I was toying around today in my various graphics programmes, and I knocked up this. The models all right but I need some decent texture maps. The ones on my computer don't really fit in, if anyone's got one that they think might work, could they either post it or send it to me. Anyway, what do you think of the model? More detail? The textures at the moment are just quick ones to give you an idea of the theme.

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Fairly nice, but that bulge right behind the cockpit looks a bit out of place. More detail could be nice, like actual holes in the gun barrels, sectioning the cockpit canopy instead of leaving it as a single dome, and so on. I can't help much w/ textures, except to say that I've found that model detail can often substitute for textures (and vice versa).

Hmm... and, in the spirit of this thread, I'll offer up one of my own unfinished designs for comments: (url="http://"http://www.rit.edu/~jxc1906/Dragonfly.jpg")http://www.rit.edu/~...6/Dragonfly.jpg(/url)
Again, help w/ textures would be useful.

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Looks kinda like a Krait :). Using that in a plug?

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Wyvern: what did you make that in? That is one icky ship. If it's in Carrara (somehow it looks like something made with Carrara's MetaBalls), you can make a pretty good/disgusting organic texture with its internal texturing system.

Necro: poke around the Texture Depot.

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It could be made with bryce...

/me will have lightwave one day...

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Looks nice - definitely needs some textures, but other than that, I like it.

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**It could be made with bryce...:)

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UNLIKELY...;) is a word that comes to mind...

I'll guess he used POV-Ray...

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The fighter looks a little... chubby, Necromicron. The guns are too big, the ship.... nevermind. Nice try anyways.

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I'll guess he used POV-Ray...
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Bingo! That's one of the reasons I would like some help with making an appropriate texture; I've never gotten any textures out of POV-Ray that are appropriate for this thing. And yes, I did use metaballs, though POV-Ray calls it a blob. The teeth were done with 4th order 3d polynomials.

And do note: I'm not finished with the geometry yet. The tail is definitely going to see some re-structuring...

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The guns are about the right size, seeing as the pilots legs are meant to go about half way down the hull. I will add more detail tonight though.

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Nice try

F*ck off.

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Decided Slug doesn't deserve a smiley.

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Well, I've done some re-structuring; Now all I need is a good texture(s), and then I'll start on the wings. It's still at the same location: (url="http://"http://www.rit.edu/~jxc1906/Dragonfly.jpg")http://www.rit.edu/~...6/Dragonfly.jpg(/url)

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Originally posted by Wyvern:
**Well, I've done some re-structuring; Now all I need is a good texture(s), and then I'll start on the wings. It's still at the same location: http://www.rit.edu/~jxc1906/Dragonfly.jpg
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Wow, PovRay?!?
What Modelling-tool did you use? I can't believe that you coded the "balls" by hand.
The teeth are really good (a bit Zerg-like), but maybe you should play some more with the tail, it looks too much like blobs

Are you willing to share this model. In PovRay I've never gone beyond simple structures. A mail would be much appreciated (and I think I can free up some time to look for textures ;-)).

- Marko

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Originally posted by Slug:
**The fighter looks a little... chubby, Necromicron. The guns are too big, the ship.... nevermind. Nice try anyways.
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As Necro said: "**** Off"

Do you even play EV? Lets see you do something better.

Show some respect.

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Originally posted by Wyvern:
**Well, I've done some re-structuring; Now all I need is a good texture(s), and then I'll start on the wings. It's still at the same location: http://www.rit.edu/~jxc1906/Dragonfly.jpg

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Ooch. Nasty! (in the good sense).
Looks like something out of LEXX. Nice piece of work.

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Originally posted by Marko:
**Wow, PovRay?!?
What Modelling-tool did you use? I can't believe that you coded the "balls" by hand.
The teeth are really good (a bit Zerg-like), but maybe you should play some more with the tail, it looks too much like blobs

Are you willing to share this model. In PovRay I've never gone beyond simple structures. A mail would be much appreciated (and I think I can free up some time to look for textures ;-)).

- Marko**

Believe it. I don't use modellers. And yes, the tail needs still more work - but at least it is much better than before. As to sharing this model... well... hmm... If you're going to use it <mock serious tone> for educational purposes only </mock serious tone>, I have no problem with that. If you want something you can use as you please, I've got plenty of those, too. Either way, just post a reply to this thread and I'll be happy to send you something.

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Originally posted by Wyvern:
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Hmm... and, in the spirit of this thread, I'll offer up one of my own unfinished designs for comments:http://www.rit.edu/~...6/Dragonfly.jpg
Again, help w/ textures would be useful.
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Cool PICT Wyvern! Looks like this big space organism that swallows ships on Star Trek Voyager, episode is called "Bliss".

P.S. Cool PICT Necromicon!

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Originally posted by Slug:
**The fighter looks a little... chubby, Necromicron. The guns are too big, the ship.... nevermind. Nice try anyways.
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I highly disagree. It looks like a gunship, and gunships are supposed to big with big guns! Cool PICT Necro!

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Ooh, and Wyvern, really nice model.

-david-

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Originally posted by the Necromicon:
Originally posted by Slug
Nice try **
F*ck off.
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Hmmm, so what you really mean is "Tell me what you think! (But only if you like it!)"... it's a good start, Necro, and would pass for an EV or EVO ship (I mean from the original game), but probably needs work...

-david-

Damn UBB code, let's see if I can fix that...

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Originally posted by Meowx Design:
**Hmmm, so what you really mean is "Tell me what you think! (But only if you like it!)"... it's a good start, Necro, and would pass for an EV or EVO ship (I mean from the original game), but probably needs work...

-david-

Damn UBB code, let's see if I can fix that...
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No, I don't mean that all I want is good stuff, but 'Nice Try' is patronizing and in my opinion a bit pretentious. That's why i told him where to go.

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