[Zarax]

Not to mention it's almost as slow as an heavy bomber...

[Flaser]

Burn Baby!!! Burn!!!

Erhm..I mean that's what afterburners are there for.

[Kosh]

It's afterburners dont last very long either.

[Kie99]

What do you people think is better Herk, Herk 2 or Herk 3 (ares)

[Zarax]

The Ares will kick any older fighter, however i won't bet on Herc2 if it faces an Herc in close combat...

[ChronoReverse]

Campaign-wise I'd take the Ares, but in a pvp-setting?  Hard to say, they're all like giant targets painted bright red.

[TrashMan]

Here's my new Athena model..anyone want a shot at texturing it?

[Zarax]

Looks a bit low poly(ish) but otherwise is fine...

[karajorma]

It's nice Trashman but if you're going to make a new Athena model you might as well go the whole hog and make a high poly one.

[TrashMan]

Still not done..It allready has more polys than the original, but I don't want to overdo it..

Good textures can do wonders, and there is no sense in going wild with polys just coause I can...
There are people with slower machines...

EDIT: Medusa works again!

[Solatar]

You don't need THAT many polies for an HTL fighter, because you aren't going to see the fighter too much and there will be plenty of them..

[Kie99]

I'll start a poll, this is a silly place to talk about it (Herk debate)

[karajorma]

Originally posted by TrashMan
Good textures can do wonders, and there is no sense in going wild with polys just coause I can...
There are people with slower machines...

They can use the version from the FS1 port

I'm not saying you should waste polys but there are some parts of the model that could be smoother.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by TrashMan
Here's my new Athena model..anyone want a shot at texturing it?

Is this suppossed to be a new Athena, or a HTL remodel?  Because it's too similar for the former and doesn't look right for the latter.

[TrashMan]

New one..

In case you haven't noticed, it's slightly different and has more missile launchers..

I'm gonna add more detail to it, but terran designes are blocky, so don't expect vasudan smoothnes...

[aldo_14]

I'd strongly suggest giving it the same bird-of-prey wing shape as the original, it's hella useful for the impression of agility & speed....

[TrashMan]

Eh?It's wings are modified after the original. They are allmost indentical...

[TopAce]

I like that model. It is a typical 'low-poly, but nice!'.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by TrashMan
Eh?It's wings are modified after the original. They are allmost indentical...

OOps .  I was thinking of, er, something else.

Ok, add the sweep forward-sweep back wings, then.  It'll kick arse

[TrashMan]

I think I know what you mean..

But I want to keep the original Athena feel..
This version has more volume and more missile launchers.

did some optimization and after that added more detail..around 720 polys now, and I really don't see a need for more....