[knn]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Nope. Although my heart is still set on #3 for FSU, that ship is a fine looking model.

You mean the Aurora?

Originally posted by aldo_14
I'm not keen, TBH I think the first one looks a bit disorganised in terms of design / layout (no offense intended, technical quality looks very good). The second one looks promising, can't really judge until there are textures  

If you are talking about this one:

you may be right. It needs some coloring to see it better, maybe that's what's causing the impression of chaos when I look at some of the pictures.
The second one needs more detail, as it is a new destroyer fresh out of my literature notebook:) , but I didn't have time to work on it since the weekend.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by knn
You mean the Aurora?

I believe so, yeah. This one: http://tinypic.com/o23h2

What program are you using? MAX? Would it be possible, if you're going to make that one into a 3km+ monster, to have a special version for the FSU, one that is +/- 1.6km long? Or, if you'd rather, I can do it so you don't have to worry about a special version.

[Getter Robo G]

It's looking great, reminds me of something you see in amine...

IMHO anything with a flying bridge oowns!

[knn]

That WAS the Aurora. I've abandoned it (again), but if you insist, I can finish it. However, I'm reusing the name.
The new GTVA Aurora:



length is 2.4 km. Main armaments include a huge primary beam cannon, 10 large beam cannons, all front-mounted and 6 torpedo launchers. Polycount is 14064, and as always, this is the UNOPTIMIZED version.

[Knight Templar]

Christ alive, those are nice.

[Trivial Psychic]

*Expects Kazan to nab these and their creator for use in Ferrium*

[Taristin]

I'm not very fond of them, myself. They look a little like they've been over-detailed, with under-detailed bits.

But since my submission was lost in a reformat (As was just about everything else I had... ) I'm out of the competition.

[knn]

[Taristin]

...ok. I stand corrected. But they don't look freespacey to me, still.

[T-Man]

I like it, good job Knn

[Trivial Psychic]

Originally posted by Raa
...ok. I stand corrected. But they don't look freespacey to me, still.

...hence my Ferrium reference.

[Knight Templar]

Or Angels...

[knn]

Originally posted by Raa
...ok. I stand corrected. But they don't look freespacey to me, still.

Compare the Typhoon with the Hatshepsut and the Orion with the Hecate. Both are a completely different design than thir predecessors.

[Corsair]

Well...****in' A. Those are damn nice.

[Jetmech Jr.]

Are those supposed to be Terran Vessels?

And I agree with Raa, they don't look all that Freespacey. They could kinda pass for Vasudan. Not that they are bad models, though. Very fine work.

[NGTM-1R]

To be honest, I see it as being rather like the Hecate: a somewhat confused mixture of Terran and Vasudan design.

[Anaz]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Or Angels...

*concurs*

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by knn


Compare the Typhoon with the Hatshepsut and the Orion with the Hecate. Both are a completely different design than thir predecessors.

Hey man, check your PMs.

[c914]

For me it's very good Terran-Vasudan hybrid:nod:
How meany polys it had?

[knn]

I thought I'd get an Email when I receive a pm. Sorry, I'll check immediately.
The GTVD Aurora is a Terran-Vasudan hybrid (check the first post), and the aux. engines are arranged like the Hecate's main engines, plus the general design is a bit similar. Polycount is 18000, but with 40 turrets that are 170 polygons each. This is like 3 HTL Deimos's, so it's not that much, but I can decrease it to 8000 without loosing much detail. (with lowpoly beam turrets and less curves)
I believe the 18000 poly version could be kept for high-end computers (a Pentium 5 10GHz and three GF 7900's with 4GB ram and 1,5 GB video memory:)) in a different vp file with all the hipoly/hieffect stuff.