the ambience use 2 spotlights to light the ships

[Rictor]

Hmm, definate improvement. Try putting a glow around the planet to simulate an atmosphere. Or not, depending on what you had in mind. Try dispersing the nebula a bit. The outer edges of the pic, where there are only stars, look a bit barren.

One other thing you might try, and this really is more a matter of taste, you could try making the yellow bit of the nebula white, to give it more of a "glowy" and powerful feel.

[FreeTerran]

Now with better lights so what do you think now ?

EDIT: I will add the erinyes lights tomorrow its night here and i'm tired