Topic: Another Connie Refit WIP (ATTN: AZEL!!!)

[sandman69247]

OK, here's a couple of shots of the texturing work on Azels Connie refit. It's taking longer than I thought, due in large part to the fact the weather has been beautiful here and I haven't been able to work up the gumption to work on it. Also, originally I was able to reduce the polies from 10000+ to around 8500...it's getting lower, as everything seems to have a double face. I select a section to detach and map, and there's another identical section under it, like when it was converted it made multiple LODs. So....Should be less when I'm done, just time consuming.

Azel, please let me know what class to make it...I can't do the windows without knowing. Right now I'm doing her as a Light Cruiser.

Here's the pics:




 

[Fire Blade]

Acording to the book it is A Challenger Class Composite Frigate  
The reg is      UFPF Challenger   OVL 9195-L  and the bridge should be black
i have an old model of this ship by M Pitt i will send you a copy if you like
Fire Blade

[Azel]

It is a frigate, but it looks like a cruiser(like the Chandley from FASA)...so I say make it a Cruiser...it looks large...so standard windows would suffice.
She looks awesome so far man...if you noticed saucer has some added "meat" to her(that extra level on the dorsal side)
make use of it if you like.
As for the registry...if you could do two versions of the registry...that would be cool...if not then thats cool too
Thanks Sandman!!!!  

[Azel]

oh and Sandman please remember that beautiful UFP emblem on the sides of the "neck"
Thanks  

[Fire Blade]

Bump

[sandman69247]

Thanx Fire Blade, that would be nice to have.

Light Cruiser it is then. I always want to make these things with a Connie saucer a cruiser...frigates are too small for the saucer to be believable, IMHO.

Hope to have more pics manana.

 

[Rod O'neal]

This is looking very nice, gentlemen. It'll definately make a great CL.  

[Azel]

 

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 Thanx Fire Blade, that would be nice to have.

Light Cruiser it is then.  I always want to make these things with a Connie saucer a cruiser...frigates are too small for the saucer to be believable, IMHO.

Hope to have more pics manana.
 

I cann'a wait man!!!
THANKS!!!!  

[James Formo]

I like the stru t supports. Looking good.  

[Azel]

Bump
I know its shameless but what can I do  

[sandman69247]

Sorry, didn't do anything on it again yesterday...beautiful weather and FOOTBALL!!

I will work on it tonight, I promise and post some pics. I was thinking, since this is kinda a kitbash, what with different parts from different ships, things won't match up exactly. Does anyone agree? What I mean is, mayber colors and panels are a little off from one section to the next. Just a thought.

 

[Rod O'neal]

The 11th commandment:
Football is an acceptable excuse for any sin of omission.  

[Azel]

Sounds ok with me...but remember to go by the Pic...the ship's Nacelles and Interhull are
all alien materials...it is that olive green-biege?? color
But yeah feel free to experiment and explore  

[Azel]

El bumpo  

[Azel]

Bump  

[Azel]

DAS BOOMP  

[Smiley]

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DAS BOOMP  

ROTFLMAO!!!!..........Ja

[Fire Blade]

Bumpo

[sandman69247]

Bump this!!

Soryy guys, I couldn't help it.

Unfortunately, I have accomplished little in the last few days. Either my kids brought something home from school or my wife did from the pharmacy where she is a clerk and deals with sick peeps...either way I was laid up for awhile, but I'm good to go now.

I have the day off tomorrow and plan on working on it as long as my old eyes and my ol' lady let me. Hopefully I can get a lot done, but it is slow going due to the extra layer of polys under the top ones. It's almost like when you import a stock model and have 3 ships in the same spot...the LODs I believe. I select a section to detach for mapping, detach it, then say WTF!   To reiterate how this all came about, Azel sent me the mesh in LWO and MS3D formats...I opened them in Deep Exploration (no, not at the same time) and converted to 3ds format, then imported to max. Both models show the same effect and I am stumped. If anyone knows what might have happened and can make this easier, please let me know.

Azel, if possible, could you send it to me in mod format? Maybe it's just something with DE and converting to 3ds. Thanx for the help in advance if you can.

Ant help on the doubling issue would be highly appreciated.

 

[atheorhaven]

Maybe if Azel can send me the .LWO (and might be able to open the .MS3D as well), I can try and convert it over to a .MOD (that you'd  have to remap for textures because I don't know what your texture mappings would be like).  No guarantees, but I'll give 'er a shot for you.  Just need to know how many polies the ship was for both version (.LWO and MS3D) after conversion so I know if I'm helping at all when I do it.