[Prophet]

Yeah, the engine array was just horrible.

But the Liandra (sp?) was cool, just like Dreadnought corvette.

[Fury]

Yeah, we gotta make that chick a destroyable subsystem.

[Prophet]

That hot redhead was one of the very few good things in that movie....

[the_leander]

Originally posted by Prophet
Naah... The Victory is a cool looking ship, I agree with that.
But not very practical design for a warship... It should be a windowless box, like the Valen.

Don't know about the Valen - never seen it, but Victory is perfectly practical for what it is, its not a starship per see, but rather a mobile artilery piece - its main weapons have a very narrow field of fire, so the long outriggers make sense - it has to be able to turn to face its target quickly.

I know, that was geeky and totally took the original comment out of context, but it bugged me

[Slasher]

Originally posted by Prophet

That hot redhead was one of the very few good things in that movie....

Who, Xena, Ranger Princess?

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Or maybe it was, "YAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

I don't remember.  Anyone?

[IPAndrews]

Originally posted by Prophet
Victory is a cool looking ship, But not very practical design for a warship...

Victory looks like that because JMS is a Blake's 7 fan.

[-Norbert-]

If you would want fully practical ships, you would end up with a pyramid like ship, where the tip is facing forward (much like a stardestroyer).
Because such a ship can fire all it's weapons, apart from the rear ones, at one target.
But for me the Victory has one kinda big weakness. It has several beams mounted on one big tower. So you can destroy a couple of weapons with at once, leaving the Victory with it's forward- and backward-facing beams with minimal firing arc.
The EA ships with multiple turrets with each only one or two weapons need longer to be disarmed (of course not taking into account, that the victory turret can take much more punishment, due to the stronger hullmaterial).

[Pnakotus]

When you think about it, a weapon powerful enough to either blast through the 'neck' or destroy the 'head' would hole the main hull and destroy the powerplant anyway, so it isn't really making the ship any more vulnerable.

[I_E_Maverick]

so, after i "finished" all textured models i began working on DKMothership again. i had some file crash and the back got screwed up, so i had to model it again.
i did a new back now and started textures, i use one 1024x1024 map and one 256x512 for the glow parts.
the model has 6770 polys.

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Originally posted by I_E_Maverick
i use one 1024x1024 map

Double that and I'll be happy

Seriously, you should consider doing it in higher res. The Victory showed us that 1024x1024 is way too low for a ship of that size.

[IPAndrews]

Cannonfodder is right. YOu need more resolution on the Drakh Mothership. You can do that by doubling the texture resolution or the doing more repetitions.

[I_E_Maverick]

i will do some more detailed textures

anyway, had some modeling fun, well mostly fun

[Sigma957]

A tiger fury and some firstone ships,cool:D

[Azrael15]

Yay! First One ships!

[aipz]

Very nice models First Ones as well as
Tiger StarFury;7

[aipz]

Mav are you planning something extra?
It's been over 2 weeks and that silence
 

[I_E_Maverick]

sorry guys for the lack of updates, but my tests are coming closer and i have a lot to learn (higher mathematics and thermodynamics for those who are interested)

but i did something today, but that are just debris updates for all my ships so far. i hope that Trivial Psychic does the pofs some time soon so they can be brought into the game.
anyway, i will try to work some more on the drakh mothership for you guys

[I_E_Maverick]

ok, i redid the whole ship again after i got some very good ref pics from trivial psychic. the new mesh is now about 16k, but for a ship of that size that should be ok i hope. the texture is still temporary, it misses all details.

[Azrael15]

Looks much better, IMO. Still looks a bit like a seal, though.

Also, any plans for any more of the First One ships?

[Sigma957]

Lookin good there Mav.