Aeries' BSG Mod Pack

[Aeries]

SURPRISE!

Originally designed as a mod for Sins of a Solar Empire (and possibly Homeworld 2?) I've decided that after all this time, I should give something back to the BC community as well. This mod will incorporate many of my own designs as well as, I hope, the entirety of the cannon BSG military ships. For the sake of the BC variant of this mod, however, some ships will be removed due to space and additionally, their lack of purpose in the BC game. Unlike the SOASE variant, this mod will also incorporate more ships that I'm not able to add otherwise. The mark VII viper is one such example.

At the moment, I have the following in mind for SOASE. Red is incomplete, green is complete, and items in blue will not be added for BC:

Strike Craft:
-Fighters: Viper Mk2 (model completed, pics posted)
-Bombers: Raptor (missile-pod variant) (model completed, pics posted)

Frigates:
-Scout: Raptor (No-weapons-pod variant) (model completed, pics posted)
-Light Frigate: unnamed ship (model completed, pics posted)
-Assault Frigate: No design yet
-Siege Frigate: Planetary Bombardment Craft (PBC) (model completed, no pics posted yet)
-Anti-Strike Frigate: Colonial Defender (model completed, pics not posted yet)
-Colony Frigate: No design yet

Cruisers:
-Squadron Support Cruiser: No design yet
-Offensive Support Cruiser: No design yet
-Defensive Support Cruiser: No design yet
-Heavy Combat Cruiser: Original Battlestar Valkyrie (model completed, pics posted)
-Anti-Structure Cruiser: No design yet
-Starbase Construction Cruiser: No design yet

Capital Ships:
-Battleship: Battlestar Galactica (completed, pics posted)
-Carrier: Battlestar Tunguska (completed, pics posted)
-Mothership: No design yet
-Support Ship: Refit Battlestar Valkyrie (completed, pics posted)
-Heavy Assault Ship: Battlestar Pegasus (compelted, pics posted)

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As you can see, not everything has hit the drawing board yet, but it only takes me a couple hours to  model each ship, so I'm sure it won't be long before I conjure something up to fill each roll. I'm no mapper and my texturing skills leave a great deal to be desired, so it could be a little bit before I can begin those stages of development (Although I've already begun the texturing stage for the light frigate, as a sort of test-bed.) These models are very optimized by my standards. Not a single model exceeds or even comes remotely close to 20,000 polies. I believe the largest at the moment is 12k.

Pics of the models completed thus far:

Unnamed Light Frigate:
 

Colonial Viper (Mk2)
 

Colonial Raptors (both variants)
 

Battlestar Galactica
   

Battlestar Pegasus
   

Battlestar Valkyrie
 

Battlestar Valkyrie Refit
   

Battlestar Tunguska
   

~~Will post more later on tonight. The SOASE version of this mod may be followed on sci-fi meshes.~~

[Toa_Kaita]

I just got done baking a cookie for you from the hotness of this alone. XD

[markeno]

Oddly I just saw you thread at scifimeshes today and was thinking they would be cool to see in other engines than Sins.  There really isn't enough BSG content out there for my tastes, and this is looking cool.

[King Class Scout]

so, obviously this is for Galactica 2.0 (B5 syndrome version)? *shrugs* well, as long as I can get a viper.  I grew up on 1.0 (Barney syndrome version), so 2.0 seemed to B5ish to me.  hope you make a kick butt package.

[Shadowknight1]

It's about time that you got SOMETHING almost BC ready. :angel

Looks great Aeries, have a cookie!

[Locke]

Very cool!  It will be nice to have an entire package by one designer that encompasses the BSG section of SF.  [hint]Perhaps it's also time to have a complete Battlestar CnC for a bridge mod![/hint]

[Aeries]

[hint]Perhaps it's also time to have a complete Battlestar CnC for a bridge mod![/hint]

I'd be happy to model it, maybe texture, but the rest is up to whomever else wants to contribute.

Thanks for the praise, guys. :]

[Bones]

I'd be happy to model it, maybe texture, but the rest is up to whomever else wants to contribute.

Thanks for the praise, guys. :]

Count me in ;) I've just nearly completed my BSG redress of TNG Miranda bridge so I have plenty of displays and other textures ;)

[Aeries]

Bottom line is that it's highly unlikely that a bridge would come to this mod. Personally I find that most retextured bridges just don't work out well for something like this mod... there's simply too much that's different.

Anyway, I've been plucking at texturing this all night. Limey's working on remapping her, but I wanted to get some practice in...

 

And only now, do I remember that bump mapping isn't supported in BC... fml.

[moed]

This is real good work dude.

Very, very nice.

Cookie

[Aeries]

Thanks everyone!

Many thanks to Limey, I've finished retexturing her over the past few hours. Limey was kind enough to re-do my crap mapping. Hope you all like it. C&C appreciated!

   

[Bones]

Oh she's hot ! I would weather her armor plates a bit more for more depth ;)

Cookied !!!

[Dalek]

She's a beaut Aeries, if you can work out how to add some weathering, she'll look brilliant.

[DMWalsh79]

definite cookie!  I was hoping someone would get around to doing another of these.  Will the battlestars have missiles?

[Aeries]

definite cookie!  I was hoping someone would get around to doing another of these.  Will the battlestars have missiles?

As surely as I have an ego.

[DMWalsh79]

Sweet!  That was the one thing lacking in the old pack...

[Aeries]

She's a beaut Aeries, if you can work out how to add some weathering, she'll look brilliant.

I've dirtied it up a bit. Is this sufficient?

[DMWalsh79]

cookie again!  Looking good can't wait to see 'em when they're finished.

[CyAn1d3]

didnt get into BSG (the "new" series)... but i do love what im seeing 

[Bren]

That's a lot better, but think about the alignment of the plating, and the direction that the debris that's damaging it is coming from. Also, think about the size of the metal plates, the thickness they'd be. It's getting there, but it needs a little more refinement.