[Turambar]

one thing i'm going to need in the future

is there a way to make submodel LODs
currently the wings are all submodels, and i need to LOD them, since thats where most of the polygons are.

this isnt super-immediate, but i will need it to finish this model.

can anyone help me out?

[Turambar]

[Vasudan Admiral]

one thing i'm going to need in the future

is there a way to make submodel LODs
currently the wings are all submodels, and i need to LOD them, since thats where most of the polygons are.

this isnt super-immediate, but i will need it to finish this model.

can anyone help me out?

Do you mean something that will change the wing models without changing the main hull? Or just how to set up the subobjects that lower LODs use?
If the former, then you need to use detail boxes - a lower detail one set to render only when the view point is outside a given box, and the higher detail one for when the view is inside that same box.
If the latter, submodel LODs are just a matter of having the same object glued in the same way to a lower LOD. I don't really know how this would work in relation to stuff like animation code though. I'd imagine you just give it the same properties as the highest level one.

Looking great BTW.

[TopAce]

The model is progressing very nicely. I especially find the light blue cockpit a good idea.

[haloboy100]

the blue makes it look more imperial if you ask me...

the blue makes it look nice though. Keep it up! 

[Turambar]

The model is progressing very nicely. I especially find the light blue cockpit a good idea.

its not quite an idea, it just happens to be on all the ILM models and 3d models.



as for being imperial, that's just cause there's no other paint on it.  making the stripeless first, then from that I make stripes

[aRaven]

i don't like the canopy blueish   



looks much better without the blueish colour..i believe the CG models in ANH SE are that way

[chief1983]

I thought the color stood out a bit too, but when  you look at the source model he's going from, the original X-Wing model, you can tell it is a sort of blue-green shade to it.  Once he gets the dirt on it though, it'll be dulled down a little bit, and not so apparent.  Compare it to the color in this:

http://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/Xbrooklyn/Xwing3.jpg

It's very close to that shade.

[Scourge of Ages]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is that Utah?

[Cobra]

Holy ****, X-Wings are real!

[haloboy100]

yup. some nice photoshoping there 

[jr2]

Eh, he was on a trip from Area 51..

[Turambar]

[Cobra]

Is that the Red 5 paint scheme?

Also, I love the texturing and mapping, but...

I REALLY think the laser cannon ends should be thinned and shortened a little, and the textures could look a little sharper in my opinion.

Excellent work, though.

[Black Wolf]

Desatch the red a bit. Otherwise, stunning.

[chief1983]

Superb texturing.  You've once again shown you're a UV god.

[Colonol Dekker]

Have youo written a tutorial yet?
Which one did you use when you first started out in the 3D modelling game?




Kudos by the way for the quality of modelling/texturing too........


   <for no particular reason/.

[jr2]

   <for no particular reason/.

*watches the Colonel looking around*   Because it's new & shiny?

[aRaven]

Also, I love the texturing and mapping, but...

I REALLY think the laser cannon ends should be thinned and shortened a little, and the textures could look a little sharper in my opinion.

Excellent work, though.

Agreed...also the blue circle pattern of the lasers are only on 2 of the laser cannons diagonally.

The hull could be a little bit more yellowish and white, and the saturation of the blue cockpit lowered.

BTW the cockpit of the CG ANH X-Wing is more sleek and broader, and the upper part including the r2 socket is higher...on what x-wing model are you focusing on? The old model or the newer, CG version (which i like more )?

[Turambar]

i did that texture in about 7 minutes, and it was 2AM. (I was reading Rogue Squadron before i went to bed, and just kinda felt like trying it out to see what it would look like)

I havent used any tutorials, i just kinda played around till I got the hang of it

ok, ok, i'll play with the cannons some more

there shouldnt be any sharpness issues when its all done, i gave the sides of the body and the top wing surfaces extra UV space

if the cockpit is that low, how the hell is anyone supposed to see out of it?  I'll stick with the ESB model for now. seriously, it looks like the only direction he can see is straight up.