[Axem]

As seen on Game Warden!

Actually no. These are slightly newer pics. Model's nearly complete, almost ready to be UV'ed. Post your grievances now or forever hold your peace.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/charfinal1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/charfinal2.jpg

[WMCoolmon]

Awesome.

[FireCrack]

Ahhhh... delicious!

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Weird ship, but lovely model. The detailing is spot-on

[Pnakotus]

Fantastic.

[Bobboau]

hey that's all kinds of sexy there

I condone it!

[Galemp]

Wow, excellent! Very well done. The neck, sides and domes are perfect.
My only critique is that of the surfaces we see most of in the second pic; the polies on the undersides of the wings should be straightened out, and the trapezoid of the back looks... unnatural, somehow. Actually, I think it looks too much like the original shape with details modeled into it. Maybe try something kinda like this for the sloped sides, or just for the end panels with the rest sloped.
|              |
└┐          ┌┘
  |          |

Or something extra in the profile of the engine, where right now it's
  ________
/
make it
  _______
/———´

Everywhere else it's [color=D0B8BF]peachy[/color].

[pecenipicek]

ooh, me like me like. carry on


whats the polycount tho?

[Axem]

Indeed, those wings have been the bane of the entire model from day 1. I initially started off from the engine block and worked forward, but those wings made me start on the front instead. I'll see what I can do with them. If things don't go well, I'll just delete and readd them in another style.

The Poly count is just under 6000. I'm pretty sure I won't go over 6k in the end.

[WeatherOp]

Very Nice Axem.

[Woolie Wool]

Nice model, but it really emphasizes how un-FS-ish the Charybdis really is. It looked wrong in the beginning, and it's even worse now.

[Pnakotus]

What's un-FS about it?  It's angular, it's a series of boxes with a boom attached.  Apart from the radome, it's pretty standard  -even the 'wings' fit in FS2-designs.

[Setekh]

Way nice! Why doesn't its beloved Vasudan counterpart get such cushy treatment?

[StratComm]

More polys to the engines!  (Actually, do what Bob did with the Deimos, which actually lowers the polycount on the main LOD itself and makes the engines destroyable I can hook you up with a scene that shows how he did it if you aren't sure).  Otherwise, fantastic.  I love the boom.

[Axem]

Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

I had higher poly ones that looked nicer, but I was afraid that would really push up the poly count.

[Taristin]

Way nice! Why doesn't its beloved Vasudan counterpart get such cushy treatment?

I hope to try some day, though I don't know what I'd be able to do, if anything.

[FireCrack]

Good thing about this is it means no more FUBAR'ed turrets!

[Mongoose]

Wow; I completely missed this one at GW.  Amazing work!

[Axem]

Smallish update. I redid the engines, so they're smoother. They're each separate subobjects, I hope to do some stuff with the subobject LODding so I can still use lower poly ones for if you're not right next to them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/ccchary1.jpg

Anyway, I have no ideas on what to do with the wing-like things. They're too plain for my tastes right now. They need something, but I have no idea what that is. Suggestions?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/ccchary2.jpg

As soon as the wings are done, I'll map it and hand it off for texturing.

[WeatherOp]

I would say make them very jagged with sharp angled plates, kind of give it a stealth look.