[Nico]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Damn you, Venom, nobody is allowed to be better than me! Nobody!!!

Way too late, you f00

But, um, the alien...[...] or something.

The mesh could probably use some refining, but it's gonna stay like that for now.

No "gills or excess orifices" ( save for the ears, I got rid of them on that pic, messed up the smooth shadings ), they're not Aliens they're... herm... aliens.
Anyway, it won't change much, I designed this dude some 6 years ago, it went through some changes since then, of course ( some features would obviously not work IRL, like the orginal shape of the hands ), but I've grown to love this dude, I have like hundreds of drawings of those in my room, male, female, young, old,with power armor, with those nasty "guitar shaped" ( don't ask ) flamethrowers, talking, dying, living, etc.
It's obvious the design works better in 2D than in 3D, but I won't make drastical design changes.

[mikhael]

I'd like to see multiple angles on this guy. Maybe its just the camera angle, but Stryke's right: his head is way too damn big.

[Nico]

I'll see about that later.

Wheeee, just finished my best face mesh ever!!!:

Just a little something to fix on the nose ( plus it's a bit squished ).
Hair is just a template, I won't keep it.

[Nico]

Playing with Reactor to try clothes. A couple obvious pbs there

[Nico]

Hop, I've modified the Wraith. I've kept the old one, renamed it XF-27, dubbed it "demonstrator", never know, might be useful some day.
So, here's the series version ( still needs a lot of work, mostly the underneath that will evolve much ):

First of all, I've removed the nose guns, then I've gotten rid of the underneath forwad/backward engine set. I've made a small engine set that can deal with all axis at the same time ( +/-"Y", +/-"Z", and either + or - "X" ). Four of them replaces the top engine set, and the two vernier (as Mike call them ) pods on the wing tips ( the wing span has been increased a bit, too ).

Man, that thread is full is quite chaotic

[mikhael]

SEXY. I like the new vernier setup.

Now, are you sure you don't want to round off the nose a bit more? It looks a bit segmented.

[Nico]

Better? ( since I touched up the mesh, the mapping is fubbared, of course ).
You know, your siggy is so large I can't even see the pic above with the one I just posted

[Gloriano]

Just Amezing:)

[mikhael]

Yeah, the newer version is even sexier.

Sorry about the long sig. I killed the Kaz quotes and the bumper sticker and reduced it to the three most important.

[Nico]

I need a break from modifying that ship today, so I'll render it instead. Prepare for some sillyness

[Nico]

Bwaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!

I just wanted big guns, meh.

[Taristin]

Ooh! Me wants! :drool: :crazy jealousy: :jaw2: :jaw3:

[Gortef]

hey where did my message go... propably lost in the web-heaven.

oh well...

And a damn good face it is indeed

[Gloriano]

Again just amazing:yes:

[Nico]

Big update
I've deleted about half the mesh, and rebuilt the darn thing much more streamlined. Not my favourite kind of design, but I'll make an exception with this one. Gotta have to redo the whole mapping, because of that

[Nico]

Started the "not so fun" bump map ctreation part again... If you pay attention, you'll notice there's more than just the large lines... I wonder if it's worth the effort, but at least I won't do a half assed job.

[Taristin]

Actually, it looks well worth the effort. If it was missing, wou'd wonder what it was the ship is lacking.

Now bake it and put it in FS2.

[icespeed]

i kinda liked the various lumps and bumps and panels on the previous one, but i suppose it did look a bit pockmarked.

the girl with the clothes looks flat, i mean 3d but like someone squished her a bit...

orange and grey for the wasp? maybe subtle sorta tiger stripes? perhaps wasp stripes would be more appropriate

[Nico]

Nah lol, I don't want stripes ala tiger or hornet , I was thinking, dunno, markings like on the Xwing from star wars

[icespeed]

i wasnt thinking really bright things, though i suppose that'd be what you get with orange and some other colour. maybe orange and some other shade of orange. oh well, your choice.