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

[Raven]

Well, as the title suggests, I got bored and thought I'd try to remake that model I made aaages ago (The Renzuken, I called it) that was going to be a space battleship for the mod.
As I said before, its heavily based off of the Nadesico (anime) since its such an epic looking ship and its the 1st anime I ever actually watched so its kinda always stuck in my head. Well, I have the bridge, arms and engines done, and before I try to tackle the pretty damn complicated main body, I was wondering if what I have is actually any good before I carry on...

The vertex colours are just to make a contrast so the images do more justice. UV mapping is gonna be a bleeder, but I actually have the arms UV mapped already, which is surprising, as for those who remember, I freakin' hate UV mapping, drawing the texture is gonna suck but you never know I might get it right.

Anywhoo, what d'ya think?




Sorry about the black backing, Flickr has insisted on converting the transparent PNG to a jpg.... And I can't be botehred to re-render them with a white background

I haven't gone too insane with the poly count, it could look a hell of a lot smoother and could have air vents and all sorts of details, but I automatically made it so that bz2 *might* just handle it...

[Nielk1]

You can upload to BZComplex's gallery if you can get it to work (some have issues). There is a generic modifications section or you can create a user gallery.

I like it, keep going. We need good modelers. What will happen to it when it is done?



One thing I always found odd about SCIFI is the bridge is always so obvious. Only has Battlestar Galactica (the new one) had a 'Command and Control' in the center heart of the ship rather than right on top or in front screaming SHOOT ME. That being said, still everyone makes bridges


Again, I like your model, keep going.

[Steeveeo]

Frigging great looking so far, no idea what the source is though, so I can't give an accuracy rating.

[Raven]

I honestly don't know what will be done with it if its ever completely textured etc. All the ideas I had where going to be for the mod, so *shrugs.* Its just eyecandy I guess.
Bridges are awesome, can you imagine standing at the viewscreen/window and looking over that xD
I'll take a look at that gallery, thanks.

Theres no way I could accurately model the Nadesico, its just based off of it.

Though I've actually modelled it more off of the Nadesico B:


I wasn't really aiming for accuracy, I just wanted it to look a bit like it. Actually, looking at that image, the arms need to be longer >_<

[TheJamsh]

i love you

[Raven]

Um, thankyou? Lol.

[cheesepuffly]

Tis cool. Heck id bet that would work on its own. One of those crafts where the parts are not connected or something.

What program did ya use?

[TheJamsh]

looks like WINGS!!!

That looks cool as. i love it.

[VSMIT]

Looks very nice.

Tricount?

[Raven]

All models by me are usually made in Wings, I just get on with it.

After doing a bit more work with nicer curves and fine-tunes, the tri count, still without the main body, is currently 2549, which is too much for bz2, but I half expected that anyway. Having said that, with the upgraded graphics engine, can it handle more now? Or does that not make a difference (I'm not a programmer)?

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

[VSMIT]

As of now, the tri count limit is 2730 2/3.  This has always been the limit the engine gives.

However, GSH has said that TA5.1 will allow for higher counts.  So I'd say finish the ship, and we'll see where we're at afterward.

[Raven]

Well I wasn't planning on having it in bz2 anyway. Not to mention, the size is immense. Like, at least half of Dunes, its a freakin' space battleship with living quarters and everything! Cmoooon!

[VSMIT]

We could use it in a mission in the CP?  Or in the cinematics.

[Raven]

If its finished and you want it in a cinematic, sure, fine by me, same with if its usable in the CP in any other way.

[General BlackDragon]

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