[TrashMan]

Just uploaded the thing at Haades Combine.

The thing I'm most curios about is the glowmap (I have hte cockpite glowing red and parts of hte ship blue) - I'm not satisfied with it.
the main map turned out a lot better then my last one:D (I followed your advices on this one Aldo, by adding same signes and lines with rustly like stripes to make it loo ka tad worn oout..and hte dock hatach and stuff like that)

So try it and be brutal on teh maps...

[StratComm]

Don't see it.  Not that HC has the easiest navigation system in the world (terran fighters is what, 6 categories deep?) but I don't see it even in less obvious places.  Got screens?

[TrashMan]

Hmm.The Admins havn't approved it yet.
Keep your shirt on.

And no, don't have any screens yet, but I will make one.

[TrashMan]

Allrighty - this is a simple render (no glowmaps on this one)

[Nuclear1]

Nuclear approves of this ship.

[StratComm]

Interesting.  The number of Phoenix logos is a bit much, and the textures look a little fuzzy, but the overall texturing style is pretty good.  However, I hope you don't stop where you are because there's still work to be done on the model.  The UV maps REALLY need tweaking in a lot of places.

[mikhael]

I guess Trashman does not approve of my rework of this for the 158th.

[Hudson]

http://www.hwshots.hwaccess.net/v/User+Albums/karmafarmer/6_1_images/ss00005.jpg.html

OMG SEPERATED AT BIRTH!
 =p I like the design!

[BlackDove]

Textures are fugly and it's too cube-y.

Then again, any further improvement and you end up with a BSG fighter.

Very nice concept though.

[TrashMan]

Originally posted by mikhael
I guess Trashman does not approve of my rework of this for the 158th.

I though that was abandoned... At least that's what I've been told..
No matter.. whatever you did with it I'm sure it's good..

[TrashMan]

Originally posted by StratComm
Interesting.  The number of Phoenix logos is a bit much, and the textures look a little fuzzy, but the overall texturing style is pretty good.  However, I hope you don't stop where you are because there's still work to be done on the model.  The UV maps REALLY need tweaking in a lot of places.

Especially around the cockpit... In 90% of all cases textures actually start hiding the detail!

As I said - I'm not satisfied with it, but it's not bad for a 2 hour texture work.

I'll probably re-do the whole texture and do maping fixes - hell, I have lot's of time to do that, this baby is meant for Chapter 3 anyway. I worked on it a bit now only becouse I wanted to take a break from FREDing.. and to see how the glowmap looks

ICK! that reminds me - the asteroid miner and the Demon!:eek:
I better get back to work on them...

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by TrashMan
(I followed your advices on this one Aldo, by adding same signes and lines with rustly like stripes to make it loo ka tad worn oout..and hte dock hatach and stuff like that)
.

If it helps (and you have Photoshop), this might be useful; http://www.sectorgame.com/aldo/aw/spacesuit_files.zip

Lower res than my usual, though.

[Col. Fishguts]

Detail level on the nose&cockpit is not on-par with the rest of the ship.
I like the engine layout and the fins a lot. But the nose is just too blocky, makes it look like some "Wing Commander"-low-poly-horror.

[TrashMan]

It is deliberatly so.

Why does everyone thing everything has to be smooth anyway?

b.t.w. - what wrong with the cockpit?
or do you think it should have curved glass?

[TrashMan]

Originally posted by aldo_14


If it helps (and you have Photoshop), this might be useful; http://www.sectorgame.com/aldo/aw/spacesuit_files.zip

Lower res than my usual, though.

Thaks Aldo. I have both Max and Photoshop. Those textures must have taken days to make...

b.t.w. - I was thinking that later (after Chapter 1 is finished. Shouldn't take long) I might give it a REAL overhaul - with see-trough cockpit and everything.

Hm.. I have to learn how to make a cockpit like that first..allso see if anyone has those internal cockpit and pilot textures..

B.t.w. - think I should make the cockpit rounder and smoother?

[mikhael]

Originally posted by TrashMan


I though that was abandoned... At least that's what I've been told..
No matter.. whatever you did with it I'm sure it's good..

Actually, I'm not sure if it was or not. I can't seem to find it now.

[Spicious]

Originally posted by mikhael
Actually, I'm not sure if it was or not. I can't seem to find it now.

Is it the Lethe you're talking about?

[mikhael]

No. The Lethe was developed from a very embarassing model Narol made. I do admit there is a resemblance though.

[Black Wolf]

Originally posted by TrashMan



Especially around the cockpit... In 90% of all cases textures actually start hiding the detail!

Only bad texs. The point of texs is to accentuate the detail that is there. If you're not doing that in two hours, maybe you should spend more time on the texs?

[Col. Fishguts]

Originally posted by TrashMan
It is deliberatly so.

Why does everyone thing everything has to be smooth anyway?

b.t.w. - what wrong with the cockpit?
or do you think it should have curved glass?

Not necessarily smooth, just more detail to break up the huge flat surfaces. It looks to much box-like, same goes for the cockpit.