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Proposal: Spacecraft Design Contest

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Jun 29, 2005 johnhawl218 link
looks like a destroyer class, very reminiscent of Babylon 5 cap ships (earth style).

Less modeling and more texture/shading, maybe if you did some of that they might consider adding ti Harry Seldon
Jun 29, 2005 Blacklight link
"http://www.blender3d.org/cms/typo3temp/pics/d9f3520851.jpg"

^^ that would have looked good for a planet-based fighter, but since we arent going to be able to land on planets (soon? never?) i guess it wouldnt work.

the capital ship looks very interesting, the big thing in the front looks like it could be used as an anti-cap ship beam or somethin,

i think for an avalon, it should be incorporated into the hull with small doors that flip open to launch the torpedos.

very good work! i like it, more of a corvette class than a destroyer...
Jun 29, 2005 KixKizzle link
Harry You Rock!
Jun 29, 2005 LeberMac link
Harry the Ursa looks like the "Sulaco" from Aliens!
Did you WATCH Aliens like I told you to? Huh?
Jun 29, 2005 Harry Seldon link
Did you WATCH Aliens like I told you to? Huh?
Yes. And by "yes", I mean "tonight"...when I was planning on playing...but meh. Been pretty busy recently, having gotten a new job and all. I've also got a few more models in the works, but I dunno if I'll keep modeling for this, as I have another project that I might opt for, since I'm just showing off at this point. :P

Edit: Watched Alien...gonna watch Aliens sometime soon.
Jun 30, 2005 slime73 link
Damn, Harry.

You should be paid thousands of dollars just for those models! They look absolutely STUNNING!
+1
Jun 30, 2005 pirate_n00b link
HARRY! TELL THE DEVS THAT IF THEY DONT USE EM NOW FOR FREE YOU WILL CHARGE EM LATER IF THEY ASK TO USE THEM!!! THEY ARE THE SHIZNIT AND I THINK THE DEVS ARE MISSING OUT ON A VALUBLE PERSON WITH GREAT TALENT! INCARNATE, I BEG OF YOU!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE USE HARRYS MODELS!

*bends down and spit shines incarnates shoes for more drama*

/me promises to catch up on my homework if hairys models are entered.

But seriously devs. You may be about to miss a chance to get some free Models.
Jun 30, 2005 icbm1987 link
[quote=Harry Seldon]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/Dimpfinator/Ursa.jpg[/quote]

Forgive me for saying this... but it kind of reminds me of the POA...

http://www.pcgames.de/screenshots/original/7368cmp_pillar_of_autumn.jpg

And I doubt the guild guys would want Microsoft on their back... even if it isn't remotely like the POA to any others here.

I'm sorry if I offend anyone.
Jun 30, 2005 VincentV link
See CP's post about the x wing.
Personally, I think it looks like HW2 awesomeness!
Jun 30, 2005 icbm1987 link
I bow to CrippledPigeon's infinite knowledge.
Jul 01, 2005 Phaserlight link
pirate_noob, Harry's models are cool, no doubt, but the devs have said what they really need are models with skin textures. Making a model doesn't take nearly as much time as coming up with a good texture for it.
Jul 01, 2005 taumuaddib link
Is there some "this is how you should texture" guide out there? I'm really a novice at this whole 3d stuff despite all the work in 2d ive done.

W

EDIT: Oh yeah, meant to ask, is there any interest in putting a gallery album up to compile all these ideas into one place for viewing? I've got about 30gb of transfer just chilling about...
Jul 01, 2005 Harry Seldon link
pirate_noob, Harry's models are cool, no doubt, but the devs have said what they really need are models with skin textures. Making a model doesn't take nearly as much time as coming up with a good texture for it.

Yes, texturing and doing a good job with it takes time and patience. If someone could tell me if .lwo files keep their UV texture layout when imported into 3D Studio Max, and what bugs & glitches I'd need to watch out for, that would be good. I've never had 3D Studio Max, and don't plan to, since it's not out for Mac.
Jul 01, 2005 momerath42 link
Harry:

There are various ways of converting from .lwo to .max, and none of us are sure what works well and what doesn't, but Ray knows the .lwo format very well (he used to write lightwave plugins for a living). Any time you spend texturing in Lightwave wouldn't be wasted, in as much as we *could* use it. Whether we *would* is still up to John.
Jul 01, 2005 Harry Seldon link
schweet, I s'pose.
Jul 09, 2005 Harry Seldon link
I figured I'd bump this with my most recent picture. It's pretty simple, and didn't take all that long to put together. Used Terragen for the backround, and Lightwave for the ships.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20386197/
No, those aren't Valkyries from VO.

I've got a few textures in the works, but it'll take a while to get a bunch together.

~Seldon
Jul 09, 2005 Blacklight link
wow......
Jul 09, 2005 icbm1987 link
Dr. Seldon.

I must say... your work is tight.
Jul 13, 2005 matthew walk link
Harry and I are planning a rather large project together. :) Harry's ships are getting very good, just keep on practicing texturing. Your modeling is excellent you just need to work on texturing a tad bit more.
Jul 17, 2005 Harry Seldon link
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20644602/

My latest pic. I've gotten back on track in the meantime, and am back to texturing models previously posted in this thread, starting with one of the cap ships. And yes, Matt Walk and I are working on a picture together, which I hope will turn out well... ;)