[Unknown Target]

Heh

So...I'm trying to UV Map this thing, but I've run into some stumbles. First of all, I select the faces that I want to map, then planar map them to their respective axises....except...how do I view the entire UV map so I can arrange things? And is there any way to select the UV map segments by what group in the model they are? I'm using 3DS Max.

[jr2]

BTW, about the missile bays - this is an older version, but an idea of how the torpedoes will be attached:

Oh, *whew*

[TopAce]

Good stuff. The nose has become far better than in the first pic. Keep it up!

[Unknown Target]

A small cruiser/patrol boat, same universe (WIP, obviously):

[StarSlayer]

A couple of those tubes could be shortened and tweaked to look like the dumbfire rocket pods on Attack Helicopters.  The ones on the wing tips might look good as those and add a little ordinace variety.  Mean looking bird in any case.

[Unknown Target]

The tubes are actually ordinance positions (specifically the torpedoes)...so yea, it can be really anything (dumbfire rocket pods, etc).

As for the big ship, some updates:

[StarSlayer]

Those turrets look a little more ship to ship then anti-strike craft.  When doing AAA its good to keep rate of fire and range of motion in mind.  It needs to "look" like it could spin around and fling rounds at absurd rates.  Those look like they would sedately lay on a target and blast away.  The VLS tubes could use a little work.  Smaller more tightly packed tubes might look a little more dangerous.  It would leave open the option for reloading plus bad ass silo doors.  Well that's MHO at least.

[jr2]

Looky at this:

... When I get home from work, I'll try to see if I can post a link to a Military.com video of the Phalanx ship defense gun firing off... now that's a decent rate of fire!

Here ya go:
phalanx.flv
-Remember, don't use Download accelerators with FileFront (or tell the accelerator to only download using one connection).
-If your media player can't play this file, use VLC Media Player.  (You may have to associate .flv files with VLC.)

-for inspiration

[Unknown Target]

In leui of redoing the turrets, as suggested by the Relic boards (which I'm too lazy to do atm , but will do later), I've begun texturing with Sketchup. It's very possible and not too hard (actually sometimes a LOT easier than regular UV mapping methods). If anyone wants I can write up a tutorial.

Obviously still a WIP:


With some 30 second weathering/darkening:



I took that texture from this model:


What I did was draw all the panel lines on the model in SU, export as a 2D image, then stick all the views into a texture map.
EDIT: The reason it looks so different is because in this shot, the outlines were enabled - the texture is taken when they're disabled.

[Unknown Target]

More progress - done completely in PS CS3 and Sketchup, no exterior UV mapping programs used:

(A lot of wasted space, I know).

[Sarafan]

Cool ship, are you planing to get that ingame?

[Unknown Target]

Click for bigger. Ignore the mess with the canopy, I haven't put in it's own texture map yet - I'm just putting it in the game for fun atm


And more progress:

[StarSlayer]

Could use some WW2 esq Nose Art.  Some pin up girl straddling a bomb or something.    That and some kill marks under the cockpit

[Centrixo]

looks like something out of HW2. that Flak frigate and ion frigate in one.

[Fozzy]

it looks like some bad ass cylon kliking machiene from battlestar galactica (i realy need to improve my spelling)

[StarSlayer]

To be perfectly honest, and UT would probably agree, that ship doesn't really meet the design philosophies of Battlestar Galactica at all.  It and his bomber with the Lewis Gun are great ships, but they would be out of place next to Vipers

[NGTM-1R]

There is some "family resemblence" IMO, but if that's a Colonial ship then it's for a very different mission and is probably of an older vintage than even the Mark II.

[jr2]

How about having it be a merc ship?  Like Han Solo's Millennium Falcon, except a gun ship.

[Unknown Target]

It's not supposed to be a Colonial ship, dunno how it looks like one other than the "big, heavy, and dirty" look

[jr2]

...other than the "big, heavy, and dirty" look

...Describes a merc ship to a T, doesn't it?