Topic: USS Warpath [TOS] (prev: bit boredom again :D) (Read 6978 times)

Mackie · « **on:** April 09, 2007, 01:32:54 pm »

heh... pre-tos designs are nice... theyre fun to do

Don Karnage · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2007, 03:57:59 pm »

hmm nice ship, so its for what race and what type of ship?

Mackie · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2007, 04:31:50 pm »

Fed corvette i'd think

I dunno really yet. im experimenting with texturing it, would be the second thing i've ever textured :p

Bernard Guignard · « **Reply #3 on:** April 09, 2007, 05:32:24 pm »

Nice work Mackie it makes me want to find the CD sound track to Flash Gordon the
Queen version. Looking forward to seeing the Textured version

Mackie · « **Reply #4 on:** April 09, 2007, 06:17:09 pm »

stilll doesnt look like much but its a start. as said, one of the first ever texturing attempts

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #5 on:** April 09, 2007, 07:04:22 pm »

Nicely done Mackie!

Queen Flash Gordon soundtrack plays: "Flash, aw ah!"

Weren't you working on an Oberth with 1 or 2 tug pods Mackie?

KF

Mackie · « **Reply #6 on:** April 09, 2007, 07:18:40 pm »

Quote from: Klingon Fanatic on April 09, 2007, 07:04:22 pm

Nicely done Mackie!

Queen Flash Gordon soundtrack plays: "Flash, aw ah!"

Weren't you working on an Oberth with 1 or 2 tug pods Mackie?

KF

Not that I remember but then again, I have always a few bottles worth of not remembering handy :p

Don Karnage · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2007, 08:46:03 pm »

what is the things around the hull?

its look like guns

Mackie · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2007, 09:06:36 pm »

Quote from: DonKarnage on April 09, 2007, 08:46:03 pm

what is the things around the hull?

its look like guns

guns indeed. lots of small ones

Scottish Andy · « **Reply #9 on:** April 10, 2007, 09:12:19 am »

Looks pretty cool, especially with her clothes on.

She could be an early (or current) SFB Fed police cutter.

Mackie · « **Reply #10 on:** April 10, 2007, 03:15:56 pm »

sorry for the crusty looking modeler shots, deepexplo gave up on me so no more nice shots until i make renderings with lw :p
trying to put on some details, propably need to change the font and something else... pretty tedious stuff, with my sk1llz on psp and with texturing generall...

Mackie · « **Reply #11 on:** April 10, 2007, 07:13:29 pm »

this is pretty much it. just needs a few finishing touches and im done :p

I redid the texts on the hull with the proper font too :>

Mackie · « **Reply #12 on:** April 10, 2007, 09:36:05 pm »

Almost there

ending up to be a sort of a tos ship, rather than just pre-tos

Mackie · « **Reply #13 on:** April 10, 2007, 11:40:06 pm »

oh yeah and to mention, so that i wont forget, i nicked the aztec template and few other things from DD (texture parts, like the fed stripw on ze beak of the ship) :>

Darkdrone · « **Reply #14 on:** April 11, 2007, 03:39:35 am »

Quote from: Mackie on April 10, 2007, 11:40:06 pm

oh yeah and to mention, so that i wont forget, i nicked the aztec template and few other things from DD (texture parts, like the fed stripw on ze beak of the ship) :>

nicking my stuff again are we what am i going to do wirh you :p

looks sweet man kind of a pre-tos design did nice job on her

DD

Mackie · « **Reply #15 on:** April 11, 2007, 03:00:49 pm »

Quote from: Fallen_Warrior on April 11, 2007, 01:49:32 pm

bloody love those renders dude she looks sweet i might have to ask for a custom TNG mesh for a texture job of my own

Yeah thanks, anywho, any idea how to do floodlights (you know like over the registeries) properly? I just cant get them done done on PSP. Its seriously breaking my balls... thats the only thing left to do before this thing is done >:/

Thanks to DD too, especially for letting me use your texture bits and so forth <3

