Post by: MajorRacal on August 07, 2003, 09:56:14 pm
These screenshots are of my first ever model, and although by no means perfect, I'm fairly happy with how things are turning out.
She's a Romulan vessel (currently dubbed Hammerwing) and is supposed to be a small, swift vessel capable of delivering a high yield blow against a target and delivering a lighter follow-through as she banks to retreat and cloak again. Her port side is 'supposed' to be protected by an 'ablative wing' armature... and this is where I've gotten myself stuck... The port panel is meant to sweep back across the upper hull and partially protect the underside, but I don't know how to make the changes just yet, so any suggestions/criticisms/advice would be welcome.
There are a few other things I want to sort out too - eg. I think the ventral warp nacelles should be larger, and the impulse vents should be trimmed down a little.
MajorRacal's Micro Shipyard
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Post by: E_Look on August 07, 2003, 10:08:03 pm
I hope you iron the kinks out of this, your first model; it's beginning to look all right even at this early stage. Intriguing!
Post by: Core on August 08, 2003, 05:59:49 am
Post by: sandman69247 on August 08, 2003, 11:52:00 am
Post by: MajorRacal on August 11, 2003, 08:49:53 am
I've been playing around with the model over the weekend, and have discovered that there are a few undesirable artifacts which are making some of my modifications more difficult that they probably ought to be... There are problems with the weapons tower, which has some strange distortions on the topmost dome and forward face - and I'm still having a tough time adjusting the wing 'cowl' into the right shape - let's just say there have been more than a few "Aaargh" moments over the past couple of days...
I have begun building a replacement model variant and will try to build the 'cowl' separately and then attach it later to see if it helps me any better... I've dicovered to my cost that selecting and adjusting poly's sometimes results in hidden or unrelated poly's being adjusted too, creating unwanted side effects. Naturally as a complete novice, I've not built up the skills to repair this type of damage easily, but I think I'm learning from my mistakes - yeay!
Can I ask - is there a good, step-by-step by step guide to texturing models - I've been trying to follow the tutorials Max provided, but they refer to buttons that don't seem to match anything on my screen (I may just be blind though)... I'm using version 5 in case that makes a difference...
MajorRacal
Post by: sandman69247 on August 11, 2003, 08:58:22 am
Post by: MajorRacal on August 11, 2003, 10:16:00 am
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