Heavy Viper

[Dallidas]

very nice bro! love the panel lines. You do have some weird thing goin on in the corner of the lower wing though

[Shadowman99]

Originally Posted by Maverick Eagle

Ouch.. that ship looks pretty capable of making holes into cylon starships.. I will look at this work with interest...

Thank you. You should see the cylon starship it's going to be up against... Muaahahahaha!!!!! (foreshadowing next project)

Originally Posted by Hobbes

Awesome

Thank you very much. I don't s'pose you have some good pilot helmet refs from the trip, do you? Starbuck needs a helmet.

Originally Posted by Dallidas

very nice bro! love the panel lines. You do have some weird thing goin on in the corner of the lower wing though

The wings are unfinished but I took care of that little bit. The wings are still sub-d and that bit was where I didn't have a crease line applied. The wings need a detail pass, as you will see.

Originally Posted by Dannage

Well, I seem to remember not being a big fan of the original design but from some new angles it's beginning to take me eye.. For the first two years of Next Gen I hated the galaxy class but with Season 3 and some new angled shots, she began to show her true beauty... You're doing brilliant work!

Thank you. I may win you over yet. This ship has lots of great angles you haven't seen. Here's one of them...

[kaden]

brilliant man its going to look pretty good textured

[ChrisGFX]

great work!

[Starship]

Brilliant!

[Lonewriter]

man does that thing look bad @$$!

[Major Diarrhia]

It's funny, whenever I saw that ship I always thought it would be like a barrel in the nose too, which doesn't make much sense. Your version is great, the top view makes it look really sleek but also maintains the strength of the side view effectively.

Something just made sense to me. The guns have groves in the side of the hull, but they fade away as they go forward, which blocks the guns. Maybe the guns are supposed to sit further out to the side and the hull groove is just to seat the casing of the gun and doesn't block the barrel opening? I'm worried what that would look like.

[Tovette]

Man, that is SOOO hot. I loved Larsen's envisioning of this fighter and you're doing it great justice. Can't wait to see this textured and lit in a scene.

[Larsen]

Looking good man... To my defence the only difference between this and mine is the greeblehole on the side!

Looking forward to seeing what you do with that thing at the back mate...Keep it it up!

[Shadowman99]

Originally Posted by Larsen

Looking good man... To my defence the only difference between this and mine is the greeblehole on the side!

Looking forward to seeing what you do with that thing at the back mate...Keep it it up!

Absolutely true. I'm a big fan of the design as you built it originally, and haven't strayed very far from your work. I'll have opportunities to invent more in the nose, cockpit, bomb-bay, engine area, etc...

But to everyone who's handed me a compliment on this project I hope they keep in mind this is an interpretation of your work.

Originally Posted by Major Diarrhia

It's funny, whenever I saw that ship I always thought it would be like a barrel in the nose too, which doesn't make much sense.

The top half of the nose will contain the standard components of a MKII era fighter. The open area down below is a large air scoop like you would see on an A-7 Corsair II (for atmo flight). the bomb-bay is under the foward fuselage.

Originally Posted by Major Diarrhia

Something just made sense to me. The guns have groves in the side of the hull, but they fade away as they go forward, which blocks the guns. Maybe the guns are supposed to sit further out to the side and the hull groove is just to seat the casing of the gun and doesn't block the barrel opening? I'm worried what that would look like.

There's more clearance than you might think when you see the gun straight on. Also the gun barrel would be recessed in the housing slightly, so the diameter is not the full size of that opening.

Originally Posted by Tovette

Man, that is SOOO hot. I loved Larsen's envisioning of this fighter and you're doing it great justice. Can't wait to see this textured and lit in a scene.

That makes two of us. There's so many ways I could paint this it's tough to pick just one.

Originally Posted by multi

Lonewriter>> man does that thing look bad @$$!
Starship>>Brilliant!
ChrisGFX>>great work!
kaden>>brilliant man its going to look pretty good textured

That you for all the compliments. You feedback has been a terrific reward.

I went poly hunting today and optimized some crap, I played with shaders and lighting, worked on the wings. I still have more to do, but it's late and I wanted to post an update.