Topic: Romulan Scorpion Fighter WIP.....Pic inside....!!! (Read 3718 times)

MarianoDT · « **on:** September 17, 2003, 06:21:07 pm »

Hi, I'm working on the Scorpion fighter seen in Nemesis and I want to share it to you so you can tell me what you think.
It still need a lot of work and it is not very accurate as you can see but I'm still working on it.

It is my first model (I've only made kitbashes before) so don't laugh.

Finally, I'd be very grateful if someone have detailed pictures of this ship and can send them to me.

This is the only picture I could find.

Thanks in advance,

Mariano

Rod O'neal · « **Reply #1 on:** September 17, 2003, 06:29:46 pm »

You've got the basic shape pretty good. The "flow and feel" are dead on, I think. Keep going and refine some of the lines and details. So far though it's looking good, IMO.

Kaenyne · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2003, 08:03:26 am »

Hey MarianoDT!

I can't post pictures, but I can point you in the right direction for some more shots:

http://www.trekpulse.com/movies/nemesis/screencaps/collection13.html

The shots appear dark on my monitor but you may have better luck. Not the greatest pics, but they should give you some more angles.

From what I've seen so far, she looks very accurate already!

Captain KoraH · « **Reply #3 on:** September 18, 2003, 11:01:10 am »

I give you the thumbs up!

I think what you've got here clearly shows that you have the ability to succeed. When it get's tough, take a short break, think about the shapes, and check the pics again. You can do this!

MarianoDT · « **Reply #4 on:** September 18, 2003, 12:46:24 pm »

Quote:

I give you the thumbs up! I think what you've got here clearly shows that you have the ability to succeed. When it get's tough, take a short break, think about the shapes, and check the pics again. You can do this!

Hi people,
Thank you very much for your opinions and advices, they've really encouraged me to keep going......

And thank you very much for the link Kaenyne , those pictures will help me a lot.

I'll post more pics asap....

Mariano

Azel · « **Reply #5 on:** September 18, 2003, 12:52:30 pm »

Always great to see awesome work!!!
welcome to the team my friend

The community has been further enriched with your edition

MarianoDT · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2003, 01:04:41 pm »

Hi people, a little update.
I haven´t had enough time to finish it, but I´ve changed a few things.

Here you have:

Hope you like it.

Thanks,

Mariano

Rod O'neal · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2003, 02:50:06 pm »

Looking better and better. We need more folks doing the *little* ships like this for us. Gonna be real nice when it's finished.

Smiley · « **Reply #8 on:** September 23, 2003, 04:10:21 am »

Wow Mariano! When I saw the first render I thought it was impressive, but the update that you posted is just fantastic! You are going to make very big waves in the modelling arena around here once you start to texture your babies! Well done! I wish you continued success!

Mainwaring · « **Reply #10 on:** September 23, 2003, 09:29:59 pm »

One other piece of advice, before you get too much further into it... remember to keep the poly count down. It's looking sweet, But it's also looking very high-poly for a game model. Remember that you want to keep the triangle count as low as possible. Most modellers seem to aim for around 2000-3000 polys, but I prefer to aim for the 1000-2000 or less range. SFC seems to do better that way, even on higher end cards. Taldren's 'official' guideline is around 1600 I think, according to the shipbuilding manual thing. But they more often had finished models in the 600-900 poly range. Now, you can push that up a bit, due to better hardware being the norm these days, but I wouldn't go too far with it.

Mainwaring · « **Reply #12 on:** September 24, 2003, 01:29:21 pm »

I actually use Lightwave for most of my modelling, and just use Max to convert, these days, so I'm not as up on it in Max as I should be. I will say, though, that regarding those poly reduction utilities... some of them do an awesome job, but there really is no substitute for modelling low-poly from the start. Obviously, it's a bit late now, but it's something to keep in mind for later projects.

If you can't get the poly count down any other way, send me a PM and we can arrange to run it through one of my utilities. Last night I took a 6100 polygon model I had laying around for CG cutscenes and knocked it down to 2000 with no significant detail loss. I was pretty impressed-- the reduction glitches were very minimal.

MarianoDT · « **Reply #13 on:** October 05, 2003, 02:01:22 pm »

Hi people, Sorry for the delay, I´ve been very busy....
THE TEXTURES ARE NOT FINISHED YET, but I wanted to show you how is going so far..

Here you have some in-game screenshots.

