[Thrilla]

Im stuck on what I need to add to it.   But I just can't put my finger on it.  

[Thrilla]

update...

[Moonsword]

Turrets?  It looks good, IMO.

[MatthewPapa]

Its a good model concept. Looks too lego-ish though. You might want to smooth out those edges somehow. Other than that its pretty good. What is it supposed to be by the way, a corvette or destroyer?

[Thrilla]

I haven't smoothed it out yet, b/c I'm trying to see the angles.  Destroyer or Corvette I haven't decided.

[Striker]

Pillar of Autumn clone? THe front end isnt freespacey. Would make a nice Iceni-sized Frigate in my opinion.

[DaBrain]

I think Sobek size would be perfect, perhaps a bit bigger.


The design is great. Add some details to the front. Perhaps a bit Omega-like (B5), but not too much.

It looks a bit boring from the top. The sides need ...'something'. Dunno, you're the modder.

[Getter Robo G]

One real comment only. If those are cap ship turrets they will be fixed unless they are moved to top bottom planes. If they are to be side mounted I suggest makeing them smaller or at least spreading them out more (in both cases) as anti-figter fixed turrets or cap ship broadside secondary guns... I think they look way too awkward as they are (though the individual barrel shapes ARE nice!!!

Looks promising, lets see where it goes from here...

[Trivial Psychic]

Originally posted by Thrilla
Im stuck on what I need to add to it.   But I just can't put my finger on it.

I'm guessing... a trigger? Seriously though, I'm seeing something more along the lines of a transport or possibly a science cruiser than a corvette or destroyer.  The whole layout is very reminiscent of the Argo, though those horizontal fins on the sides could be part of a sensor array, which leads me to the science ship idea.

[Striker]

Trivial has a good point. Remove the arrays, add a beefy little "chin" to the very front, and put it soemwhere between fenris-deimos size.

[Thrilla]

oh the things on the front aren't guns, the were where I was going to put docking bays or some antenna or something, but I wasn't for sure.

[Turnsky]

nice model, i like.

[Thrilla]

There I cut off the front...but I'm still not sure on how to make the front look.

[Jetmech Jr.]

Recess the front of the nose a wee bit, IMO. Everything else looks very nice.

[Black Wolf]

See if you can find any models/pics by Raven2001 - this looks similar to his stuff in some ways.

[c914]

new pirmary weapon model:wtf:

[Striker]

The little wing thingys in the back are a little too thin/out there. Make the front a little wider, too. THe shots from the top in the first post show that the front is about 1/3 wide as the back. Make it at least 1/2 or even 2/3, and how bout that chin?

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by c914
new pirmary weapon model:wtf:

That's what I thought, too.

Add a bunch of little details to the front; I thought you had a decent start with the bit you cut off, albeit I'd have dropped the recess myself.

What I reckon you want to do is to add a decent amount of surface detail; extruded or recessed shapes in the front, which will stop it looking like an artifically flat-stroke-plain set of faces but still allow you to keep that nice blunt appearance.  And add some more minor detailing to the sides, etc.... you should have enough of a poly-budget to add in some basic 'hull plating' details to keep the surface a bit broken up.  (long flat polygons emphasise the model is, well, just a model IMO; you can either curve the model, which isn't suitable here, or add some minor detailing or greebling work to it)

[Bishop]

Makes me say Freighter.

[Thrilla]

Thanks for the advice.  I have it saved in about 50 different stages right now, but I think the main problem is that I've been looking at the darn thing too long.  I'm going to let it sit for a few days and then look at it again with a fresh mind.  That and it will give me some time to work on something else that I have been messing with.