Just wanted to let you all know that Saber Studios reached 1000 visits as of early this afternoon. I wanted to thank all you plugin developers for your constant feedback and visits to the website.

Also, since users of Netscape can't seem to load Saber Studios, I will soon be moving the website over to EVula's server. Loading and downloading speeds should be much faster, and the homepage will be completely different. Just keep your eyes open for updates.

(url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com")http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com(/url)

Thanks!

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(url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com")Saber Studios(/url) - Your source for original EV/O/N graphics.
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Your website is great, and has great content, and I have but one suggestion. You should make some stations. You have some great planets already, and it would be cool to have some stations to compliment them. It is very hard to find cool stations in the shipyards, and they are harder to make than planets.

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--ares
(url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com/")Saber Studios(/url)::(url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url)

And we all know that if anyone can make stations, our man Skyblade can. Keep it up!

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Coreył (Cubed) | (url="http://"http://plugs3.evula.net/")Plugsł(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.evula.com/")EVula's Lair(/url)
/me checks his digital watch...I should start thinking about warning the islanders about the impending lava flow...

Skyblade, it's like everything you touch turns to gold. Keep up the good work. Also, maybe you colud put something on your site about how you became interested in graphics etc., and what brought you to become the great 3D artist that you are right now. Admiral Zombat told me his story, and it was very inspirational.

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You would have to be ignorant, derranged, demented, or dead to turn down the oppurtunity to fly an Azdara.
(url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com/") Saber Studios (/url)-Your source for original EV/O/N graphics. the Confederation Graphics Expansion Set: Coming soon

I'm sure if I could see it, I'd like it. Hurry up with the move to EVula, wouldja?

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Originally posted by ares1:
**Your website is great, and has great content, and I have but one suggestion. You should make some stations. You have some great planets already, and it would be cool to have some stations to compliment them. It is very hard to find cool stations in the shipyards, and they are harder to make than planets.

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Thanks for the comment. I hope that as the months / years pass, I'll have any and every kind of graphic developers would need for their plugin projects. It's just a matter of time, really. I'll go for some station graphics soon.

(quote)Originally posted by corey:
**And we all know that if anyone can make stations, our man Skyblade can.;) Appreciate it.

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(quote)Originally posted by Azdara Ace:
**Skyblade, it's like everything you touch turns to gold.;) Yeah, I'm putting up a new "about us" page at the upcoming new homepage, and I'll have a story about getting into graphics. I was an artist before I ever got into computer graphics...

By the way everybody, you can view a preview page for the new Saber Studios index (url="http://"http://saberstudios.evula.net")here.(/url) I believe this page is much better than my old one (opinion, of course), and you should have no problem loading it thanks to EVula's wonderful server. Check it out and tell me what you think!

Again, thanks for all the support.

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Skyblade, that looks awesome. Keep it up; I can't wait to see the new site. I also look forward to reading your "how I go into graphics" article.

Hey, it is a bit off topic, but we are on the subject of graphics, so... Well, I heard (from moki himself) that non-rendered, editable models of the original EV ships are available on the addons page. I went through the whole page 3 or 4 times, and I can't find it. Skyblade, you base a lot of your graphics on stadard EV(O) stuff. Where do you get the models? Can you give me a URL or something?

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--ares
(url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com/")Saber Studios(/url)::(url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url)

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Originally posted by ares1:
**Skyblade, that looks awesome. Keep it up; I can't wait to see the new site. I also look forward to reading your "how I go into graphics" article.
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Thanks again. Just those three graphics took about four hours of Photoshop work.

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Originally posted by ares1:
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Hey, it is a bit off topic, but we are on the subject of graphics, so... Well, I heard (from moki himself) that non-rendered, editable models of the original EV ships are available on the addons page. I went through the whole page 3 or 4 times, and I can't find it. Skyblade, you base a lot of your graphics on stadard EV(O) stuff. Where do you get the models? Can you give me a URL or something?

**

You heard that? If the EV models were available for download, that would be wonderful. But everyone has told me that the original EV models can not be downloaded. I do have the EVO Infini-D models, but I've heard nothing about the EV ones.

Also, you would need Infini-D to open the models, since both the EV and EVO graphics were made with the program...

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Really? I spoke to moki (andrew welch, CEO of ambrosiaSW) and he said that they were available. I guess he was wrong.

So how did you make that kick-arse hawk?

