[An4ximandros]

 I though the exact same thing about the stealth craft in WIH A3

[BlasterNT]

I though the exact same thing about the stealth craft in WIH A3

:-/  That aesthetic is kinda what I'm going after, (rather than the HEY I'M A STEALTH FIGHTER SO I'M REALLY SHINY AND I GLOW TOO). 

All the sliding panels are neat. I think the problem with this design is in the fundamental reality vs interesting issue. Sure, a nearly angleless/greebleless design is probably more realistically going to be stealthy. However, it's pretty boring. Even with all the opening panels, it's just a boring looking mesh from the outside. I think it would benefit you to try and find a middle ground between it looking like it has the desired functionality and it having real character. Does that make sense?

Yeah.. I see your point.  Do you have any specific suggestions?  I appear to be hitting a mental brick wall here... 

I am, however, planning on working on these next, so hopefully they'll contain a bit more "character". 

[esarai]

Oh god that FNA-2 model looks cool.  Do eet.

[An4ximandros]

[BlasterNT]

Oh that's not all...




Right then, back to work.

[Crybertrance]

Dat Capship

Btw, are all those your drawings? They are really cool!

[pecenipicek]

Is there any chance we could get a topdown drawing of that one?

[Phantom Hoover]

I though the exact same thing about the stealth craft in WIH A3

:-/  That aesthetic is kinda what I'm going after, (rather than the HEY I'M A STEALTH FIGHTER SO I'M REALLY SHINY AND I GLOW TOO). 

Right, but the Ainsarii has 3 clearly defined components to it: the fuselage, the wings and the tailfins, which break up the contours and make it more interesting to look at. The closest thing your design has to that is the slight bend inwards on the forward edges. To be clear: this isn't about greebles or glowmaps or any other surface detail, it's about the hull's main mesh being fairly bland.

[BlasterNT]

Is there any chance we could get a topdown drawing of that one?

Sure, I'll work on one this weekend. 

[pecenipicek]

Is there any chance we could get a topdown drawing of that one?

Sure, I'll work on one this weekend. 

cheers

[BlasterNT]

In the meantime,

[MatthTheGeek]

Somehow I get strong Esarai vibes from this general direction.

Which is a good thing.

[BlasterNT]

Wheee. 




Still working on those top-downs. 

Those rearward facing block thingies on the bottom are flare(s IN SPACE!)/chaff launchers.  The panel that opens in the center is the support bay. 

[An4ximandros]

[Scooby_Doo]

Holy cow   
You really put my script through a workout!  More impressive you got translation to work too! 

[BlasterNT]

Right now the translation is still faked with rotating about a really distant centerpoint.  But some day...

[Herra Tohtori]

Weren't there some issues with the external camera going really far away when the centre of rotating subobjects is really far away?

[General Battuta]

Weren't there some issues with the external camera going really far away when the centre of rotating subobjects is really far away?

Yes.

[Hades]

I would def like to see a cleaner version of this with top/down as well, if possible.

About the stealth bomber, I think you could possibly extend the upper part of the neck upwards to make a hump that goes the entire distance of the ship, allows for a slightly different cockpit design too (one that doesn't betray the scale of a 70 meter long bomber and one that wouldn't be functionally disastrous (all cockpits would be, realistically, but I guess there are degrees of disastrous )

[Trivial Psychic]

I believe that the alternate method for submodel translation involves using a pair of rods underneath with an elbow joint.