[ssmit132]

I think he means the part at the very front should look like it has teeth.

[Enioch]

Voila. Those are Max renders, with the 4096^2 TGA texture (Normal & Diffuse). I'd post in-game views, only the AA is crappy and my X1950 is spitting the normal maps back into my eye.


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[Vasudan Admiral]

Ok, the texture definitely needs a fair bit more wear and tear, and the gas cannisters definitely need to be modeled in, but aside from those minor things:

WOW!

Excellent work - especially on the texture greebles.

[Raven2001]

Well, modelling wise, I'd say the theeth and the tanks are a must.

Still haven't seen a shaded wireframe shot, or the engine view so won't comment on those

As for the textures, the tubes don't appear to be textured. And like VA said, it needs more wear and tear

[Enioch]

@VA: Thanks! 

@Raven: Teeth are out. I know that for sure. Sorry, but at this point they're too much for me. But I agree that the tanks are a must and I'll do a submodel ASAP. And yes, most pipes are yet untextured.

Following: Shaded but non-textured 3/4 view, Shaded but non-textured rear view and Wireframe shot. I'm not posting a  textured shot of the engines because the aft texturing is still very WIP (I haven't touched it yet ) I kept only the two big thrusters; the smaller ones will be normal mapped, along with the very many textured greebles I'm planning to squeeze into that engine recess.

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[Hellstryker]

Aren't the fins on the back wider? Also, this is  :v:s fault, but I just realized, what a ridiculous design for a spaceship... what with the 50 or so exposed fuel tanks and all...

[Narvi]

Aren't the fins on the back wider? Also, this is  :v:s fault, but I just realized, what a ridiculous design for a spaceship... what with the 50 or so exposed fuel tanks and all...

It's a gas-miner. It's not supposed to be shot at.

[Enioch]

And no, the fins' width is right. Their angle is a bit off, but not very much so.

Working on the gastank submodel now

[Snail]

Working on the gastank submodel now

w00t!

[Commander Zane]

Aren't the fins on the back wider? Also, this is  :v:s fault, but I just realized, what a ridiculous design for a spaceship... what with the 50 or so exposed fuel tanks and all...

In appearance it would make a nice looking light cruiser.

[Enioch]

You know, I actually think it would.

BTW, has anyone ever tried to use the Zephy as a kamikaze cruiser? You know, fill it up to the brim with deuterium, have it jump in very close to a destroyer and ram it...

(Cruiser or so mass)+(deuterium)+(jump in speed)=big BA-DA-BOOOM!+

[Snail]

You know, I actually think it would.

BTW, has anyone ever tried to use the Zephy as a kamikaze cruiser? You know, fill it up to the brim with deuterium, have it jump in very close to a destroyer and ram it...

(Cruiser or so mass)+(deuterium)+(jump in speed)=big BA-DA-BOOOM!+

That's a very good idea actually.

[Narvi]

Why deuterium? Hydrogen isn't going to produce a big bang by Freespace's gigaton standards.

[Snail]

Why deuterium? Hydrogen isn't going to produce a big bang by Freespace's gigaton standards.

Well canonically the amount of deuterium on the Zephyrus does create quite a sizable bang.

[Enioch]

Right!

Had to model each tank by hand ( ), to make sure there are no holes in the mesh after a boolean operation. It turned my nerves to tatters, but here's the final result (Max rendered, with no textures for the tanks -yet!) for the bow tanks. I'll fix another sub-object for the aft tanks (where the dockpoint is), but , right now, you'll excuse me while I go put a cold wet towel over my eyes...

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[Snail]

I admire your dedication. The results are brilliant.



But why aren't you doing the teeth again?

[Raven2001]

I dont understand why you had to model each tank by hand... You could've just model one of them, UV it and then clone away

[Enioch]

I dont understand why you had to model each tank by hand... You could've just model one of them, UV it and then clone away

For a multitude of reasons:
a) I like every sub-object (in this case, the tanks) to be one single poly/element. If that mesh is unified and simple (there is a proper word for this...manifold? I think), it eliminates all kind of collision errors. The alternative would be to make each tank a sub-object, but that would be ridiculous-we're talking 70+ tanks here...
b) There will be different strips of metal, girders and so on overlaying the tanks (textured). If I used a single UV template for all the tanks, they'd come out exactly the same. Do not want.
c)Final 'tank' subobject: see below. That's a single mesh and element.

I admire your dedication. The results are brilliant.

But why aren't you doing the teeth again?

Thank you. Again, for a multitude of reasons, the main ones being that a) if I did, I'd have to re-UV the bow and change the normal maps ( ) and b)I kind o' like it this way...

I know it's not strictly conforming to 's Zeph, but please allow the artist some artistic license...

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[Hellstryker]

I think I speak for all of HLP when I say "Holy crap, you poor soul"

[Enioch]

If that was sympathy, it is much appreciated. If, however, you think I'm mistaken in anything, please point it out.