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[Marko Dash]

how well would a hoth scale ion cannon fit on it?

[Raesene]

The customs corvette is incredible ! I used your pics to show my players what kind of ship they captured, and when before they were like "what are we gonna do with it" that rapidly changed to "keep it, definitely, no matter what".
Giving this ship landing gear gave it additional depth and uses.

Once again, thank you for posting your artwork.

[fractalsponge1]

@ marko: Dunno, what's the size of the v150 ball? There was a cutout in the ITW book, but I don't have it and the scale was a bit ambiguous. The ball turrets on this ship are ~40m in diameter.

And Coyote, I definitely agree that frigates and down are where great character-driven stories can be had. The customs corvette is one of my favorite too, actually, but it's not mine exclusively; the details and execution are, but the basic shape comes from older SW RPGs.

I think the lower end of the naval scale is interesting - forces creative problem solving on the parts of the users and sets up some interesting scenarios, and gives you a look at units that are often overshadowed and ignored in favor of flashier, more capable ones. IMO, the Imperial Navy is probably set up as a bottom-heavy organization, considering that it basically finds itself facing irregular declared opponents with inferior heavy metal but does have a few potential threats with major weapons available (unruly Core sectors, say). One could argue it has similarities to what the USN is facing today, but I'll leave that comparison to more people more competent to comment on it. The flip side is I do eventually want to do some more non line-warship craft. Fleshing out the tender/tanker into modular versions, maybe some military transports, some escorts and pursuit ships, etc. We'll see.

[Coyote]

Oh, a salvage and retrieval vessel, or an assault-landing support & logistics ship. Or a dedicated hospital ship.

Kewl!

[Coyote]

3DS max is $3,400.00!!??

Damn, no wonder it's so good. And I thought I was moving into the ass-kickin' world by moving up from SketchUp to Blender...

[fusion]

@ marko: Dunno, what's the size of the v150 ball? There was a cutout in the ITW book, but I don't have it and the scale was a bit ambiguous. The ball turrets on this ship are ~40m in diameter.

If I didn't misremember, the two turrets should be the same size, so yeah..... Each ion turret on this ship should be able to disable one ISD every minute or so...

[fractalsponge1]

3DS max is $3,400.00!!??

Damn, no wonder it's so good. And I thought I was moving into the ass-kickin' world by moving up from SketchUp to Blender...

It's not the package that really matters, for almost all the art out there. Blender can make some spectacular stuff. If you're a student there's a better price for 3dsmax too.

@Fusion: do you have a scan? I'm rating the ions at 240 teraton-equivalent each, so I don't think single-shot disabling will work if the shields are still up. A planetary installation, even if the ball is the same size, can draw on a lot more power and capacitor space, so plenty of reasons why it could be much more effective for the same (visible) mounting size.



And no, I'm not done with the center spine upper paneling yet, so don't start complaining it's too plain...

[Ekiqa]

According to The Essential Guide, the v150 is about 70 metres in diameter, by scaling. The w165 turbolaser apparently has a 50m diameter reactor core, and is about 80+ metres across, or maybe more.

[Coyote]

3DS max is $3,400.00!!??

Damn, no wonder it's so good. And I thought I was moving into the ass-kickin' world by moving up from SketchUp to Blender...

It's not the package that really matters, for almost all the art out there. Blender can make some spectacular stuff. If you're a student there's a better price for 3dsmax too...

I just experimented with Blender for the first time last night, and it seems pretty complex. The thing that bugs me is that there's no sense of scale at all to the grid. Plus my computer is slow with it, but I suppose I really should use a desktop instead of a laptop for it...

[fusion]

What is up with the tiny dark Grey squares that line the side of the center spine?
I hope the new computer is serving you well as this ship needs to be finished....

[fractalsponge1]

^Going to have to be more specific than that...grey squares? Which of the several thousand are you referring to? :p

Updates:


I filled the inset regions on the spine flank with large sensor/ESM surfaces. Hopefully they didn't come off as too aegis like...

[fusion]

^Going to have to be more specific than that...grey squares? Which of the several thousand are you referring to? :p

The circled squares... I guess there is thousands of grey squares, but these are much darker............



Anyways love the progress, You need to do a 50 meter ship next.... the scale is starting to hurt me....


Ps. Hate MS Paint... but have to do

[fractalsponge1]

I had intended them as radiator-like surfaces. If you zoom in farther than those shots you'll see a finer grille-like pattern. But other than that, no specific technical designation for those pieces.

Updates (center position, more of a lot of a few other areas, overall shot of all progress):

[fractalsponge1]

Engines:

This patch isn't done yet, but should give a flavor for how the rest of the area will look.

[fractalsponge1]

Dreadnought, last update till next week, since I'm out of town till Tuesday:



A more complete section of engine detailing. Sorry about the shading/occlusion of detail in the bottom left, rendered, uploaded, left home, didn't notice . The slabs at the top under the fantail surface will be terrace/trench detail, and the engine assembly further aft will be a mix of terrace and this type of inset/surface detail.

[fractalsponge1]

Back, got a chance to do some details for the fantail area.

[fractalsponge1]

Coming along, three progress shots. The forwardmost block of detail is basically done, the last shot shows current progress on the fantail.

[Vehrec]

As one of your big fans, I must say that you continue to impress with both the quality and the volume of your work. The imperial ideals of conformity to a safe and secure society(or in this case to standard throw-weights) must make things a lot easier.

The big fantail makes me think of the Acclamator and the Executor in terms of design liniage, and maybe commonalities. Big hyperdrive in there, or is it just happy to be worked on?

[fractalsponge1]

I didn't have a particular internal arrangement for the fantail area in mind. Certainly could contain part of the hyperdrive, or something akin to Eleventh Century Remnant's towing rig :p. I did want it to have a more solid, enclosed feel than the Executor, which looks like its fantail is mostly cortex.

Coming along still:

[fractalsponge1]

Large shots of the rest of the hull currently. I recently managed to mod my 4850 to support firegl options, should help with modeling quite a bit now

These are 5280-wide, by the way :p

[fusion]

So I have a question... Is the circled item a blockade runner or something of the sort? Too small to see...

Anyways have fun with the extra "omph" on your comp, 'cuz I am watching YOU.

[fractalsponge1]

That little thing hanging out is a greeble from my scratch layer that I forgot to hide. For those interested, it's about 90m long, so about 2/3rds the length of a Corellian corvette.

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Awesome. Now give it repulsorlift and park it over Manhattan!

[fractalsponge1]

Update, superstructure coming along now:

[Alyeska]

Have you considered doing any more fighters? I'm sure someone has done the X-Wing before, but there is another fighter you might consider. The XJ-Wing.

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/starwars/aw_xj.htm

A rather nice custom model someone built to create their version of the XJ-Wing.

Anyway, as usual the work is coming along nicely.