Hope you like them.......

http://photoshop.superdownloads.net/uploads/MDTSFC3ScorpioninnemesistextScr07.jpg
http://photoshop.superdownloads.net/uploads/MDTSFC3ScorpioninnemesistextScr09.jpg
http://photoshop.superdownloads.net/uploads/MDTSFC3ScorpioninnemesistextScr10.jpg
http://photoshop.superdownloads.net/uploads/MDTSFC3ScorpioninnemesistextScr11.jpg
http://photoshop.superdownloads.net/uploads/MDTSFC3ScorpioninnemesistextScr14.jpg
http://photoshop.superdownloads.net/uploads/MDTSFC3ScorpioninnemesistextScr18.jpg
http://photoshop.superdownloads.net/uploads/MDTSFC3ScorpioninnemesistextScr19.jpg
http://photoshop.superdownloads.net/uploads/MDTSFC3ScorpioninnemesistextScr21.jpg

This model has 1100 polys, It has lost some of the detail, but it is OK for a ship that little...
I can lower the polys a little more I you want to use it as a shuttle, or I can raise them if you want a bigger ship.

Thanks,

Mariano

Smiley · « **Reply #14 on:** October 06, 2003, 06:28:36 am »

Good, it would be better with some more detailed textures though

MarianoDT · « **Reply #15 on:** October 06, 2003, 12:18:15 pm »

I´ve done this textures with paint, so they are temporary untill y get a more robust image editor......
Besides, the original fighter is almost everything black. I´ll try with other look and colors....

Mariano

Futurama_Guy · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2004, 09:40:29 am »

I WANT THIS SHIP!

It's soooo...beautiful!

Is it yet available!?? I don't care if the textures are perfect, i just want this model!! PLEASE!!!

Futurama_Guy · « **Reply #17 on:** February 10, 2004, 09:41:55 am »

Futurama_Guy · « **Reply #18 on:** February 11, 2004, 07:58:05 am »

Ba-Bump...

Anyone?

Is there a downloadable model anywhere yet? Finished or not?!

Kaenyne · « **Reply #19 on:** February 11, 2004, 09:11:03 am »

I'm all for d/ling her myself!

She's very pretty!

pepperman · « **Reply #20 on:** February 11, 2004, 04:07:46 pm »

Mariano,

WOW! What a great job. I sure hope you plan to release it to the community.

Pepperman

Futurama_Guy · « **Reply #21 on:** February 19, 2004, 08:11:29 am »

Bump...again

Anyone know if MarianoDT still lives or anyone have this model....I really really really want it!!

Futurama_Guy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 21, 2004, 11:25:56 am »

Ugh, back to page 3 again.

Does ANYBODY know about this model or where its creator is?!

I've bumped this a dozen times, I've PM'd Marino and emailed him and natta!!

This is a really cool, ship and I want it...not to mention the fact that its something CANON and *new* to add....

MarianoDT · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2004, 01:46:06 pm »

Hi, Thanks foy your interest in this ship. (And yes, I´m still alive !!!)

I´m on hollidays right now, but in a few days i´ll be back at home and i´ll be happy to share this ship.
Now that I have PSP I´ll try to improve the textures...

So Futurama_Guy maybe this Thuesday/Friday you´ll be able to download. I´ll PM you...

Mariano

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #24 on:** February 23, 2004, 03:13:52 pm »

It's great to see you're still with us and I personally can't wait to get your little fighter into my game

. That's outstanding work.
-MP

Kaenyne · « **Reply #25 on:** February 24, 2004, 08:18:58 am »

Bumpin' in anticipation!

Mainwaring · « **Reply #26 on:** February 26, 2004, 04:12:21 am »

I snuck out of the SFC3 scene for a while, but I'm sneaking back in....

Glad to see that this model is doing so well. Also glad to see you got the poly-count down-- she's looking good, and i bet she's pretty easy on the GPU now, too.

MarianoDT · « **Reply #27 on:** February 27, 2004, 01:08:27 pm »

I´ve just uploaded the file into SFU Repository.
This is the link:

http://www.strategyplanet.com/sfc/files.shtml

Today you must perform a search with the word "ScorpionFig" because it doesn´t show up in the new files section yet.

Is´s been scaled to use as a Shuttle. But if you want something different email me....
It also includes a _brk model altough it is not necessary as a shuttle. (In case you want to use it as a Fighter)
It has one primary HP and one heavy HP.
I´ve also improved the textuers a bit.

Thanks,

Mariano

Dizzy · « **Reply #28 on:** February 27, 2004, 02:53:21 pm »

HA!

Had me going there... Looked great till I say it was only for SFC3. Good for them. Bad for me.

MarianoDT · « **Reply #29 on:** February 27, 2004, 03:25:52 pm »

Hi,
I´m not sure about the conversion methods for SFC1/2, but I can send you the .mod file just after converting it in max (I mean without glows and the recatcher).
Or if you need anything else just tell me....

Thanks,

Mariano

Futurama_Guy · « **Reply #30 on:** February 28, 2004, 05:08:06 am »

I really get a kick out of how people freak out about ship compatability.

Try a little experimenting: it only took me a week to figure out how to convert ships to and from SFC3 <--> SFC: OP, 2, 1 and another week to convert Bridge Commander games to SFC3. Its incredibly easy!

Anyway, this ship rocks!!

Love it thanks!

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