Topic: It's been done but . . . (Read 44327 times)

KBF_Gow · « **Reply #40 on:** April 14, 2011, 01:12:12 am »

btw nice work on the outboard KTinga Nacelles.

This was my take from the studio model. I never finished it, just prefered the other on my ships. You got yours pretty right.

The Northern Star · « **Reply #41 on:** April 14, 2011, 09:00:20 pm »

Speaking of engines . . . I'm having some difficulties with the light maps, (not sure they're assigned to the model) but I'm fairly happy with this anyway. The impulse exhaust is tiled so I decided to just go ahead with a pattern, to give the impression of mass by adding detail. I can't think of a way to line it up right but at game speed, (unless you're the captain), I don't think that will be all that noticeable.

atheorhaven · « **Reply #42 on:** April 15, 2011, 12:15:31 am »

How's this? Just change it to grey scale if you want, or keep full colour (looks more real ingame IMHO)

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #43 on:** April 15, 2011, 12:54:18 am »

Damn, I'm not sure how that one got by me - looks like I have another klink ship to add to my own list

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atheorhaven · « **Reply #44 on:** April 16, 2011, 12:33:40 am »

Quote from: Fallen_Warrior on April 15, 2011, 05:41:20 am

dang... nice impulse.. i likes it

It looks great.. and I guess I should've read the post more closely, didn't catch that he needed the mesh tweaked to add in the illumination texture, not the illumination texture itself. Serves me right for skimming I guess.. :p

The Northern Star · « **Reply #45 on:** April 17, 2011, 10:11:10 pm »

A little more progress.

KBF_Gow · « **Reply #46 on:** April 19, 2011, 11:37:47 am »

I don't like many FASA ships, this one is looking really good.

The Northern Star · « **Reply #47 on:** April 19, 2011, 01:11:37 pm »

Quote from: Klingon Fanatic on April 09, 2011, 07:17:00 am

I realize that this is a WIP but I have to say something bothers me about the symmetry of this:

For laughs and giggles, have you considered flipping the black grills?

Sorry it took so long to answer this but I wanted to complete the visual tie-in on the hull. I've made a simple mock-up to give some impression of what your suggestion would look like. Of course, one has to imagine the impression of the red triangles increased in size and some general clean-up, etc. . . . I don't know, I still kind of like the "inverted v" motif that seems to naturally come out of this design. I really worried more about visual form than about function when doing his. I don't draw ahead of time, I just kind-of draw objects and use effects to mimic 3d on the fly.

The Northern Star · « **Reply #48 on:** April 19, 2011, 01:16:43 pm »

Quote from: KBF_Gow on April 19, 2011, 11:37:47 am

I don't like many FASA ships, this one is looking really good.

Thanks, I wanted to almost give the impression of thes ships being really well-painted FASA models up close but to also look realistic and dangerous in motion at game speed. I'm looking forward to having a couple of these done and seeing them in game.

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #49 on:** April 20, 2011, 05:54:44 pm »

Okay. I see what my original issue was. I had forgotten about the curvature of the secondary hull in relation to the grids. Thanks for bearing with me and my misguided suggestion.

Nice work overall! Thank you for sharing.

The Northern Star · « **Reply #50 on:** April 22, 2011, 06:00:29 pm »

How about a forward-facing shuttlebay? I like the position for it although the texture gets severely streched, I think I can get away with the thin line on the forward part of the hull. I'm not, however, happy with the trefoil in two places.

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #51 on:** April 22, 2011, 08:26:08 pm »

Quote from: The Northern Star on April 22, 2011, 06:00:29 pm

How about a forward-facing shuttlebay? I like the position for it although the texture gets severely streched, I think I can get away with the thin line on the forward part of the hull. I'm not, however, happy with the trefoil in two places.

NICE! Very innovative. I was struggling to see what role it could be used for. A nice light carrier or a strike carrier/ cruiser as a plausible substitute for some of the older SFB Klingon models.

KBF_Gow · « **Reply #52 on:** April 26, 2011, 09:43:58 am »

Quote from: Klingon Fanatic on April 22, 2011, 08:26:08 pm

Quote from: The Northern Star on April 22, 2011, 06:00:29 pm
How about a forward-facing shuttlebay? I like the position for it although the texture gets severely streched, I think I can get away with the thin line on the forward part of the hull. I'm not, however, happy with the trefoil in two places.

NICE! Very innovative. I was struggling to see what role it could be used for. A nice light carrier or a strike carrier/ cruiser as a plausible substitute for some of the older SFB Klingon models.

my thoughts exactly, the SFC light carriers are just a bit too thrown together.

KBFLordKrueg · « **Reply #53 on:** April 26, 2011, 01:56:05 pm »

*rubs eyes, looks again*
OMG...He lives! Been a long time since I've seen the Honored Gow's name in a post.
How the heck have ya been, sir?

The Northern Star · « **Reply #54 on:** April 29, 2011, 08:40:02 am »

I'm still chipping away at it. Not sure if I like the light grey area on top of the neck, still debating that.

KBF_Gow · « **Reply #55 on:** May 05, 2011, 09:25:11 am »

Quote from: KBFLordKrueg on April 26, 2011, 01:56:05 pm

*rubs eyes, looks again*
OMG...He lives! Been a long time since I've seen the Honored Gow's name in a post.
How the heck have ya been, sir?

I am older, crankier and not dead yet. My oldest is graduating HS in june.. gawd.

heh, been a long time since CW.

The Northern Star · « **Reply #56 on:** May 07, 2011, 07:25:06 pm »

Finally got a little time today to get at it!

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #57 on:** May 07, 2011, 08:00:49 pm »

What a difference a coat of paint can make! This should be very nice in game.

The Northern Star · « **Reply #58 on:** May 07, 2011, 08:16:31 pm »

Here's a quick mock-up to give an impression of what they'll look like in-game. It might take a while, but I hope to develop a fleet of like-textured ships and I'll be happy to share, so long as all of the original author's are in agreement.

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #59 on:** May 07, 2011, 09:12:19 pm »

Here's a link to how the D-9 is currently scaled compared to the K'tinga...

http://home.comcast.net/~ststcsolda/klingons/D-9/D-9.html

In FASA Trek lore this was a Klingon Science Vessel...

I like the idea that it could be an auxillary carrier / Galactic survey type cruiser too.

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