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--ares
(url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com/")Saber Studios(/url)::(url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url)

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Originally posted by ares1:
**Really? I spoke to moki (andrew welch, CEO of ambrosiaSW) and he said that they were available. I guess he was wrong.:)
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Well, maybe he got confused. I do know for sure that the EVO models are available, but I've never found the EV models up for download (at least on the addons page).

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Originally posted by ares1:
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So how did you make that kick-arse hawk?
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Just a few minutes of Photoshopin'. I simply added on to it, much like I did for many of your outfit graphics...

By the way, I posted my most recent work of Infini-D (Confederation Patrol Ship) over at the Image Gallery. Swing by there if you want to check it out.

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the Confederation Graphics Expansion Set: Coming soon
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Hey, that looks great! Do you think I could have the texture you used on that?

Just a crazy graphic site idea: video tutorials. You should make Snapz Pro videos of you doing things in graphic programs, perhaps with text on the bottom of the screen. Well, not you in particular, but someone should. That would be a cool concept: Video Tutorials for Photoshop, or Infini-D or mechanisto, or lightwave. Only problem is massive size of the videos...

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--ares
(url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com/")Saber Studios(/url)::(url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url)

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Originally posted by ares1:
**Hey, that looks great! Do you think I could have the texture you used on that?

Just a crazy graphic site idea: video tutorials. You should make Snapz Pro videos of you doing things in graphic programs, perhaps with text on the bottom of the screen. Well, not you in particular, but someone should. That would be a cool concept: Video Tutorials for Photoshop, or Infini-D or mechanisto, or lightwave. Only problem is massive size of the videos...

**

Sure, I'll send you the texture when I can. I intend on creating a texture depot at Saber Studios soon anyway, so that should give you some additional resources.

Hmmm... I believe just a plain HTML page would be good enough for tutorials. Videos and the process of editing them take much longer, and you receive the same information. I will probably create some QuickTime movies of a few ship graphics, though...

Thanks for the idea and comment.

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SkyBlade, can you send me the url link to the EVO ships? I've just recently 'aquired' Infini-D and would like to take a look at those . .

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(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/chaosgrafix")Conwy Station(/url)
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Originally posted by Jak205:
**SkyBlade, can you send me the url link to the EVO ships? I've just recently 'aquired' Infini-D and would like to take a look at those . .

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You can find the EVO models (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category;=guides&display;=date&page;=1")here.(/url) Scroll down thirteen files, and you're all set.

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the Confederation Graphics Expansion Set: Coming soon
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Here's that Confed Patrol Ship I mentioned earlier:

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the Confederation Graphics Expansion Set: Coming soon
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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
Well, maybe he got confused. I do know for sure that the EVO models are available, but I've never found the EV models up for download (at least on the addons page).

Matt Burch has stated quite clearly that he does not plan to release the 3D models for Escape Velocity, and for that matter, ATMOS also does not plan to release the EV Nova models. The EV Override models were released at the decision of Peter Cartwright (the scenario designer), not by Ambrosia.

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Originally posted by David Arthur:
**Matt Burch has stated quite clearly that he does not plan to release the 3D models for Escape Velocity, and for that matter, ATMOS also does not plan to release the EV Nova models. The EV Override models were released at the decision of Peter Cartwright (the scenario designer), not by Ambrosia.

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Yeap, that's what I heard. Besides, Matt Burch has enough work on his hands as it is, so requesting him to release the EV models for public use wouldn't be a good idea...

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Skyblade, a texture depot would be great.

Jak, what do you mean 'acquired'? Sounds like you pirated it... heheh.

Hey, skyblade, if you make a tutorial section, you should post some ship models for people to look at and learn from. I learned a lot looking at some other person's models in mechanisto. Seeing what the final product can be, and then working backwards to see how they did it tought (sp?) me a lot.

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--ares
(url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com/")Saber Studios(/url)::(url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url)

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Originally posted by ares1:
**Skyblade, a texture depot would be great.

Jak, what do you mean 'acquired'? Sounds like you pirated it... heheh.

Hey, skyblade, if you make a tutorial section, you should post some ship models for people to look at and learn from. I learned a lot looking at some other person's models in mechanisto. Seeing what the final product can be, and then working backwards to see how they did it tought (sp?) me a lot.

**

Yeap, there will be a texture depot. It will also be open for people to donate their own.

I'll keep your tutorial advice in mind. I too learned plenty from taking a good look at models...

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the Confederation Graphics Expansion Set: Coming soon
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