Tried to have a go again at making some models in Gmax. Thought I'd try to make a fig-ish ship for my WIP faction. This is the result. Thoughts?
Faction X ships, Bomber mk IV
lol that looks very GT like. try to make something original /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> although it looks pretty good. you should lose the autosmooth thingy on the engines, since that doesnt work in alleg. you gotta really smooth it if you want to smooth it in alleg. now.. modelling is the easy part. try to make a skin now /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />
Looks halfway between a GT int and a Colonial Viper Mk. 4 (http://www.alfredsmind.ca/terran/viperfour2.jpg).
Not bad though... but as Loriana pointed out, the real challenge is texturing the thing. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
Not bad though... but as Loriana pointed out, the real challenge is texturing the thing. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
Last edited by Sushi on Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Updated version. Quite a lot less GT-ish. And a bit more 'brute force'-ish, IMO.
Personally, my biggest issue is the tail fins. It doesn't look right without them, it doesn't look right with one vertical one, and it doesn't look right with the two tilted ones. I was thinking of putting them a bit less tilted at the point where the engine meets the fuselage.
Thoughts?
Personally, my biggest issue is the tail fins. It doesn't look right without them, it doesn't look right with one vertical one, and it doesn't look right with the two tilted ones. I was thinking of putting them a bit less tilted at the point where the engine meets the fuselage.
Thoughts?
Last edited by Andon on Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
Try giving all the fins the same "lines"..... so like from the top/bottom views all the edges of the blue pieces are parrallel/are on the same line. You could probably completely remove the middle fins completely, especially if you took off the middle engine. Also give the different pieces better transitions to each other. For example: the horizontal connecting wings extend past the tan body and have that extra little bit hanging on behind it, looking sloppy. Also I might recommend the horizontal connecting wings be made substantially thicker.
Spidey's tactical advice on TS during Tourny game
QUOTE We don't need to save our thingy.[/quote]
QUOTE We don't need to save our thingy.[/quote]
Updated. Changed the tail fins - Same lines as other wings, a little bigger. Tidy-ed up the connecting wings.
I like the tail fins much better. Thanks Ramaglor!
I like the tail fins much better. Thanks Ramaglor!
Last edited by Andon on Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:45 am, edited 1 time in total.