Those wheels are GREAT!!!!
I am making a model of the MKVII, and i intended to put wheels on one of the copies, so i could do a contemporary aircraft paintscheme. So the wheels make perfect sense to me.
Good job!
Wheels would make more sense if it was operated in an atmosphere and landing on a runway. In space, you don't have airflow over wings so you can't make a relatively smooth landing, so you need a substantial landing gear. Skids have a larger area to create friction, more so than wheels and are not subject to bursting or wear.
andy, a battlestar landing deck is a runway...
you dont need friction to stop a plane. it uses its inverted thrust to slow down.
here are 2 maintenance carts
dont ask me what it could possibly be.
i'd say one is a power generator and electric tool / spare box, and the other is something to refill hydraulics or pneumatic systems...
yep, i want a full hangar deck... i want a viper to aproach, land, go down through the elevator to the hangar deck, and go park itself on its spot.
would be cool.
textures are easy to make. these are 1024 maps. its made to be background objects.
basicly, its a solid (yellow paint and text markers) color with a layer mask (keyword : dirtmap) , above a grey noisy layer
in the tank, its fuel.
from the quantum company. (under the logo it says fuel and trylium solutions)
and the front plate says KTM industries TANK FILLER w/ octane purifier
in the tank, its fuel.
from the quantum company. (under the logo it says fuel and trylium solutions)
and the front plate says KTM industries TANK FILLER w/ octane purifier
Okay. Fair enough.
I was thinking they would have fuel ports all over the deck, to connect pipes to.
But i do like the visual.
It looks great. And only 8-10 hours, that is really great. I wish I had the experience to make a mesh like this in that time.
What I would do, is try to make it a little more solid, because it is kind of wobbly. Great work anyway, and keep it up.
Very nice raider so far... I can see where lukanoski is coming from about giving it some harder, more defined edges, but I kinda like this silky smooth look.
On the tanks it looks like the yellow paint is on top of the graphics, as if you textured the tank with a base metal with the graphics and used a blend to add the yellow paint. There are 2 layers there, and you should use 3, first the base metal, the yellow paint over it and then the graphics on top.
The cylon raider looks really good. I also agree with lukanoski, but I'm sure it's just because you are just starting with it.
the graphics are colapsed on the yellow paint layer, and i used a blending mask to mix it all with the pure metal layer.
youre right i should have used 3 layers instead of 2, as the graphics should be painted on top of the yellow paint. i'll check that later, when i'll have time (hoping i have a spare layer of graphics :S )
i dont catch what you mean about the raider looking soft. in which parts ?
I think what lukanoski meant with "wobbly" is that it seams at some points that the mesh doesn't flow correctly and you get some dark areas, like shadows. It's a minor detail and I don't think it will be noticeable once you texture it. Or it might just be your render settings. You can try using a material with a high specular value and rotating the model around, if you notice that the highlight is not even is because your mesh flow is not right.
But other than that, I think it looks great! :thumb:
beautiful!! i hope you release these and/or make a tutorial on how you made those engine fires i am looking into making a small animation and am a newbie.
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I am making a model of the MKVII, and i intended to put wheels on one of the copies, so i could do a contemporary aircraft paintscheme. So the wheels make perfect sense to me.
Good job!
you dont need friction to stop a plane. it uses its inverted thrust to slow down.
here are 2 maintenance carts
dont ask me what it could possibly be.
i'd say one is a power generator and electric tool / spare box, and the other is something to refill hydraulics or pneumatic systems...
a few others are on the way
yep, i want a full hangar deck... i want a viper to aproach, land, go down through the elevator to the hangar deck, and go park itself on its spot.
would be cool.
textures are easy to make. these are 1024 maps. its made to be background objects.
basicly, its a solid (yellow paint and text markers) color with a layer mask (keyword : dirtmap) , above a grey noisy layer
I am going to use those as reference to build a few of my own!
heres todays work.
a cart tank and a few boxes
I love the tank! What do you envision they would have in there?
from the quantum company. (under the logo it says fuel and trylium solutions)
and the front plate says KTM industries TANK FILLER w/ octane purifier
Okay. Fair enough.
I was thinking they would have fuel ports all over the deck, to connect pipes to.
But i do like the visual.
What I would do, is try to make it a little more solid, because it is kind of wobbly. Great work anyway, and keep it up.
On the tanks it looks like the yellow paint is on top of the graphics, as if you textured the tank with a base metal with the graphics and used a blend to add the yellow paint. There are 2 layers there, and you should use 3, first the base metal, the yellow paint over it and then the graphics on top.
The cylon raider looks really good. I also agree with lukanoski, but I'm sure it's just because you are just starting with it.
youre right i should have used 3 layers instead of 2, as the graphics should be painted on top of the yellow paint. i'll check that later, when i'll have time (hoping i have a spare layer of graphics :S )
i dont catch what you mean about the raider looking soft. in which parts ?
But other than that, I think it looks great! :thumb:
its almost finished. its not 100% accurate, but for what i want to do with it, its good enough.
thruster effect.
mov h264. 350kb
http://www.nicepixel.eu/preview/flighth264.mov
That looks AMAZING!!!!
2 new carts !
a toolbox, and a computer diagnostic cart (snail computer system. must be real fast
about 3 or 4 more and i think it'll be good.
i also started a new pilot, but its too soon to post it.
and on a side note, i'm just back from my 1st tango class. my back hurts.
Thanks!
here's the pilot
far from finished, but at least it looks like a pilot.
3800 tris, and a few normal maps.
i already made a small tutorial about how to do engine flames like this. scroll down the tut section, its there.