Rod ONeal · « **Reply #16 on:** April 11, 2007, 05:44:59 pm »

I mostly use photoshop, but use psp for flood/spot lights. I take the final texture (.bmp) and without zooming in put the lights wear I want them, Adjust the size, brightness, etc... Enter, then backstep to remove the lighting from the color map. You actually only want to apply the lights to the light map, not the color map.
Create a blank texture of the same size, medium grey (128 brightness, 0 saturation). Apply the lights to this texture using the "last used" setting. I usually double the intensity and set darkness at 50%, but you can vary that to taste, then enter. Adjust brightness and contrast to get a black background and the light's brightness where you want it and save it. Stick it in as a seperate layer on the psp version of the texture it's for under the other glowy areas on the texture (windows, etc.) but above everything else. Flatten and save either grayscale, the way Taldren did it, or 8bit (256 color) if you want to have colored light maps, for warp glows and stuff, and use as little memory as possible.

I hope this is helpfull. It's a pretty "down and dirty" description, I know.

P.S. I love the shots in space dock.

Mackie · « **Reply #17 on:** April 11, 2007, 05:58:26 pm »

Quote from: Rod ONeal on April 11, 2007, 05:44:59 pm

I mostly use photoshop, but use psp for flood/spot lights. I take the final texture (.bmp) and without zooming in put the lights wear I want them, Adjust the size, brightness, etc... Enter, then backstep to remove the lighting from the color map. You actually only want to apply the lights to the light map, not the color map.
Create a blank texture of the same size, medium grey (128 brightness, 0 saturation). Apply the lights to this texture using the "last used" setting. I usually double the intensity and set darkness at 50%, but you can vary that to taste, then enter. Adjust brightness and contrast to get a black background and the light's brightness where you want it and save it. Stick it in as a seperate layer on the psp version of the texture it's for under the other glowy areas on the texture (windows, etc.) but above everything else. Flatten and save either grayscale, the way Taldren did it, or 8bit (256 color) if you want to have colored light maps, for warp glows and stuff, and use as little memory as possible.

I hope this is helpfull. It's a pretty "down and dirty" description, I know.

P.S. I love the shots in space dock.

Unf ;P Horribly complicated. I know how to make lightmaps in general but its the damn floodlights that are giving me insane amounts of trouble. Just cant get em done with PSP's normal plugins and thats all I got :<

Got msn rod? I could use your help :>

Rod ONeal · « **Reply #18 on:** April 11, 2007, 06:08:16 pm »

Yeah, I never use it though. I should be able to log on and find you. I have to go out right now, but I'll look for you later today on and tomorrow. I'm in NZ so my time zone is really frigged compared to the rest of the civilised world. lol
We'll hook up though.

Mackie · « **Reply #19 on:** April 11, 2007, 06:16:00 pm »

Quote from: Rod ONeal on April 11, 2007, 06:08:16 pm

Yeah, I never use it though. I should be able to log on and find you. I have to go out right now, but I'll look for you later today on and tomorrow. I'm in NZ so my time zone is really frigged compared to the rest of the civilised world. lol
We'll hook up though.

Okay no trouble :>
mahadeva666@hotmail.com is what im using currently as my msn account (not email) ...
NZ eh? Stay away from them sheep then

Mackie · « **Reply #20 on:** April 11, 2007, 06:56:23 pm »

some lightning tests. the logo on the wing isnt lit up yet and the rest of the floodlights have to redone as well (and propably impulse and nacella ones too)

Don Karnage · « **Reply #21 on:** April 12, 2007, 11:44:34 am »

yes, with a lot of Phaser 3 that ship will be good, unless its agains a cargo with drones.

Mackie · « **Reply #22 on:** April 12, 2007, 01:39:15 pm »

Quote from: DonKarnage on April 12, 2007, 11:44:34 am

yes, with a lot of Phaser 3 that ship will be good, unless its agains a cargo with drones.

