Just paste in the URL. No special formatting reqired.

just a critique on the model, it's almost as if the wings clip wrong. It was probably intentional for them to bisect the engine pods like that, but they look a little strange like that. And it looks like they come out the back of the pods as well.

CrippledPidgeon gets a go ahead from me with that ship designn

http://portfolio.iu.edu/dlpierce/raiderinspace.jpg

My first model with a purpose (ever!). Made in wings, 846 triangles after tesselation. I'm not having much luck with UV mapping, so no texture.

/me wonders if I should try entering this one.
/me realizes that I don't have the time.

I think CrippledPidgeon has a pretty good design there.

I like Harry Seldon's design the best, and CP's texturing the best.

I got another one, and this time I actually spent time on the texturing. :P I'm going to have to do some UV mapping for one of these....

1184 triangles

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/Dimpfinator/Sekhet.jpg

~Seldon

Thanks for the critique, CP, and thanks for telling me how to format a link properly. I edited my post to fix that.

You're right about the wing bisecting the engine pods, but that was intentional, front and back. I like the way the wing divides the big spaces inside the engine. I should probably conform the shapes of the pods to make the whole shape more unified. The "weird clipping problem" I meant, though, was one you won't see, because I painted over it. Seems that, in some views, Wings's clipping plane moves, when you render, so what looked fine in the modeling window gets clipped by a plane perpendicular to the camera at rendering time.

BTW, I like your assault craft design, esp. the dual canopies, reminiscent of Soviet helicopter designs. Looks awesome.

I like almost all of the designs I'm seeing here. Keep 'em coming, folks! I'm working up another one that has a retro look inspired by the "Sky Captain" comment seen in this thread. It'll look more like a WWII fighter plane interbred with a Soviet Atomic Age jet plane. This is fun stuff to play with.

^bump

what's going on with this?

oh yea, thanks for the complement!

http://img221.echo.cx/img221/5789/6yearsold4kd.png

I let my little brother try his hands on it, not sure if its gonna win the contest though.

Someone earlier said that they had "modified" a vulture. i have 2 questions on this as im planing a "project"
1). How did you pull the moddle files and from what file?
2). Were you able to re intagrate the updated moddle into the game so that you saw your design change.

If anyone could anwser these id apreciate it. Thanks

He had designed a new Vulture, but he did not input the *model* file into the game. And he *made* his own Vulture in a 3D graphics program, though I'm not sure which one.

And no, to input your own stuff would not be legal. And before you ask, to export it would also be illegal. You can however pretty easily recreate the models in Wing3D with a little skill. You may find wings at www.wings3d.com .

edit: hrm..........that URL hates me. Meh.

well... a more than just a little skill... There's a certain art to looking at a model and figuring out where all the points go. But approximations are relatively easy in comparison.

Duplicating a model accurately does take skill, just like how drawing a still picture (like say, a bowl of fruit) takes skill.

Im entering, Mind you im new to this but im gonna try. Crippled YOURS IS THE SHIZNIT OF SHIT!! Man im already thinking about comming to Sercos side if they get that. I WANNA BE A TURRET GUNNER!!!

Just...think. If i saw a ship like that comming towards me gracefully id shit in my pants.

*a n00bish person* "Take my cargo and money just please dont shoot me."
pirate_n00b "Well if you promise to give me 2500 creds everytime you pass then ok."

Off topic: Also why the hell does everyone say pirates failed math? I can tell the diffrence from 50 cu's of Luxury goods and 50,000 creds.

I hate drawing fruit. People are more interesting. I've got a couple free minutes. Maybe I'll come up with something new.

Banana ship, very secret TPG concept model, large cargo hold.
Spin around: http://lemming.localnetsys.com/banana2.mov

It's very appealing Lemming

LOL Lemming. I think that perhaps the new Dev gets to fly the "b-nanner" ship. We've got bunchie in the UFO, the superbus, and now... "The Banana of DOOM"

These are awesome, and 2 or 3 could be implicated into VO with the right adjustments.

Texturizationalizationorwhateveryoucallit. Reallerwindows, but I think that goes with the first.

Doctor B's little bros ship should be the new bus. They should make that excat ship, except in 3D. And lemming.....wow, is the ship eatable.