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Offline Jb06

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Nova Class - Glows
« on: February 12, 2011, 03:01:47 PM »
Originally made in mid 2008 by limey98, i have decided to completely redo the textures on the Equinox as my texturing skills have improved + I've got more reference pics than when I first attempted it.

The saucer is almost complete, just got a few things to finish off. Thanks to lurok I was able to make a screenshot of his Nova Bridge from the top view to make the bridge dome more realistc ;)

Anyways here's some comparison pics between version 1 and 2.

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Re: USS Equinox
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2011, 08:34:43 PM »
Holy cow!  That looks fantastic!  Will we get an updated clean version as well as the battle damaged one for the Delta Quadrant Pack?

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Re: USS Equinox
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2011, 09:45:49 PM »
Wow i can see alot of changes u made to the textures such as the open sensor arrays and the torp launcher and areas around the bridge. Looks alot more in line with what i seen in trek mag. will u be redoing the RI as well :s

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Re: USS Equinox
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2011, 10:39:32 PM »
Very nice!

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Re: USS Equinox
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2011, 07:05:52 AM »
Holy cow!  That looks fantastic!  Will we get an updated clean version as well as the battle damaged one for the Delta Quadrant Pack?

Yep i'll release a clean version first and keep the damaged one for the DQP.

Wow i can see alot of changes u made to the textures such as the open sensor arrays and the trop launcher and areas around the bridge. Looks alot more in line with what i seen in trek mag. will u be redoing the RI as well :s

Yeah its most likely that ill redo the Rhode Island as well, then you never know, i might release that early :P

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2011, 01:27:22 PM »
Had some more time to do more on the Nova.

Pics below & hopefully a bit more feedback than my last post considering the amount of viewings the pics had.  :dontcare:

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2011, 01:45:45 PM »
What more can I say than that is a definite improvement. :D

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2011, 02:47:02 PM »
Looks great. Question: is the hull color really suppost to be so brown-greyish?

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2011, 04:06:00 PM »
Looks great. Question: is the hull color really suppost to be so brown-greyish?

Considering that there are no speculars applied as of yet, i'd say the texturing looks spot-on so far.
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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2011, 06:23:34 PM »
Amazing work and to my surprise the colouring on version 2 is correct, wheras V1 Colour would have been used on the rhode island. The only reason the spine of the ship looks like v1 in the tv show is actually because of the massive glow coming from the warp nacelles. so u r spot on jb grats !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2011, 04:06:17 AM »
not so sure about the phasebanks. other then that, it looks awesome!

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2011, 12:12:34 PM »
not so sure about the phasebanks. other then that, it looks awesome!

That's because I haven't changed them yet :P They're from the V1 , i'll get round to them eventually.

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2011, 06:42:56 PM »
That's because I haven't changed them yet :P They're from the V1 , i'll get round to them eventually.

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That explains it. Looking forward to the completed version!

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2011, 10:05:01 PM »
Groovy!  I like where you're going with this.  Something I would do if I were making this: on the hull plating lines, give the impression that there is depth there.  A darker stripe down the center of each line, and a blur.  That will show that there is a curve down to the center of the line, fooling the eye into thinking there is depth where there actually is none.

EDIT: Also, a subtle but perceptible set of "plate" backgrounds would do nicely. Something that would sit underneath the more visible aspects and give them depth.  Then, when you do speculars, you can "raise" certain areas by making them a bit brighter or duller than their surrounding "plates".

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2011, 01:01:57 PM »
Are you going the texture the afformentioned glow from the warp engines onto the spine of the ship? She looks crisp! However, compared to the V1, she seems to lack texture, are you planning to underlay a hull plating pattern in the specular, or is there an aztec in the works?
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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2011, 01:01:05 PM »
Right the clean and damaged versions of the Nova are complete. I did add a slight texture to the hull, similar to Voyager's as I want to keep this one canon.

Here's the pics

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2011, 01:02:49 PM »
Damaged version.

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2011, 01:10:21 PM »
Horay!  :dance

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2011, 01:15:24 PM »
Very nice work JB!

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Re: Nova Class
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2011, 01:28:27 PM »
Indeed awesome job.

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