[Thorn]

Well, it did it again, although this time it was at least semi-finished.
   
I had planned on radiositizing it.. ah well...
Only post-processing was the explosion from the Sajuk Cor's beam...
I had planned on adding a light there too, so it loooked like the blast was giving off light...

[Setekh]

Nice... real nice.   Some really cool effects could be done if you darkened your ambient lighting and made the lighting from your beams more dramatic, emphasising their power - and the adding of that aforementioned light source at the hit point would be mondo cool.  

[Sandwich]

Man, I've played freespace so much that I've forgotten what Homeworld beams are like.   Good job!  

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[Shrike]

Neeeeeds shadows!

[Stryke 9]

I've always considered HomeWorld ships to be utterly lacking in any kind of aesthetic sense, and each HW render I see seems to confirm that. Not a reflection on the render, just a musing on the incredible ugliness of the things... Hecates look good by comparison!

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[vadar_1]

thats awsome, but i didn't think that the HC had such a large firing arc on its ion beams, i thought it was like maybe 120 degrees forward or something

[Thorn]

 

Originally posted by vadar_1:
thats awsome, but i didn't think that the HC had such a large firing arc on its ion beams, i thought it was like maybe 120 degrees forward or something

It can fire totally broadside, and then some.

[Carl]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
Neeeeeds shadows!

and shaders!

[Ace]

I have always liked the fact that Homeworld ships are much more functional then the ones in the FS games. A single turret can cover most of the ship, while on your average FS ship it takes 4 of them to cover the same area.

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[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Stryke 9:
I've always considered HomeWorld ships to be utterly lacking in any kind of aesthetic sense, and each HW render I see seems to confirm that. Not a reflection on the render, just a musing on the incredible ugliness of the things... Hecates look good by comparison!

Those ar my favourite designs, usually. functionnal and has a realistic look to them

[wEvil]

i love the loook of those ships.

Take a search for Chris Foss...thats what most of those designs are based around.

They have this sortof timeless quality about them...i really like it.

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[mikhael]

 

Originally posted by wEvil:
i love the loook of those ships.

Take a search for Chris Foss...thats what most of those designs are based around.

They have this sortof timeless quality about them...i really like it.

Indeed. Some of Foss's work seems to have inspired Freespace designs--specifically his Dune work. The man's work is gorgeous, and should be required viewing for anyone looking to design spaceships for space games.  

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[Nico]

never seen that  

[USS Alexander]

The Taidani cruiser realy attracts me, don't now what it is, it looks kinda dangerous.

Nice looking render T

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[Starwing]

 

Originally posted by USS Alexander:
The Taidani cruiser realy attracts me, don't now what it is, it looks kinda dangerous.

It look very massive, as if it could simply overrun everything. I think that's what makes it such a great ship.

[Stryke 9]

Yep, that gray 'n' orange!

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[Thorn]

 

Originally posted by Stryke 9:
Yep, that gray 'n' orange!

Ingame that would be whatever color you wanted it.
Grey is just the base color, I was too lazy to change it....

[Ryx]

 

Originally posted by USS Alexander:
The Taidani cruiser realy attracts me, don't now what it is, it looks kinda dangerous.

Nice looking render T

[This message has been edited by USS Alexander (edited 01-12-2002).]

I feel the same way about the Dreadnought in Cataclysm. And i like the render too.

[Thorn]

 

Originally posted by USS Alexander:
The Taidani cruiser realy attracts me, don't now what it is, it looks kinda dangerous.

Kushan...

[DragonClaw]

 

Originally posted by Thorn:
Kushan...

He mant he didn't know what it is about the ship that attracts him, not what race it is.

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