[TrashMan]

The thing  is availabe for Download on Hades-Combine.

[Taristin]

Well, I wouldn't anyway, but your pics dont seem to be loading for me anyway, so nyah.

[Pnakotus]

I love the ventral fins.  Great work.

[Raven2001]

The pics aint loading for me either

[Snail]

Does it have < 10,000? No? Then it sucks.

Jokes aside, it's looking good except for that little part that's sticking out on the front. Did the old one have that?

It's loading for me.

[TrashMan]

ImageShack can act up sometimes. If it doesn't load try refreshing.

And yes, the original has that  little part sticking on the front.
I'm still smoothing some rougher edges and tweaking things, and I'm slowly running out of ideas what to add.

EDIT: So far, 4780 polys... trinagulated, unoptimized ( and by unoptimized I mean, the polygons on the merging surfaces of the two halfs weren't removed )

[Taristin]

Since Im going to assume its the same image as the other thread...

I dont like the changes to the typhon so far. Looks more like you made it fat, than anything else...

[Kaboodles]

Comparison shots?

[Cobra]

I like, but it still looks too much like the retail. or maybe that's just my imagination.

[S-99]

it really does look too much like the original. And i just got done beating the mission versus the anvil and omega 2 died as well.

[Pnakotus]

You know it's not finished, right?  'Too much like the original' *indeed*.

[TrashMan]

Isn't the point of hte HTL model to look like hte original, only more detialed?

But allrighty, here's a comparison shot


Note that the rendering smooths the stock typhon far more than it does mine (actually it looks wore to me ), so it looks better under a D3d or Open GL scene render.


I'll have to smooth some parts a bit more, and add more detail to the engine section, but after that...the Typhon is just one of those designs (like the Sobek) where there's really not much room for improvements. It's surface is supposed to be smooth and adding some struts or armor panels just won't work like on an Orion.

Oh, one more note - I'm gonna give the HTL Typhon 27-28 turrets (yeah, hate me).
Those who don't want the extra ones can just remove them from the ships tbl and I'm gonna use a different, more subtle model for the extra turrets (one that can pass for something else, like a sensor or comm stuff) to keep everyone happy....

[shiv]

seeexy

[S-99]

That looks better. But the object of making something hi-poly is to make a better version of the original model, keep aspects of the original but making sure it's not a completely different model. Then again vasudan ships are pretty smooth ships compared to terrans blocky industrial look. The typhon is like the smoothest destroyer seen in the game, it's got smooth contours and such, and i like how that's being taken advantage. You're probably already doing this, but toss in something else with artistic license that would really set this typhon apart from original sort of like the htl orion vs the original.

[Raven2001]

Basically what S-99 said... put some of your soul on that ship... try, experiment. Refer to the HTL Hecate\Ravana\Iceni\Cain to know what I mean.

Might take longer, granted, but in the end you will end up with far better results

From what ive seen from you, youve got the modelling skills. You are just still too "inside the box", instead of letting your creativy loose, which is a shame rly.
Consider it an advice from artist wannabe to artist wannabe

And pay no heed to "canon fanatics" either, when it comes to HTLising ships

[jr2]

Now Worship Me! 

Sorry, just trying to see if I could get the links working... They still don't work for me.

http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=typhonnew2yh5.jpg

Tried the link above, got:

The connection has timed out

The server at img201.imageshack.us is taking too long to respond.

...

[Snail]

Try making some cuttings on the back part (the end parts for the engine).

[Mars]

Put a version up without a million turrets

[TrashMan]

@S-99 and Raven - I'll try, but I won't take big risks when it comes to HTL-ing canon ships. I've smoothed it a bit more and am currently making some modifications to the engine section, as well as trying to model in some more detail in accordance with the textures.
But there's really only so much I can make without breaking the smoothness and recognizable "vasudanity" of the ship :d

By Snail
Try making some cuttings on the back part (the end parts for the engine).

You mean on the side? I was planing to do that, since I will place 2 additional slashers there

By Mars
Put a version up without a million turrets

Don't worry, the extra turrets won't stand out, they will look more like some sort of smooth sensor pods

[Taristin]

No Extra Turrets on a HiPoly model! No no no! If you want to make an additional version, fine, but not for the media VPs.