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Offline Lionus

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2010, 04:34:42 PM »
"Dalek"? "R2-D2"? Does this mean that most of US and UK armed forces are SCI-FI fanatics?  :eek
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Offline Locke

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #21 on: June 14, 2010, 01:28:05 AM »
Well, it's a start!  At least I've got some nicer paneling going on, now.

Offline MarkyD

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #22 on: June 14, 2010, 03:16:22 AM »
Nice ship  :)

Offline Kirk

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #23 on: June 14, 2010, 05:35:21 AM »
I would go over that texture again and make it so you don't have overlapping panels, or make the overlapping panels not look like sheets of plastic laid on top of each other.

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #24 on: June 14, 2010, 02:28:57 PM »
I tried to do what you suggested.  The right side of the image is the redo, and the left is the previous.  Which is better?

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #25 on: June 14, 2010, 04:15:24 PM »
That's better, now they look more like panels.

Offline Locke

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #26 on: June 14, 2010, 04:48:50 PM »
That's better, now they look more like panels.

Cool, thanks!

Just to give some reference, here's a shot of the KM09 Defiant next to the Sentinel.  I didn't realize just how small this thing really was until I did this!  Should I make it larger?

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #27 on: June 14, 2010, 05:24:55 PM »
the way you described it, i think it's perfectly scaled, actually.

another comparo would be between it and GMunoz's Knight class, a TOS take on the defiant.
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Offline Locke

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #28 on: June 14, 2010, 07:16:59 PM »
Okay.  Sounds (and looks) good.

DJ: what length is your Valiant supposed to be?  I'd like to get a shot of all three of these sitting next to each other, but I can't find a spec for length anywhere in the ReadMe.  Is there a size entry in the hardpoints of ships?  Or can you just tell me how big it is?

Offline JimmyB76

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #29 on: June 14, 2010, 07:44:09 PM »
this is the thread for the Valiant, try going through that, there may be some info or comparison shots...
http://bc-central.net/forums/index.php/topic,1523.0.html

if there is no info youre looking for, try PMing DJ...

Offline starship

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #30 on: June 14, 2010, 07:50:32 PM »
That?s what I call a nice little ship. :)

Offline Locke

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #31 on: June 14, 2010, 08:57:20 PM »
That?s what I call a nice little ship. :)

Well thank you. :D  Coming from another n00b, that seems to be high praise!

I couldn't find any concrete sizing info about the Valiant, just a reference to it being "slightly smaller than the Defiant".  PM time!

Offline DJ Curtis

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #32 on: June 14, 2010, 10:44:41 PM »
lol.  starship isn't a noob. 

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #33 on: June 14, 2010, 11:01:12 PM »
lol.  starship isn't a noob. 

Oh!  My bad.  Saw the 24 posts and just assumed.  And you know what they say about assumption . . . :P

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #34 on: June 14, 2010, 11:24:55 PM »
Here we go.  150 m is what I scaled it to, with the Defiant at 170 and the Sentinel at around 97.  A trio of the era!

Offline Locke

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #35 on: June 15, 2010, 05:50:27 PM »
I think I'm finally learning how to panel well!

Added some windows, too.

Offline MarkyD

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #36 on: June 15, 2010, 05:55:18 PM »
Much nicer.. good job  :thumbsup:

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #37 on: June 15, 2010, 11:14:46 PM »
Experimenting with alpha lighting.  Should be starting on the nacelles this evening, too! :dance

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #38 on: June 16, 2010, 01:36:43 AM »
Nice!

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Re: Sentinel Class
« Reply #39 on: June 16, 2010, 01:49:08 AM »
Looks great! Cookie!