[Darkshear]

     

...that is the question.
What do you guys think...
anyone interested in seeing some renderings of this old ship?


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[Bushwacker]

All I see is a rotating XOOM insignia.  You sure you put the URL in right?

[Darkshear]

Ok, uploaded to a new server, XOOM sucks
Everything should work fine now  

[Ace]

*jaw drop*

That looks like a real plastic model.  

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[Fineus]

You already know what I think about that ship dude, (thats a "yes" incase you forgot)  

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[NeoHunter]

Go and render it!! I kind of liked the design of that ship in Starship Troopers.

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[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by NeoHunter:
Go and render it!! I kind of liked the design of that ship in Starship Troopers.

It is rendered.......hee hee.

And I can take direct credit for making that model see the light of day....The power of off-hand suggestions and websites with ultral33+ pictures.    

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[Darkshear]

*smacks Shrike around a bit*

I wasn't mentioning that was a render yet, I wanted to see if anyone mistook it for a picture and me asking if anyone would like to see it rendered
Well bah

Also, yeah, everyone can thank SHrike...he offhandedly accidentally challanged me to make that...so I did   (Only serious challanges accepted, so don't get any ideas)

Suppose I should take some more pics of it to show of the 103.8 megs of textures
I will post some more pics when I have em rendered out.

Stats:
just under 50,000 polys,
48 texture maps (24 bump, 24 color...bump fileld in for spec since I made multi level bump maps)
About 20 hours work, (Give or take, I read a novel, bought and beat two games, went out a few times, saw a couple movies, I do have a life)
Took just under 5 hours for that above pic to render out...



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[Fineus]

How large is the file size?

[Darkshear]

The model itself is only 1.26 megs...but in .lwo format...and is comprised of 9 layers.
8 for the hull and a 9th for the engine glow effect for when I do space shots.

so it woud have to be converted to either 1 layer and 1 object, or left in 9 layers and converted to 9 objects for export.

Together, the model and textures are 105.4 megs....But, as Shrike asked for when I started working on it, I will be converting the model to 1 layer/1object, and simplifying the textures to an extreme amount.

Right now you can take a 640x480 pic of jsut the hull numbers and get no pixilation.
But I hoping to hit somewhere around 5 megs or so for a distribution version...so everyone can use it...
I don't have 3ds or anything isntalled anymore, so it will be in 1 layer 1 object lightwave 5.6 format, with probably 4 - 6 texture maps covering the whole thing...

Won't look nearly as good, but should be plenty fine for renderings for everyone...

SOmeone will have to volunteer to convert it to other formats and reapply the texture maps...

But I wouldn't look for this to happen for at least a few days, as I am going to be building the fighters and then creating a carrier version of the model...at which time I will probably release all three models at once...

[Fineus]

Wicked, take your time dude, as long as the model sees the light of day- I'll be happy  

(and as long as it's not 105Mb  )

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[Nico]

Gbbflz. I just love Starship Troopers, so what a pleasure to look at this one. Snif, I just hope someone will convert it to 3ds...
Do yuioo plan to make the new ship shown at the end of the movie? I saw blueprints somewhere around on the net, but I don't remember where.
I made an arachnid a while ago for Quake, but never released it ( I couln't animate it then). Bah, never mind, that's history  

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[Reaperman]

hey, its a LWO?
send it my way ma man, i got a bug fdart with its name onit  

[Warlock]

SWEET!  

Man I can't wait to see what you do with the Athena Mk II texture  

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[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by Darkshear:
SOmeone will have to volunteer to convert it to other formats and reapply the texture maps...

But I wouldn't look for this to happen for at least a few days, as I am going to be building the fighters and then creating a carrier version of the model...at which time I will probably release all three models at once...

I can give it a shot to make a 3DS version of it......

As for the carrier, can't wait.....that's the one I really wanted.  

[NeoHunter]

Or with a Deimos corvette skin you mean.

Anyway, I don't see much weaponary on it. What is it suppose to fight with?

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[Darkshear]

Hah! It has the same exact weaponry as the real 18 foot model...n the same exact places

Has the same everything...
(Cept some of the detailing on the back end sides..as I didn't have any good pics of that area to work from)

But everything else is damn close
Besides...I asked the same question...wheres the guns? But hey...if it was good enough for the movie..it's good enough for me

[Darkshear]

 
 
 
 

Ok, some more shots of the model  
Let me know what you all think  

[Fineus]

I think... I want that model!  

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[Nico]

are you sure this isn't a plastic model?  
As fra as I know, the only weapon onboard the roger young is a turret behind the deck, and the two forward guns at the left and the right of the deck. otherwise, it's main weapon are... its crew   that's a troop transport ship folks, that carries 20 dropships I think.
Btw, are you sure the carrier version is really a different one

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