fursWiPs: TMP Enterprise

[MarkyD]

I agree with the above,

.. a little OTT on the glows and not alligned.. like the omni lights need to be brought closer to the engine housing.that said

model looks great 

[Lionus]

Indeed. Lord Vader will be pleased.

[furswift]

I finished texturing the Executor. I wasn't sure if the community wanted me to change the glows from the engines , so I did it anyway. I've toned them down and repositioned them, and did a lot of refining. Right now, the model stands at 45K polys, but it only has one texture sheet at 2048. It will be released with a 1024 as a default. It also has two 10X10 textures of solid color, which will be negligible in terms of the model's weight, but made my life about a million times easier.

Oh, and the next time I say something stupid like, "This will be a breeze to texture.", somebody please reach through my monitor and punch me in the face. Hard.

[1DeadlySAMURAI]

Oh, that is just pure fu****g win. You need a cookie.

[Lurok91]

10/10 *cookie*

(btw, is/was a B/Lakota variant of your Excelsior ever considered  )

[metalnick]

Have a cookie for the Dark Side.

[Toa_Kaita]

For your second mod looking so gorgeous, you get a cookie.

[Lionus]

I'll beta it! 

[Kirk]

The baked in glows still don't look right. They start too soon, sometimes even behind the engine, and shouldn't be quite so intense. If you're using Max, I'd recommend downloading Cebas' plugin FinalRender. It allows you to add a light which uses your mesh and textures to emit light. It can have some very nice and realistic results.

[Locke]

The baked in glows still don't look right. They start too soon, sometimes even behind the engine, and shouldn't be quite so intense. If you're using Max, I'd recommend downloading Cebas' plugin FinalRender. It allows you to add a light which uses your mesh and textures to emit light. It can have some very nice and realistic results.

Isn't that system like $1000?  The only website I found that has it is here.

[EDD_7]

WOW thats nice    i don't have enough post to give you a cookie. So i owe you 2 at the moment 

[Shadowknight1]

That is epic.

*The Imperial March begins playing in the background*

[Bren]

I have a feeling the nif conversion is going to rob this mesh of none of it's beauty! Fantastic job!

[starship]

Fantastic modelling job Andrew! About textures and effects, i believe the red glow is to much intense yet. ;)

[Billz]

It might be a good idea to dial down the red glows a little, but otherwise, it looks grand. Nice job!

[metalnick]

I've seen some pretty cool SW meshes over at www.scifi3d.com and was wondering why any of these have not been ported to BC yet? AFAIK they have a free use policy and you can never have too many ships, right? 

[Bren]

At a glance, polycount is the issue there. They're art models, with polycounts of hundreds of thousands, about ten times the range for a BC model.

[Billz]

At a glance, polycount is the issue there. They're art models, with polycounts of hundreds of thousands, about ten times the range for a BC model.

And also, I suspect that is far more gratifying to know that a model you built yourself is put into a game which you and loads of other people love, instead of taking the "easy" option (relative to the situation at hand of course, lol) of cutting down and porting other ships.

Its the same as in real life. When you build something without your own two hands, it is a feeling of accomplishment.

[Bren]

Yes, I was going to say that too.

***ON TOPIC***

I'm going to get 8 of these ships, arrange them in a circle and make SSD Pie!

[Billz]

Yes, I was going to say that too.

***ON TOPIC***

I'm going to get 8 of these ships, arrange them in a circle and make SSD Pie!

That would be a great idea for a POTD.