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Fuzzy_Modem

Post subject: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-02-28 09:48pm

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90% done. Suggestions?

Last edited by Fuzzy_Modem on 2010-11-21 02:44pm, edited 2 times in total.

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Fuzzy_Modem

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-02-28 11:03pm

Padawan Learner

Joined: 2010-02-09 06:36pm
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Perhaps it's a bit cluttered?

Stripped down renders:

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Crossroads Inc.

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-02-28 11:07pm

Emperor's Hand

Joined: 2005-03-20 07:26pm
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Location: Sparkling with Iceland!

God lord! is there ANY surface of that ship NOT covered in massive amounts of guns and weapons? Oi! :shock:

((That said ver amzing, would like ot se a de-weponed version for beauty shots

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Fuzzy_Modem

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-02-28 11:33pm

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salm

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-01 04:33am

Rabid Monkey

Joined: 2002-09-09 08:25pm
Posts: 8989

Very nice.

Is it for a game? If it isn´t it looks quite lowpoly and could use a couple of extra loops in the snout and the wings.

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Shroom Man 777

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-01 11:44am

FUCKING DICK-STABBER!

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Very nice, smooth and slick design. Though, yes, I'd recommend toning down the weapons systems, there's too much gunnery, particularly the guns on the canard wings. But I do like the very curvy design.

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Vehrec

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-01 03:45pm

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Joined: 2006-04-22 12:29pm
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Location: The Ohio State University

I dunno, compared to some Shumup fighters this thing's positively barren.

I mean, just four guns and two missile pods? Where's the screen-clearing bullet-atomizing bomb chute?

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Fuzzy_Modem

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-01 10:00pm

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A little progress. I'm recalculating this one back down to 50% done. I need a new direction... it must be complex and believable, yet still sleek and clean.

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Fuzzy_Modem

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-01 11:01pm

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Cockpit and vents improved.

I think I need to scrap certain parts of the body texture.

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Elheru Aran

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-02 07:59pm

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Location: small U in Georgia, USA

Reminds me of a Hapan starfighter. There was something from the old Essential Guide that had the same idea, the wings curving forward with guns at the tips... It's a pretty design, though. I like the cleaned-up version better. Perhaps recess the nose guns into the body like a P-38 or Naboo starfighter?

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phred

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-02 11:49pm

Jedi Knight

Joined: 2006-03-25 05:33am
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Very pretty. But something about those upper wings just just doesn't feel right.

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Havok

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-03 01:17am

Miscreant

Joined: 2005-07-02 10:41pm
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Location: Oakland CA

Seems needlessly swoopy and curvy. Is there some back story the design?

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JointStrikeFighter

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-03 01:55am

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Joined: 2004-06-12 03:09am
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Location: Brisbane, Australia

I think it could benefit from greebling up the guns a bit; ala the main guns on fractals missile boat.

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Teleros

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-03 07:46am

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phred wrote:

Very pretty. But something about those upper wings just just doesn't feel right.

Perhaps if they ended further from the cockpit? ATM it looks like it'd just be easier to remove the wings entirely and slap the two guns from them next to the cockpit ones.

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Shroom Man 777

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-03 08:02am

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This looks much sleeker and less cramped. The cockpit is pretty HUEG compared to the rest of the body, but aside from that I think it's pretty goods.

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Sinewmire

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-03 08:33am

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Joined: 2009-12-15 01:17pm
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Ooooh, it's pretty. Reminds me of the GalSpan fighters from Tachyon: The Fringe, particularly the Pegasus.

It looks great, especially from the back, and I love the "wings" - were you intending to evoke a scythe or kopesh?

Can't help but wonder how it lands. Presumably some of those detail sections on the botoom fold away or open and struts or wheels come out?

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Benedick-Arnold

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-03 02:13pm

Redshirt

Joined: 2010-03-03 10:00am
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Location: Houston

Very Nice! ...now what does it look like in "battleoid" (robot) mode?

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phred

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-03 06:47pm

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Teleros wrote:

phred wrote:

Very pretty. But something about those upper wings just just doesn't feel right.

Perhaps if they ended further from the cockpit? ATM it looks like it'd just be easier to remove the wings entirely and slap the two guns from them next to the cockpit ones.

Precisely. Or toss the guns too. The way they are they just make a bigger target profile, and are just extra pieces that could be blown off, possibly damaging the cockpit in the process

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Knife

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-04 04:04am

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I like the body and the engine, I'm just stuck on the swoopie wings. They just aren't doing it for me, either the dorsal or ventral ones; though, the canards are OK.

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Teleros

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-05 11:58am

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phred wrote:

Precisely. Or toss the guns too. The way they are they just make a bigger target profile, and are just extra pieces that could be blown off, possibly damaging the cockpit in the process

Yeah... I wasn't too worried about the target profile of space opera starfighters though - that route lies B5 Starfuries with computers instead of pilots

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Fuzzy_Modem

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-14 05:45pm

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I've been experimenting with these "feathers" and thought I'd get some input. They'll produce a repulsion field, allowing the ship to hover.

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Fuzzy_Modem

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-15 12:09am

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Joined: 2010-02-09 06:36pm
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Minor evolution:

Still thinking about the texture. I think I need to apply a specularity and reflection layer that simulates highly burnished smooth areas contrasted with seams that are entirely unpolished by virtue of being recessed.

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Fuzzy_Modem

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-15 12:13am

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Joined: 2010-02-09 06:36pm
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No one seems to like the feathers. I'm hoping they look more like teeth now, or a serrated edge.

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Havok

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-15 12:37am

Miscreant

Joined: 2005-07-02 10:41pm
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Location: Oakland CA

Dude. You got way to much going on. Also, having all those repulsor field generators exposed like that seems needlessly careless. Maybe encase them in an extension of the wings.
Shit, how much would one of these cost for the military using it? :lol:

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salm

Post subject: Re: Starfighter!

Posted: 2010-03-15 07:42am

Rabid Monkey

Joined: 2002-09-09 08:25pm
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I´m no fan of the feathers either. What does look nice, though is the black rim that holds the feathers. Of course if you remove the feathers the rim won´t be necessary for anything anymore and should be removed. Maybe it would look cool, though, to pain the a black line on the edge of the wings into the texture. That would give it somewhat of a frame.

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