[FreeSpaceFreak]

The pink line outlines the new one...



A perspective shot:

[sigtau]

Well done. 

[Kolgena]

Sweet. A perspective view screenie. I can now say that I love the head.

(Tail spikes/tentacles make it look like a squiddy now though)

[General Battuta]

I feel like the back needs to remain solid.

[CommanderDJ]

I feel like the back needs to remain solid.

I would agree with this. The back looks a little fragile. But the head looks really good, much better than the original!

[Kolgena]

You know how the fangs on the original kind of converge towards the center of the model to form a V-shaped trench? Might be better to try and do something with that idea or it might not. (Also, I think you could think about making the fangs longer, just to make it seem like there is greater interaction between inner/outer components).

[Rodo]

I have to say this:

squid attack!!

I would say it's better if the back part is modeled as a single body and not that way.
I realize however the amount of work on the back part might have been quite big, so I'll just go along with what you decide about it.

Aside from that, the overall model looks good 

[Droid803]

Yeah, the back part probably needs to be more solid (and a bit wider too).

squid attack!!

pic related.

[Ulala]

Perspective shot looks great, keep it up.

[Angelus]

looks good, but i have to agree with others here, the back should be solid.

[Bobboau]

I think it looks pretty squitastic, de gesu

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Okay gotcha, the back will remain solid. How's this? The recesses on the rear fins will be those techy bits on the texture.

(Pink line outlines the new one again, I scaled up the head a little)

[mjn.mixael]

Oooh! That is good, do more of that! 

[General Battuta]

That's more like it!

[Angelus]

Get rid of the wavy fins at the bottom, make it rather one single arc instead of three. Other then that, looks good. Just my 2 cents.

[Kolgena]

That's more like it!

+1

+9001

[Galemp]

Much better! Much closer to the original, more potential there indeed.

Get rid of the wavy fins at the bottom, make it rather one single arc instead of three.

I agree; don't slave yourself to the texture mapping on those particular polygons, make that area a nice smooth arc.

[-Norbert-]

I think the earlier, spikier version looks more than a bit Shivan. Might be interresting if someone could make fitting textures to turn that into a Shivan version of the portal.

[Rodo]

Good, very good.... I like how this is turning, keep it up FSF!

[ssmit132]

I think the earlier, spikier version looks more than a bit Shivan. Might be interresting if someone could make fitting textures to turn that into a Shivan version of the portal.

That might be useful if anyone updates Derelict.