[An4ximandros]

:dead:

[esarai]

That's a sexy cruiser right there.

[MatthTheGeek]

Nexus has some cool designs. Looking good so far.

[An4ximandros]

Links Capella'd.

[headdie]

NoahCruTribute looks awesome
Patrol looks strange with the long cannons, they kind of look vulnerable but otherwise looking good

[An4ximandros]

Nuked the carrier and started (almost) over with it. Deadus Linkus

 I have also picked a name for it: Iakhsari, a Georgian mythology hero.

[An4ximandros]

Both Links, Five Ships, All dead.

[BengalTiger]

Any story/descriptions to go with these?

[An4ximandros]

 

The Iakhsari was the brainchild of Miervaldis Abaroa.
 After the massive loss of life at Capella, it became clear to the GTVA that significant restructuring of their fleet structure was necessary.
 By the request of Admiral Heiko Musil Thiha, who launched the "Maximum Mobility Initiative", a restructuring of the Galactic Terran Vasudan Space Defense Fleet in order to maximize the salvage capacity of military resources from overwhelming Shivan assaults, the Iakhsari was designed to fulfill the role of both a carrier and an auxiliary logistics craft in his new battlegroup deployments.
 The ship is expected to enter it's testing phase by 2374, successful results are expected to increase the Security Council's resource allocation for 'unorthodox' fleet projects and new strategic responses to Shivan invasions.

First time doing this. How good is it?

[BengalTiger]

Now you have a story element for the tech descriptions on all the other ships (all being elements of the "MMI", post Capella environment, and an open door for commando style ships to complement these here). They'll come as a group working together in shape, function and lore.

[An4ximandros]

Updated my UEF wannabe ship and picked a name for it. I present to you the Fg Gandiva. EDIT: The link is gone, six.

[AndrewofDoom]

I've been looking for a replacement for the Hyperion in Dimensional Eclipse. This may do the job...if you can finish it. I'll gladly texture it for you if you need that.

[An4ximandros]

Depends, I suck at UVW's. Know anyone that can help me with that? I'll do it myself eventually, but outside help would speed things up.

[AndrewofDoom]

Well if no one is willing to do it, I'll do it myself if need be. But, I think it would be best for you to learn to UV map.

[An4ximandros]

*Nuked*

[An4ximandros]

 Sorry for the double post, but can anyone tell me what's the recommended poly count for turrets? Of all types? (Beam, Multi-part, etc.)

[headdie]

afaik there is none, its mostly watch the poly count on the whole ship.

[Nyctaeus]

...but don't waste 10k polys on single small turret. Like UEA Oculus with it's 22k polys. Only 9,3k are from the main model, rest are from two tilemapped multiparts, almost unoticable ingame, but this is still a lot of polys.

[esarai]

Yeah, the level of detail on the turrets is mostly dependent on how large the ship is and how large the gun is.  Really the only worthwhile judgment is 'whatever it takes to get the look you want without adding details that won't be noticeable in-game.'

[An4ximandros]

 I updated the Noah Cruiser; turned it into a Corvette for Freespace. I also decided that the mesh is pretty much final unless I get some feedback on ways to improve it majorly. All future detail to be added will go to the texture maps.

 I modeled it some turrets I drew a long time ago and had no use for. I will probably use them on the destroyer (Cruiser) as well.

 Armaments will be: 4 Dual Missile Launchers, 4 "Energy" Flak (I will eventually code), 4 Cannons (I will eventually code) & 2 AAAs