A pic of the WIP Despoiler, I really have got free time to continue now, honest :p [img]http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08234/despioiler199.png[/img] [quote]I couldn't see the beams work, though. Also, I couldn't remember how to make the texture work =P. Oh, and apparently left side emitters aren't quite working right. Odd. It wouldn't be bad, but the ships want to turn that broadside, even though it doesn't work =/.[/quote] To get the texture to work simply get them from the skyd
Here's a awesome Dark Eldar Torture Cruiser by our new modeler Manuel, who's also has the secondary task of making sure I don't look lazy because there are no pictures in the past 5 pages of the thread. DE will be taking the place of pirates if we haven't mentioned it already. [img]http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8953/torturemd3.jpg[/img]
Fraid I'm going to have to take about a week off from modelling, something big has come up and pretty much anything social has been locked away for now :P If you see any new buildings from me in the meantime then just consider it a fluke.
Let me rephrase that, rather what could I add to it to make it look more like a temple? Besides making the Emperor's pointy stick a little more subtle.
Chaos Lance Platform (& base for the other two) [img]http://xs227.xs.to/xs227/08191/lanceplatform515.png[/img] And also a generic building, originally started out as a temple but my mind's gone blank, so does anyone else have any ideas for it? :P [img]http://xs227.xs.to/xs227/08191/tes627.png[/img]
A Craftworld could be the Eldar supership, they carry a pretty horrific amount of firepower but can take less hits than other supers and should have massive drawbacks if it's lost, cus you just took a good percentage of the Eldar population with you. As for the Necrons there's the Nightbringer's Flagship for lack of a better name, which we'd have to pretty much make up as there's only about 5 lines about it. But one of those was "Dwarfs an Ork Hulk" so it should be strong enough. <b
Finally had an idea for the buildings, so here's a chaos temple/factory thing, although it requires a bit of visualization. Imagine a big bolt of lightning running from the "horned crystal" to the top of the station, and then slightly above the crystal a huge warp rift. This will likey be done with FX though. [img]http://xs227.xs.to/xs227/08186/temple155.png[/img]
Chaos Contaminator Troop Transport [img]http://xs226.xs.to/xs226/08181/contaminator638.png[/img] Another fictional one, I know Chaos would likely steal Imperial transports but I'm just using this as an excuse to delay the buildings ;p My mind has gone quite blank as to what chaos structures would look like.
Did you link the dummies to the model? Select all the dummies, then click the [img]http://xs226.xs.to/xs226/08176/icon294.png[/img] button and drag from the dummies to the mesh. Mesh should blink if done correctly.
Nice, those Tau sizes will be very useful, and also hindering as I now have to resist the urge to model them until I get Chaos done. ;p You and Thrawn will both be getting a copy of the Alpha once we get those precious full mod tools.
Idolator's finished, one weird ship with its antennae and skyscraper for a bridge. What's even weirder than that is the fact I didn't go over the poly count. edit: Whoops, reason it wasn't over the poly count was because I forgot the large fin underneath. [img]http://xs126.xs.to/xs126/08172/idolator189.png[/img]
[quote]Son of a... my post got stolen by gremlins.kiernyc, glad to see that confusion's sorted out, didn't mean to confuse.thrawn, first off, inert is still well, i think, he hasn't been around for a little bit. I think we need mekaniaks' playgrounds or something for research as well, but a rok studded with banners'd be a good idea for the other half of the tree. and for culture, just stick some antennas on a rok![/quote] That's because the current topic of resources has completely elud
They're going to have one huge mothership with as many beam weapons I can fit on, just the coding stuff really left to do until next release. I'm trying to see if I can maybe make it so the mothership build all the frigate saucers, partially so you get the swarm of saucers feel and partially so I don't have to model additional buildings. Not going so well though. [quote]Is there any way you can tell us what files you modified in the GameInfo folder so that we can merge this mod with oth
Infidel Escort [img]http://xs226.xs.to/xs226/08162/infidel914.png[/img] Also big size comparison pic on the Modcraft site. Personally I'd love to try and do some nids *flagellates self*, but model-wise the problem stems from the fact they have no pre-fixed weapons, meaning there's about 6 different configs for just their smallest ships. We could always resort to "standardizing" them though, by hacking off all 500 of their special rules.
Plus, if Plasma reactors superseded nuclear equivalents then it makes sense that plasma bombs could do the same, probably much cleaner too allowing repopulation.
Finished Planet Killer, devising FX for that Armageddon Gun will be fun :p You can't really see the underside from this angle though so I'll get another shot by tomorrow. Also pics of those cruiser and escorts would be helpful thrawn, I skimped detail on the cruiser rear and still have little idea as to what basic Tau ships look like. As for maps we could try adding an uncolonizable "empty" bit of space, in strategic choke points. [img]http://xs226.xs.to/xs226/08155/fi
[quote]I was wondering about this too. My mom bought me a book on maya 8.5 and I've been teaching myself the program with the PLE. I just wish I could export models I'm making in it so I can use them for mods.Which of the free modeling programs allow you to export files in .mesh? And do any of the programs open .mesh files so I can have a reference as to how big ships are?[/quote] The only free way to export is by using the mod version of XSI Softimage and the file converter with the mo
[quote]what program/s do you use to design the ships i Nert[/quote] Just 3dsmax and the importer/exporter plugin Also top nearly done [img]http://xs226.xs.to/xs226/08140/wip2wosmoosmaa255.png[/img]
Sure, you can add it to 7 Sins once I get them playable without mini dumping every click ;p It might even be easier to make it a playable race than make pirates use it from all the errors I've come across.
