Author Topic: Return of the big ole bastard... (Read 5240 times)

pecenipicek · **on:** August 03, 2006, 09:49:11 pm

Well, i've been revamping the model of TerrAlly's Firefly-class drone destroyer, for the.. umpteenth time now, and, well, here's the newest revamp, i still need to do some greebling, merge the X-positioned wings with the main body and smooth it all properly, all in all, this is a major clean-up of the said model and i'm planning on completely redoing the material to give it more of a.. rough-ish feel. also, before you ask, i am the king of shiny and spiky ships

(ignore the beam... i was too lazy to turn it off

)
Heavy WIP.
[edit] i forgot to add the pic...

here it is.

its 5AM and i havent slept all night, gimme a break.

Mefustae · **Reply #1 on:** August 03, 2006, 11:47:28 pm

Nice, but is it just me, or is it slightly reminiscent of Nuke's Phoenix-class fighter?

pecenipicek · **Reply #2 on:** August 04, 2006, 03:08:47 am

i think it might predate it, i'm working on and off on this model for the past two years. either way, i actually dont know what you're talking about

Mefustae · **Reply #3 on:** August 04, 2006, 03:15:36 am

Just from the angle and the carapace-like hull stretching around it what looks like a circle [from this angle] just looks a bit like Nuke's Phoenix, which had a design of a carapace-like circle stretching from the engines to the cockpit.

pecenipicek · **Reply #4 on:** August 04, 2006, 03:22:09 am

got any pics? i dont know actually about ship of his you're talking bout... sadly...

Mefustae · **Reply #5 on:** August 04, 2006, 10:38:25 am

There we go. Like I said, just a subtle nuance, nothing to derail the thread about... Oops, too late. :nervous;

pecenipicek · **Reply #6 on:** August 04, 2006, 05:06:37 pm

oh, that one

interesting. looks funky

yeah, got any other comments, critiques or praises about this bastard of mine?

Dark Hunter · **Reply #7 on:** August 04, 2006, 10:11:29 pm

I say it looks very cool.

Love the angles of it. Too many spaceships have streamlined hulls (I wonder why.... no friction in space).

pecenipicek · **Reply #8 on:** August 05, 2006, 04:18:35 pm

heh

thanks

people often remarked i did either too shiny or too spikey ships, so i was a little bit worried about this

Dark Hunter · **Reply #9 on:** August 05, 2006, 06:25:41 pm

They can look at the Rakshasa, Sathanas, and CommNode and say there is such a thing as "too spiky"...

pecenipicek · **Reply #10 on:** August 05, 2006, 07:10:22 pm

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/pecenipicek/firefly-effects.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/pecenipicek/firefly-effects2.jpg

second iteration
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/pecenipicek/fireflyeffects4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/pecenipicek/fireflyeffects3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/pecenipicek/fireflyeffects5.jpg

third... not sure what is different

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/pecenipicek/fireflyeffects8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/pecenipicek/fireflyeffects7.jpg

and some last iterations before switching to the silver-ish noise-ridden material.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/17767083/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/18639603/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/17918416/

first silver-ish iteration
http://www.deviantart.com/view/21473495/

last scenes done with the said model.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/23502520/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/23252928/

well, this has been a trip down the memory lane for me

this model was started some year and a half-2 ago. its my most beloved piece. whee

Dark Hunter · **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2006, 01:25:14 am

I think that second model (The "Ion Frigate") looks quite good. The first one looks like kitchenware from hell.

The destroyer is also good. Kinda like a scaled down Hades, at least that's what it reminded me of.

pecenipicek · **Reply #12 on:** August 06, 2006, 08:42:39 am

which iteration exactly?

the one with arseloads of guns or the one with arseloads of lasers which resemble lightsabers?

pecenipicek · **Reply #13 on:** August 16, 2006, 02:16:04 pm

'nother one.

stuff done, merged the aft wings with the main model and vastly improved how the wings connected and thoroughly enjoying the new look.

Pyro MX · **Reply #14 on:** August 16, 2006, 02:18:25 pm

I love those wings

Nice work!

pecenipicek · **Reply #15 on:** August 16, 2006, 02:24:00 pm

thanks

any critiques?

pecenipicek · **Reply #16 on:** August 17, 2006, 09:46:04 pm

why does nobody else comment? is it that bad?

Dark Hunter · **Reply #17 on:** August 17, 2006, 10:36:58 pm

Nah, it looks brilliant. Would dearly love to get my hands on that thing, write up some table data, and try it out.

How close is it to release-level completion anyway?

pecenipicek · **Reply #18 on:** August 18, 2006, 08:17:51 am

quite frankly, its release ready right now, all i need is render the textures and try to incorporate a 260k poly 16 KM behemoth in FS2

(260k polys with hypernurbs on 2. the control mesh is some 18k i think, and it looks good without nurbs too, however, if its gonna go into fs2, its gonna be helluva lot more optimised.)

Dark Hunter · **Reply #19 on:** August 18, 2006, 09:08:14 am

16 klicks? Didn't know it was that big.

Well, it is not as large as Inferno's Gigas, so don't worry about FS2 not handling a ship that size.

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