[Stryke 9]

Yep.




Unnamed Mini-Transport
Length: 40m
Weight: 1.5 tons
Crew: 1
Maximum Payload: 8 tons (Special design cargo pod-60x60x60 std.)

A light, all-purpose transport, the stellar equivalent of a semitrailer or moving van. It also serves as a towship in many shipyards. Features 1 30* rotating dual plasma turret, low-radar-profile plating.


I get bored. when is FF coming out?

[an0n]

Mmmmmmm. Strange.

[Stryke 9]

An imaginary fiver to the person who guesses what object this was inspired by.

[an0n]

Must......not......make.....lude.....comment......


Errrr......Lightsabre? A Pistol?

[Thorn]

Hmmm... if you flip it over, it could be the cyclic control off a helicopter... or the control stick off a fighter....
the black part anyway...

[Stryke 9]

Not close. The scaling's a bit off, but it's a whole object, and it looks more or less exactly like this (take away the gun turret, chair, and a few of the hollow cylinders, it's the same).

Oh, and I think the completion of this model proves conclusively that 3DS MAX is godly. Woulda taken me 2 days, maybe, do this in Ray Dream or LW.

[Nico]

a desk light?

[an0n]

I think I know what it is but I can't remember what it's called or what it does. I think I might even own one.

[Thorn]

Originally posted by an0n
I think I know what it is but I can't remember what it's called or what it does. I think I might even own one.

Yeah.. I have that feeling too...
This is gonna piss me off...

[Shrike]

Use more polygons.... makes for a better model.  And use more lighting.

[Stryke 9]

That's got 4 omni lights with the lighting cranked up high in positions where they light up practically everything. It's a black, black ship.

And I dunno about polygons... I left the poly count at the point where the nonprims were still editable, instead of just being an indecipherable mass. On this res, that's pretty good.

[Corhellion]

My guess would be...a bicycle pedal, well, one at least

But it also looks like bike handels

but...meh, looks nice man!





3 thumbs up

lol

Cya

Corhellion

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
That's got 4 omni lights with the lighting cranked up high in positions where they light up practically everything. It's a black, black ship.

And I dunno about polygons... I left the poly count at the point where the nonprims were still editable, instead of just being an indecipherable mass. On this res, that's pretty good.

So use better textures then.  And specular + bump maps.

As for the polycount, what is it?  The control bubble doesn't have smooth edges, which was my main complaint.

[Stryke 9]

Ah- the bubble. THAT's low-poly- most of the rest isn't made of primitives, so it's pretty steep. I'll sort out the poly count in a minute, MAX is indisposed at the moment...

Better texture maps: Perhaps...
Bump maps: Got 'em.
Specular maps: Defeat the purpose. Except in the 2 cases I used them.

[Corsair]

Originally posted by venom2506
a desk light?

Huh. I was gonna say swively flashlight but close enough.

[Stryke 9]

Well, it has... SOMETHING to do with light, I suppose...

[an0n]

A car lamp thingy?

[Stryke 9]

Tell ya what. I'll tell you when you've got it.

[mikhael]

It looks like you've taken a fishing rod and played with the proportions.

[Stryke 9]

OK, this is getting dull fast. So here's another. Inspired by nothing, except perhaps the Herc II:



"Bumblebee" Fuel Harvester
Length: 28m
Weight: 3 tons
Crew: 1

A small vessel, fitted to harvest the "free" hydrogen found in space and store it for conversion to fuel. Since capital ship engines are a proficient source of low-grade hydrogen, often several of these fighter-sized ships tailing a cruiser during peacetime.