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**ST-One** · 09-23-2007, 09:00 AM

Very good

psycho · 09-23-2007, 04:05 PM

thank you all

made the impulse housing (front finished, rest about 50% done) and changed the bussard material... looks better than before, but i'm still not satisfied with it...

biotech · 09-23-2007, 04:09 PM

I love that engine intake grill.

Are all those hexagons modelled, or textured?

Melak · 09-23-2007, 04:13 PM

^Exactly what I wanted to say.
I like the bussards, what's wrong with them?

psycho · 09-23-2007, 04:14 PM

-biotech: all modelled and even chamfered...

btw they aren't hexagons, only rhombuses

-melak: dunno... there's something about them that bugs me...

biotech · 09-23-2007, 04:24 PM

Chamfered! Damn man, thats hardcore.

psycho · 09-23-2007, 04:26 PM

the grill are only about 6000 polys, but it doubled render times

**NightShadow** · 09-23-2007, 08:36 PM

Biotech: All he had to do was model a single rhombus, chamfer its edges and then use an array function. I'm sure it didn't take him more than a few minutes to create them. But, yeah, from previous experience I do not doubt at all that it increased the render time by quite a bit.

I would suggest, if he wants to improve his render times and still have the rhonbus effect, that he makes a texture map, put the background color in an alpha channel and increase the bumb value. That'll make the render times drop like a rock and still give the same effect.

homerpalooza67 · 09-23-2007, 09:41 PM

@nitshadow: in english please?

lol

@psyco: i would increase the red glow on the nacelles, it looks like glass/plastic. maybe lower the opacity of the red caps to 90%, to give it a little softer edge

Otherwise great job. I can almost see sisko in the full render...

Starship · 09-24-2007, 12:21 AM

Welcome back psycho. I was thinking that you had abandoned her. Nice to see that I was wrong.

Great update!

09-23-2007, 04:09 PM	#203 (permalink)
biotech SFM Oracle Realname: Rich Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hull, Yorkshire, England Age: 38 Posts: 3,600 Blog Entries: 2	I love that engine intake grill. Are all those hexagons modelled, or textured?
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09-23-2007, 04:14 PM	#205 (permalink)
psycho SFM Guru Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 524	-biotech: all modelled and even chamfered... btw they aren't hexagons, only rhombuses -melak: dunno... there's something about them that bugs me...
	sanity is overrated! current projects: high detail runabout - paintings Last edited by psycho; 09-23-2007 at 04:17 PM.

09-23-2007, 04:24 PM	#206 (permalink)
biotech SFM Oracle Realname: Rich Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hull, Yorkshire, England Age: 38 Posts: 3,600 Blog Entries: 2	Chamfered! Damn man, thats hardcore.
	Constellation class starship : Rick Sternbach concept runabout BSG Viper old school : BSG Colonial Movers now with updates!

09-23-2007, 04:26 PM	#207 (permalink)
psycho SFM Guru Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 524	the grill are only about 6000 polys, but it doubled render times
	sanity is overrated! current projects: high detail runabout - paintings

09-23-2007, 08:36 PM	#208 (permalink)
NightShadow SFM Guru Realname: Jay Seals Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wherever the U.S. Army puts me Age: 35 Posts: 652	Biotech: All he had to do was model a single rhombus, chamfer its edges and then use an array function. I'm sure it didn't take him more than a few minutes to create them. But, yeah, from previous experience I do not doubt at all that it increased the render time by quite a bit. I would suggest, if he wants to improve his render times and still have the rhonbus effect, that he makes a texture map, put the background color in an alpha channel and increase the bumb value. That'll make the render times drop like a rock and still give the same effect.
	"Poly count is king." - Me I'm a logophile. Look it up. Last edited by NightShadow; 09-23-2007 at 08:38 PM.

09-23-2007, 09:00 AM	#201 (permalink)
ST-One Member Join Date: May 2006 Age: 28 Posts: 326	Very good

09-23-2007, 04:13 PM	#204 (permalink)
Melak SFM Obsessed Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Realname: Leon Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin Age: 18 Posts: 1,229	^Exactly what I wanted to say. I like the bussards, what's wrong with them?

09-23-2007, 09:41 PM	#209 (permalink)
homerpalooza67 SFM Obsessed Realname: Jedman67 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New York Posts: 2,365	@nitshadow: in english please? lol @psyco: i would increase the red glow on the nacelles, it looks like glass/plastic. maybe lower the opacity of the red caps to 90%, to give it a little softer edge Otherwise great job. I can almost see sisko in the full render...
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09-24-2007, 12:21 AM	#210 (permalink)
Starship SFM Obsessed Realname: Cassio Join Date: May 2006 Location: São Paulo - Brasil Age: 43 Posts: 1,646	Welcome back psycho. I was thinking that you had abandoned her. Nice to see that I was wrong. Great update!

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