[Ace]

This is a basic retexture I did on the Xanthus model which is still a work in progress.

It is based off of textures on the Colossus and Hatshepsut with minor pattern and texture changes.

These textures will be tweaked further when the final version is done.

There are still some bugs on the model, namely the second nameplate.

The below image is a low-resolution .gif that suffers from some bad compression since I worked on it so quickly  

 

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[Shrike]

sweet.  

[Culloden]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
sweet.    

Indeed. Any chance of some technical info?

[Ace]

There is a VBB thread by Warlock, the ship's creator, on it's armaments.

I've tweaked the textures further, though they appear at a distance the same as these shots, the detail level is through the roof upclose.  

Also, I've based some of the smaller textures such as the fighterbay and the interior of the bay off of some base textures Dark did for me a while back that haven't been used yet.

I've tweaked those quite a bit to give a feel that is somewhere between the GTD Hades and the Earth ships in Blackwater Ops.

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[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by Ace:
I've tweaked those quite a bit to give a feel that is somewhere between the GTD Hades and the Earth ships in Blackwater Ops.

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[morris13]

That looks VERY nice.

[Setekh]

Hey, that's looking nice. Give us a bigger render so we can see that 'detail'.  

 

Originally posted by Ace:
The below image is a low-resolution .gif that suffers from some bad compression since I worked on it so quickly  

Say it with me! J! P! G!

[Ypoknons]

Very nice.

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[Ace]

Hey, that's looking nice. Give us a bigger render so we can see that 'detail'.

Well these images were before I tweaked the textures   Also the version I currently have sent to Warlock is "unoptimized," I'm waiting for the final tweaks on the model before wanting to finalize the textures for some real renders.  

When that time comes, then I'll do up some high-res style shots.

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[Admiral]

That's an impressively designed ship.  HOw big is it compared to others?

[Fury]

Nice design  

[Jabu]

Mr.Fury, you may recognise the basic design. It's based on the Tempest, the fan-fic B5 ship  

[Warlock]

 

Originally posted by Ace:
Hey, that's looking nice. Give us a bigger render so we can see that 'detail'.

Well these images were before I tweaked the textures   Also the version I currently have sent to Warlock is "unoptimized," I'm waiting for the final tweaks on the model before wanting to finalize the textures for some real renders.  

When that time comes, then I'll do up some high-res style shots.

Can you send me the tweaked textures you've got so far? The ones you sent me really just make her look like a Big C knock off  

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[Fury]

 

Originally posted by Jabu:
Mr.Fury, you may recognise the basic design. It's based on the Tempest, the fan-fic B5 ship    

Is it? I didn't recognised it. It does not look much of Tempest. Better picture would be nice though.  

Edit: Oh yes, there is more than one topic for this ship    

[This message has been edited by Mr. Fury (edited 05-06-2001).]

[Warlock]

 

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[Fury]

There is something same looking but not too much. Well done.  

[Warlock]

I only used the mainhull object set from the polaris design. Had to rip of the subobjects out in order to make her even close to FS2 useable and still run a polyreduction on it  

Funny,..at first I had  nice 844 poly model...but it had >20 verts per poly and Cob2fs2 does NOT like that  lol

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[Ace]

The Xanthus' texture files are at: http://www.adamantpacified.org/files/xan_newtext.zip

There is a .gif image included which is what I intend to use for the final texture, however the model needs further tweaking as I keep on mentioning.

More tiling of textures, less stretching, and the nameplate's being fixed.

Convert the .gif into a .pcx and play with the texture sizes until all over the hull are crisp, even, detailed versions of that texture.

At that point, send the new model to me, and I can tweak them further.



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[Setekh]

What's with your obsession with GIFs?    

[Warlock]

Ok I finally got time to check out the newer ones,...looking MUCH better  

The only thing i'd see that I'd change would be the all black areas oer the center and the  side extensions I'd add light effects to them.


Oh and the disignation is GTCr,...not GTCa  


As far the Model's tweaks,..I'm putting the multipart turrets on hold for right now,..the one nameplate flaw is a quick fix,..I slipped and painted the entire poly on the plate instead of just the faces where the name should appear.

Has for the other part you were mentioning,..I'm assuming you meant the area with the same basic texture of them just needing a higher tile setting?

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