I am not exactly catching your drift here, so to say... You mean i should change the weaponry? I gave it 5 impulse engines to compensate for having only front arc covered with weapons :p
However, I do know that I will have to retexture the arse ends of nacellas and the impulse engines, right now they look just red+yellow, i would believe

Also, is it just me or does the ship actually look somewhat B5ish?

Don Karnage · « **Reply #23 on:** April 12, 2007, 02:01:57 pm »

Quote from: Mackie on April 12, 2007, 01:39:15 pm

Quote from: DonKarnage on April 12, 2007, 11:44:34 am
yes, with a lot of Phaser 3 that ship will be good, unless its agains a cargo with drones.

I am not exactly catching your drift here, so to say... You mean i should change the weaponry? I gave it 5 impulse engines to compensate for having only front arc covered with weapons :p
However, I do know that I will have to retexture the arse ends of nacellas and the impulse engines, right now they look just red+yellow, i would believe

Also, is it just me or does the ship actually look somewhat B5ish?

well since you don't have strong shield you will get blast because of the drones, sure 5 impulse might be good, depending of how much power the impulse have?, but Phaser 3 in pack will nead to fire at close range, unless you put Phaser G.

Mackie · « **Reply #24 on:** April 12, 2007, 02:34:27 pm »

ok now im completely lost :p
I just bash and model (dont even mod), know practically nothing of SFC/SFB

Don Karnage · « **Reply #25 on:** April 12, 2007, 04:45:21 pm »

ohh you don't play the games?

well a police ship have low shield power and a drone do a lot of damage to the shield and you ship get destroyed

Mackie · « **Reply #26 on:** April 13, 2007, 03:44:02 am »

Quote from: DonKarnage on April 12, 2007, 04:45:21 pm

ohh you don't play the games?

well a police ship have low shield power and a drone do a lot of damage to the shield and you ship get destroyed

well I did but ages ago, in the recent years ive just been concentrating on making ships for it :p

deepstation31 · « **Reply #27 on:** April 13, 2007, 10:26:39 am »

Very nice model.. can I ask how you made the intial clay renders? and if your willing the movie type ones too?

Thanks, sorry 4 the newbee questions.

Mackie · « **Reply #28 on:** April 13, 2007, 08:19:57 pm »

initial ones by radiosity, dockshots are just normal scenes with a rendering filter. rendering in Lightwave, ofcourse :>

And as for the model, its done, but its standing on my hd until i can get someone to do the floodlights properly

deepstation31 · « **Reply #29 on:** April 14, 2007, 04:12:46 am »

Ok, thanx...

Fallenwarrior I saw simular renders on sci-fi meshes and they were referred to as clay, i think because their soft, show detail in the mesh and look a little like clay, and as you pointed out... without textures lol

Rod ONeal · « **Reply #30 on:** April 14, 2007, 11:27:30 pm »

Sorry, Windows update fried my (wireless) internet connection. When they tell you to only get your drivers from the manufacturers website, NOT FROM WINDOWS UPDATE, believe them! I'm back up now though. I'll look for you, Mackie.

Mackie · « **Reply #31 on:** April 15, 2007, 08:59:14 am »

Quote from: Rod ONeal on April 14, 2007, 11:27:30 pm

Sorry, Windows update fried my (wireless) internet connection. When they tell you to only get your drivers from the manufacturers website, NOT FROM WINDOWS UPDATE, believe them! I'm back up now though. I'll look for you, Mackie.

Ok, right, no hurry Rod :>

Red_Green · « **Reply #32 on:** April 23, 2007, 01:21:58 am »

Awesome - Looks retro, clean lines, I love it. I'll order a dozen for my fleet. Need to beef up defenses in the Alpha Quadrant.
Hold a second I am under fire - ambush - 1 carrier and 3 destroyers - Hard to port - incoming weapons fire - brace for impact...............
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Starforce2 · « **Reply #33 on:** June 02, 2007, 01:34:43 am »

You know this would make a good orion ship too. I remember cleeve's wanderer having fed like nacelles. Either way it's another fine ship. I'd buy ya a beer but I'm sure you're always fully stocked...

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