Topic: Krilos Warbird WIP (Read 9450 times)

pepperman · « **on:** August 31, 2010, 04:38:13 pm »

Thought I'd give Atolm's Krilos Warbird a shot. As you can see, I am have a bit of trouble with the wing.

Adonis · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2010, 07:30:33 pm »

Make the segmentation of the wings horizontal too, you'll be able to control the shape better that way.

Wicked Zombie · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2010, 06:10:13 pm »

I've ran into similar situations with those types of wings. I suggest looking at them as if they were half of a squashed sphere hit with a wing-shaped cookie cutter.

Kreeargh · « **Reply #3 on:** September 01, 2010, 11:43:09 pm »

What i would do , dont do it,

it might be more work than Wicked Zombie's option.
Create a plane or box useing the front view and extrude and scale the sections smaller to fit the profile of the side view. Note roms profile seems to taper thin to the rear so verts each section farther to rear need to be scaled thiner.
You may find some verts will intersect to shape it right you may have to weld some verts to avoid auto smoothing errors. The wing can be done under

?200 poly if verts are moved right. This is a real low poly idea though.

pepperman · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2010, 01:46:17 pm »

Thanks for the tips, I'll give them a go this weekend and see what I can come up with.

pepperman · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2010, 08:49:26 pm »

Okay, here a second hack at the beastie. I think it has improved some. The geometry of those wings is challenging to say the least.

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #6 on:** September 11, 2010, 05:47:37 pm »

looking good thus far mate

pepperman · « **Reply #7 on:** September 12, 2010, 08:13:55 pm »

Thanks.

A little more progress made today.

Kreeargh · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2010, 09:42:34 pm »

Damn nice

You can cut alot of poly on the bridge and lower sections by welding the verts and still keep the basic shape for sfc. Damn good job here its going rule!

Starfox1701 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 12, 2010, 09:45:21 pm »

Looking good man

pepperman · « **Reply #10 on:** September 15, 2010, 07:52:24 pm »

Thanks guys. I am thinking she will be in the 4000ish poly range. Does that work well with SFC?

Kreeargh · « **Reply #11 on:** September 15, 2010, 09:04:33 pm »

Damn good job ! That poly will work with pcs these days.

A 1999/2002 stock SFCOP model would be no higher than 700 poly but cant get that kind of detail for 700 poly.

Starfox1701 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 15, 2010, 11:03:02 pm »

4K is good for a modern system

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #13 on:** September 15, 2010, 11:20:18 pm »

Personally, my personal limit varies from size class. I try not to go above 500 triangles for fighters, 8k for smaller ships up to CAs, 12k for BCHs and up, 18k for stations, but I have broken this from time to time.

pepperman · « **Reply #14 on:** September 18, 2010, 07:38:59 pm »

Thanks for the input...running 4200 ish at the moment. Here a picy to show how the nacell configuration is looking.

Starfox1701 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 18, 2010, 07:59:00 pm »

I think its the angle but the engines look a little big to me.

markyd · « **Reply #16 on:** September 24, 2010, 03:06:32 am »

A difficult build for sure. Your doing a good job, keep at it.

pepperman · « **Reply #17 on:** October 01, 2010, 08:12:30 pm »

Laying some paint ...

Starfox1701 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 01, 2010, 08:23:10 pm »

Ooh nice, the panaling needs a more 3d effect but then again your not done yet.

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #19 on:** October 01, 2010, 09:38:26 pm »

WoW! That's really nice. FoaS should put up a Romulan fleet based on Atolm's Romulans...

Aramus · « **Reply #20 on:** October 02, 2010, 02:16:58 am »

Nice paintjob

pepperman · « **Reply #21 on:** October 02, 2010, 08:30:58 am »

Quote from: Klingon Fanatic on October 01, 2010, 09:38:26 pm

WoW! That's really nice. FoaS should put up a Romulan fleet based on Atolm's Romulans...

I have always wondered why more modellers don't create Romulan ships. Without doubt, Atolm has some of the most unique Romulan designs out there.

Kreeargh · « **Reply #22 on:** October 02, 2010, 10:53:04 pm »

Quote from: pepperman on October 02, 2010, 08:30:58 am

Quote from: Klingon Fanatic on October 01, 2010, 09:38:26 pm
WoW! That's really nice. FoaS should put up a Romulan fleet based on Atolm's Romulans...

I have always wondered why more modellers don't create Romulan ships. Without doubt, Atolm has some of the most unique Romulan designs out there.

Some modelers have fleets of them but the lack of ability to texture any quality they dont release.

pepperman · « **Reply #23 on:** October 03, 2010, 04:06:22 pm »

Quote from: Kreeargh on October 02, 2010, 10:53:04 pm

Some modelers have fleets of them but the lack of ability to texture any quality they dont release.

I can understand that. Modelling is challenging enough. Texturing can be a daunting and damn frustrating.

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #24 on:** October 03, 2010, 04:09:02 pm »

I know for me its more about time and duration of effort. It takes me a long time to get a model out, and so by the time I get to the next one I want to slit my wrists.

Starfox1701 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 03, 2010, 07:18:26 pm »

Burnout can be a problem for me too. To combat that I try to keep several ship going at once. That way if one get to be too much I move to another. This way I don't get board. I also am a bit of a perfectionest on certain things. Pen working on a Galaxy class mod for A2 on and off for 2 years now and I'm still not satified with the ship yet.

markyd · « **Reply #26 on:** October 14, 2010, 02:34:44 pm »

Textures look fantastic buddy

pepperman · « **Reply #27 on:** October 14, 2010, 03:09:30 pm »

Thanks!

Working on the bottom section at the moment.

Starfox1701 · « **Reply #28 on:** October 14, 2010, 05:34:35 pm »

Nice more please

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #29 on:** October 14, 2010, 07:47:22 pm »

oh the Anticipation

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #30 on:** October 20, 2010, 07:30:46 pm »

hey Pep, can you get me a 3/4 shot of the mesh in this view:

I'd like to see if I interpreted the shapes correctly... just curious

Oh and if you can get me one of the ship banking like the one in the top left-hand corner(all these are for a final drawing I'd like to do) :

thanks mate

pepperman · « **Reply #31 on:** October 21, 2010, 06:10:01 pm »

She what you think of these. Just working the hull perimeter.

Starfox1701 · « **Reply #32 on:** October 21, 2010, 07:22:18 pm »

nice

Aramus · « **Reply #33 on:** October 22, 2010, 01:53:39 pm »

I think it looks great

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #34 on:** October 24, 2010, 07:11:19 pm »

Kreeargh · « **Reply #35 on:** October 24, 2010, 09:45:49 pm »

Just a thought no offence but the front profile looks thin fatten <--> it out a little would look perfect. The warps vrs hull look too thick/tall for hull perspective.

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #36 on:** October 25, 2010, 03:19:35 pm »

I think that's from the render window in the modeler, rather than the actual mesh(adds that fish-eyed effect).

Kreeargh · « **Reply #37 on:** October 25, 2010, 08:59:54 pm »

Oh damn my bad i forgot about milkshape view points

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #38 on:** December 21, 2010, 06:00:04 pm »

anything going on with this :p , or am is the wind gone from the sail on this one :/ lol

pepperman · « **Reply #39 on:** December 22, 2010, 06:55:56 am »

I still have a few minor tweaks to make and how that the holidays are upon us I hope to squueze in enough time to put the wraps on her by News Years day. Of course, the Klingon Throneship design you resently posted has me thinkinh about chasing shinny pennies.

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