[brandx0]

Here we go, this is how the ISD Mk I is looking so far.  (As some of you know, I had to restart the model again)

[Titan]

 

[colecampbell666]

As always,

[Scourge of Ages]

Awesome! I think each time you restart this beast it looks better and goes faster! (That doesn't mean I want you to delay or restart again or anything

[Droid803]

Nice!

[Snail]

Will the Tector be based off this model, or made from scratch? (either way, w00t)

[Stormkeeper]

Very nice.

[brandx0]

Will the Tector be based off this model, or made from scratch? (either way, w00t)

It'll be based off the ISD II, with some added armour plating.

[brandx0]

And another WIP, now with some detail added to the bottom.



And the back:

[colecampbell666]

What's the polycount so far?

[brandx0]

Higher than it should be and not as high as it will be

In other words, the polycount is artificially high right now because I haven't optimized it, at all, it's still a rough base mesh.  It'll be higher when I add more detail, but most of it will be detail boxed.  For the mesh you see right now, which is pretty much everything that isn't detail boxed I'm expecting about 6-7k.  The rest will be in detail boxes.

[chief1983]

Those baffles seem a bit large, compared to these.  Or, is it just the perspective? 

[brandx0]

Yeah, you're right.

Fixed.

[brandx0]

As for my point about polies, I made up a render to illustrate a bit of what I'm talking about.  There's a lot of unneeded lines in there, each of which is contributing to the polycount.  As those lines get welded with existing vertices that ARE needed, the polycount will reduce.



And Triangulated to show where those extra vertices hurt:

[colecampbell666]

I understand how it works. Thanks for the answer.

[brandx0]

Oh, and now she has teeth (yes, I'm aware that the 4th turret is supposed to be different, this is a placeholder until I do that one)

[Titan]

question: why don't you just upgrade the models from IA?

[brandx0]

Because I like mine better.

Besides, my work is my work, not someone else's work that I touched up for them.  I'm an all or nothing kinda guy like that.

Also, this is why:

[colecampbell666]

That's a good reason.

[Stormkeeper]

That long thing was the old Star Destroyer ?

I like brandx0's work netter. Much better.