[Azrael15]

Damn, you're a model making machine... 

[I_E_Maverick]

wait until my free time, right now i am very busy

[I_E_Maverick]

so, some time on the cotton tender again, LOD0 is nearly finished i would guess
my last test is thursday btw, so then i will do a lot more

[Trivial Psychic]

Lookin' great.  With luck, my... *ahem* shipment will arrive about a week after that, so I could refine any info you're using for subsystem and turret layout.

[I_E_Maverick]

soooo, my last test is over. i didnt pass any so far but i dont care for now, ahead of me are 3 weeks of fun with modeling and stuff. i finished the cotton tender LOD0, though it is pretty high poly with 2500 polys. maybe i can do some changes here and there, but i wanted to do the lower LODs better. what do you think? are 2500 polys ok for that one?

[IPAndrews]

It's a bit high but there's not going to be loads of them about or anything, and you've got a lot of detail in there for the price. If it were my model I'd be tempted to see if I could poly reduce some of those really minute details but it's not a big deal or anything. May I ask how your other models are going too? Such as the Centauri Blockade Mine, Falkosi, Mercanos, and the the erm... Centauri football mine that I did in 5 minutes?

Sorry to hear about your tests by the way . I had my fingers crossed. Clearly that didn't work.

[I_E_Maverick]

well, the first test is definatly not passed, fluid technics.
i had one in measurement and control engineering but there are no results yet. i just have a bad feeling about it cause it was very close after my claculations. the last one was fluid dynamics and that one went pretty well, so i think i have passed this one at least

anyway, my other models, well, falkosi will be finished today or tomorrow. also the marcanos i guess. i just started the centauri balvarin fighter carrier, a model i found some time ago.
so stay tuned for updates as there will be a lot the next weeks, as promised

[I_E_Maverick]

as told i started the centauri balvarin:

[I_E_Maverick]

LOD0 95% finished, i think i will start a new ship now...

[Taristin]

It's a bit high but there's not going to be loads of them about or anything, and you've got a lot of detail in there for the price. If it were my model I'd be tempted to see if I could poly reduce some of those really minute details but it's not a big deal or anything.

2500 polies isn't high poly at all. O.'.o FSO can handel waay more than that. It's more about how many maps he uses than the amount of polies.

[I_E_Maverick]

@IPAndrews: here is your little mine:

[I_E_Maverick]

textured the 3rd Space Capitol ship, i am very proud of the lightmap, cause it looks like the spheres are casting light onto the ship structure. i am not fully satisfied with the color, but that can be changed easily
what do you think?

[karajorma]

textured the 3rd Space Capitol ship, i am very proud of the lightmap

And rightly so!

Looks great!

[madaboutgames]

Bob on mav, now youve finished your tests I can start giving you some models to texture   Done the vorlon asteroid base, The tower on the base use quite a lot of polys, managed to get the asteroid, 4 towers and plent of masts poly count is just less than 6.000  Ill be finishing off the shadow base over weekend ( done 2 different concet models as we never seen a shadow base in the series - same for the shdow transport).  Ill send you models on Monday when im next in work

[starfox]

Way to go, I_E_Maverick !!!
Thirdspace Capship looks super amazing.
 

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

My God, man, you're a machine!!  Great stuff!  Can't wait to see what the Balvarin looks like textured.

[IPAndrews]

He's the great machine. Everyone must now worship at the altar of IE_Maverick for the job he did of that Thirdspace cruiser. I had a shot at modelling that thing and ended up making a fool of myself. Imagine a place called easy on the map. Now imagine a place on the exact opposite side of the map right next to another place called "pain in the ass". That's where the thirdspace cruiser is. It's a gorgeous ship though. A really original and striking design. Possibly my second favourite design at the moment after the Drakh Raider. My favourite designs do change quite a lot though, as my mood changes I notice something new in a design I will have overlooked before.

[Col. Fishguts]

I think the design is butt-ugly, but the model is nonetheless incredibly well done.

[I_E_Maverick]

thanks guys for the nice comments!
i hope you will like the 3rd space fighter as much as the capship.

i am very interested in the models by madaboutgames, i hope i can do a nice texture job on them too...

anyway, i will finish the marcanos station and try to get the octurion modeled for the centauri too. IPAndrews also made me aware of some things he need for BHX, so i will start that too. so stay tuned for updates...

[IPAndrews]

Maverick... the Thirdspace cruiser's glowy ball... does that thing animate? Also, let's see some screen caps of Shaun's models  . I'm definitely going to get back into modelling again myself. Soon as poss.