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Yeah, what the heck is that supposed to be? :doubt:

It's a good thing, of course.

 
Wow, I love those details, especially on the engines. :)
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Yeah, what the heck is that supposed to be? :doubt:

It's a good thing, of course.

You don't know what it is either, do you? :P
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Yeah, what the heck is that supposed to be? :doubt:

It's a good thing, of course.

You don't know what it is either, do you? :P

No. Looks good, though.

 

Offline -Norbert-

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While the pipes do look great, I'm not so sure they fit on the model.
Aren't the Calamari Cruisers supposed to be Luxuryliners converted to battleships?
One wouldn't show those pipes because they don't look luxurious and the other would slap armorplates over the pipes, or they'd be a vulnerbility.

 

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While the pipes do look great, I'm not so sure they fit on the model.
Aren't the Calamari Cruisers supposed to be Luxuryliners converted to battleships?
One wouldn't show those pipes because they don't look luxurious and the other would slap armorplates over the pipes, or they'd be a vulnerbility.
I'd say he's doing a pretty good job of matching it to the original model. Not vertex-for-vertex, perhaps, but the area around those side engines definitely has some pipes.

If you're concerned about why the ship looks that way in the actual film, suppose that the side engines were added-on for maneuverability in the battleship upgrade, and that extra armor was found to be impractical from a structural or heat dispersal perspective.
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Or that was an area where damaged armor was already removed and was unabled to be replaced.  It's probably already seen battle, y'know :)
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Offline -Norbert-

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That's a nice idea... any chance some of the engines could get armor, while others are exposed?
After all it is a one of a kind ship (as far as I know).

 
I guess I could scale up the floating panels a bit more. Make them cover a greater area. The scale of the pipes is a bit off, too. The actual model has smaller pipes, and I'm pretty sure most of the dark part is just hull painted dark grey with small pieces of stuff glued on. I'm hoping that the bigger pipes will be able to capture the same space, but in a more visually interesting way by exposing the interior a bit more.

Form over function, it'll look okay, but I don't think it'll make a lot of sense from a functional standpoint. If I were a Mon Calamarian engineer, I'd be building blisterless ovoid, with ridiculously thick armour and a few really powerful weapons in the front. The back would be all engines and it could just power around blasting stuff before running away. That would be really boring aesthetically, which is why Star Wars has greebles and missing armour.

 

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Since this is a model based on a physical model from the OT, I really do think it needs to match the studio model as close as possible, lest we be judged and found wanting by the fanbois.
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The fanbois have the same resources to work with as I do (ie. not much). I'm counting on pixelation to hide my deviation from canon.

 
I've finished UV Mapping the geometry that I've made so far:





Not my favorite angle, but here's the underside, viewed from the front:


 
 

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looking great :D cant wait to see the final result, now I need to go bug someone about a uv....

 
 
Here's an update on the texture:



The red will go. I'll have to figure out a better way to introduce the colour.

 

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I bet just the desaturation that you see in the films (as compared to the model photographs) will make the color changes seem much less jarring. Looking sweet!

 

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it's looking awesome :)
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I bet just the desaturation that you see in the films (as compared to the model photographs) will make the color changes seem much less jarring. Looking sweet!

You're probably right. The colours from the model photographs are all much more colourful than the stills from the movies. We'll see how it goes.

it's looking awesome :)

Thanks!

 

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nice man, looking good