I don't make mods for several reasons.
1) I'm appalling at texturing. Although I'm getting better at photomanipulation through various software, I can't quite grasp textures very well.
2) I never do anything "canon" because people heavily criticise accuracy. I don't want to be told that my deflector on the Galaxy is too wide by half an inch or that my nacelles are too long. Constructive crit I can take, pissing about over precision I can't, because frankly, it's not important. I stick to either non-canon or 40K, where people really don't care too much about that sort of thing.
3) I don't play much BC anymore so there's no real incentive for me to do anything. Though I'm starting to come back around to Star Trek designs, there's been some interesting ones pop up on SFM recently.
4) There are an excess of modellers out there who are really good and not enough people who can code the mods and texture the models. The modelling is the real easy part of it. So there's no reason to start on a model just to find that there's no one available to do the textures or script it. Although I could look in to doing those myself, it's probably not worth it.
Actually, I completely disagree. I think it's entirely worth it to learn to texture and script your own models. In the end, you can proudly say, "yeah, I totally did all of that", without having to rely on others. There's a certain freedom to it, and as human beings, freedom is something that's generally a really good thing. You think the Mithra's been an easy process for me? Hell, I wanted to just drop the stupid thing and totally quit on many occasions. But, looking at all that I've learned and accomplished, I must say that if I did simply quit... I'd be kicking my own ass right now.
I can't script or texture if my life depended on it, either, but as a life experience and for the sake of my own credibility, I'm going to learn. There are a TONN of people here on BCC and elsewhere who are extremely talented and knowledgeable. You know what the best part is? All these people... all these talents and all this individuality... they're up for sharing. You can, like myself, learn SO much, if you bite the bullet and never, ever give up, and don't be afraid to ask questions.
Eh... I feel like I've just ranted useless bull crap that people already know. :/ Nice model, in any case. Keep up the good work.
~Aeries.
