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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:58 am
by Selezen
My topic...my lovely topic...
Anyway. The Asp now has three nice textures to use - thanks to Killer Wolf for those. I'll package them up after I've corrected a few things (like window placements and such) and added some nice decals and weathering.
The Thargoid chitin idea is proving problematic - it's hard to make it look half decent from all angles. I'll keep banging away at it. In the meantime I've started modelling the Fer-de-Lance and the Moray.
Zoooooom!
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:07 pm
by CaptKev
@Selezen, I haven't done all the lights but how about something like this for the thargoid.
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:08 pm
by Captain Hesperus
Selezen wrote:The Thargoid chitin idea is proving problematic - it's hard to make it look half decent from all angles. I'll keep banging away at it. In the meantime I've started modelling the Fer-de-Lance and the Moray.
What about overlapping layers of shell-like material i.e.
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down the flat surfaces and smooth the edges for a more 'organic' appearance.
Captain Hesperus
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:23 pm
by Selezen
Here's what Kev's texture looks liek on a model:
Nice.
I've been trying to do the overlapping plates look, but it's not easy. I can't get it to look halfway decent.
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:26 pm
by Killer Wolf
that's a cracking texture, but i think the red/blue is too glaring to be an insect?? just personally, of course. there are red/green insects, but i think the way the patterning is done make it look too much like paintwork. i think one colour might look better. maybe a red ship would be a tougher type of chitin than the green ship, eg ???
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:41 pm
by CaptKev
Here's what it looks like on the standard one
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:27 pm
by Arexack_Heretic
Mucho better!
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:31 pm
by Selezen
New shiny Fer-de-Lance:
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:52 pm
by CaptKev
Very nice, indeed.
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:00 pm
by reills
Not to sound too much like a spoiled child, but... I WANT! I WANT! I WANT!
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:13 pm
by TGHC
Love that Ferdi!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:19 pm
by Wolfwood
Aahh! Sleek and beautiful!
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:01 pm
by Charlie
FWIW:
Latest Thargoid screenie - GREAT!!!
I actually like the standard Thargoid look. IMO all it needs is a sympathetic reworking of the textures / poss models too.
So thums up from me.
Fer-de-Lance: - GREAT!!!
Looks good, & looks expensive - What it's supposed to be...
More, more!!!
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:26 pm
by ramon
Have you thought about using Sub-entities to create extra features on the models?
Here's how the Anaconda is coming along - the yellow bits are sub-entities that I've not textured yet:
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:32 pm
by Captain Hesperus
@ramon - Nice! I take it that the row of yellow trapeziums (or is it trapezia?) are escape pod ports. It looks really good, just one thing though. Is it possible to build the 'satellite dish' with a bit of gubbins to make it appear 'retractable/compactable', since the description of the Annie is that it only just fits through the docking port. I'd hate to see the dish getting scraped off each time you dock, like losing your aerial in the carwash. I'm sure the captain would not appreciate losing Sky One in the middle of the new 'Lost' series.
Captain Hesperus