Got bored, made (half) a model, worth continuing?

[VSMIT]

Kewl. Thanks, Raven.

[cheesepuffly]

I think it'd look a bit strange having 5 separate parts floating about!

Yeah but you know what i am talking about. It  may make sense.

[TheJamsh]

put some hp Emits between them, and use a 'binding' effect, like an electical beam or something? Like the pod racers on starwars

I love it, although as a starship i picture it without the racing car spoiler...

[bigbadbogie]

Very nice model Raven.

2 thumbs up!

And I know what you mean about UV mapping... although thankfully I have finally gotten my head around it.

[Raven]

Thanks for the comments folks.

I've also got my head around UV mapping but I'm crap at drawing the textures Wings actually does it itself now, only issue is I don't think you can import your own image, either you can't, or I'm on the wrong screen At least its *fairly* easy to actually map it in the 1st place, gmax is a huge pain in the ass.

No, no no no, nice idea, but its having a body End of xD
And it isn't a spoiler! Its... a... erm... observation deck? Lol. Well its on that 2nd images and it looks decent, I'm actually pretty happy with how the bridge structure turned out, not so sure on the engines though but we'll see.
Oh, it has even more polys now, since it has air intake ducts and exhausts *ahem* sorry.

[Clavin12]

I like it. Continue. If you scaled it down to a hovering ship it could be like a mobile recycler or sumthing

[Red Devil]

Looks cool, but I can't see/don't understand the functionality of the extended arms.  It's like it's in a mid-transformational state.  If I blow one of those arms off with a blast, you're hosed.

[Raven]

Its just aesthetic, and since its such a huge ship, your blast won't really do anything with it being the size of a small village, even if it could, you gotta get through the shield before you get to the hull.

A breif backstory:
In the anime, the arms probably hold some components or other, probably engineering stations or whatever. It has a shield that they call a 'distortion field' that literally bends energy beams coming towards it and can deflect projectiles too, but not as well, it takes one hell of a beating. The field and cannon are powered by the engines, which are called Phase Transition engines, and they only work on full power in a vacuum, where the cannon can be repeatedly fired. However, in an atmosphere, the cannon has to charge, the field isn't as strong etc.

[Raven]

The model in itself is pretty much finished now, it was actually quite a headache with torn edges due to my carelessness, I *think* I've sorted them all out, but the way its rendered with odd gradients here and there suggest that there are still a few tears. Infact I just noticed one nasty bit in the 2nd to last image, pre-rendered it looks fine but thats ballsed up... Fix it tomorrow maybe. Oh, and that goes for how the bridge connects to the strut, I will put in something much nicer looking than how it just seems to be sitting right on it.

I'm reasonably happy.... Some bits need fine-tuning though.

Oh, and at 4788 tris, it aint gonna be going into bz2  

UV mapping + texturing it is gonna be a bitch...











I was clever this time and just made them white jpegs Though some have still been resized, particularly the 4th image
Anyway its 2am, I'm going to sleep

Any views?

[Warfreak]

What happens if I concentrate fire on that thin support under the bridge? 

[Raven]

Damnit man you posted too fast, I just edited my post to say I'm gonna make that bit sexier.

And what don't you people get about shields?! Oh, and that it isn't gonna be in any freakin game its just to look at xD

EDIT:
But, just to humor you, that 'thin bit' is actually roughly the size of an ISDF dropship.

Anyway, SLEEP!

[Avatar]

Ahem...

One word:

"Andromeda"

-Av-

(make smaller ships that look like the big ship to serve as fighter escorts)

[Clavin12]

Perhaps we could use in a cutscene as a flagship.

[bb1]

From a lot of those perspectives it looks like Future Rattler.

Am I the only one that sees this???

[Steeveeo]

From a lot of those perspectives it looks like Future Rattler.

Am I the only one that sees this???

I didn't until you said something.