Hovertank

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-07-07 01:41pm

Horrible lighting, coloration, and those jagged lines aside

here's my first real work, a hovertank:

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-07 04:18pm

agh. my eyes

i suggest you go here http://www.ap3d.com/betterspace/ and try to make the whitestar at the bottom of the tutorials section.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-07-07 05:55pm

More polygons are good.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-07-07 08:18pm

its a nice basic start but more polys are needed

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-07 09:40pm

if you want good opinions, go to scifi-meshes.com and post to their BB. just dont be even slightly mean to anyone, theyre not as nice and freethinking as we here at SDN can be.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-07-07 09:55pm

Well, here's an update:

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2003-07-07 10:37pm

Hehe, neat. Looks like something out of Tron.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-07-07 11:32pm

kojikun wrote:if you want good opinions, go to scifi-meshes.com and post to their BB. just dont be even slightly mean to anyone, theyre not as nice and freethinking as we here at SDN can be.

Thats nonsense.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-08 01:56am

Howedar wrote:
kojikun wrote:if you want good opinions, go to scifi-meshes.com and post to their BB. just dont be even slightly mean to anyone, theyre not as nice and freethinking as we here at SDN can be.
Thats nonsense.

You know its true. I sarcastically called something Flood did unoriginal and I got banned. BANNED. Then agian, I was on probabtion from a previous ban, but sarcasm shouldnt be punished.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-07-08 02:59am

So in other words, you accused him of plagerism. I'd ban you too. And you'd already been banned once. God, there's a fucking shocker.

If they weren't nice and freethinking, you wouldn't have had the second chance.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-08 03:28am

Howedar wrote:So in other words, you accused him of plagerism. I'd ban you too. And you'd already been banned once. God, there's a fucking shocker.

If they weren't nice and freethinking, you wouldn't have had the second chance.

no, i said planar shockwaves were unoriginal. i never accused him of plagiarism.

Kenny_10_Bellys · Post by **Kenny_10_Bellys** » 2003-07-08 05:58am

He's got a point, planar shockwaves are unoriginal. I can point you to tutorials dating back several years that will show you how it's done, probably dating from when it had it's first big outing in ST:VI. Plagarism is an entirely different thing, an altogether more heinous crime I've been the victim of in the past. To ban someone for saying something is unoriginal is a tad harsh, if it were out and out hatred or flaming for no good reason then by all means shut the loudmouth down, but not for expressing an honest opinion.

The tank is coming along nicely for a first model, I already passed on my comments to Shinova on another forum concerning it so I wont bore you all here with the details. Keep it up, Shin...

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-07-08 06:37am

It looks a little like the Plasma Light Tank from Dark Reign. That is a good road to go down.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2003-07-08 06:49am

Those edges, they are too... knife-edge.

Some bevel would do wonders for them.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-08 01:24pm

Kenny_10_Bellys wrote:He's got a point, planar shockwaves are unoriginal. I can point you to tutorials dating back several years that will show you how it's done, probably dating from when it had it's first big outing in ST:VI.

You think old tutorials are bad, wait till you see the 3DSMax tool that is specifically MADE for planar shockwaves, allowing you to manipulate everything. I suggested to Floodcasso outside the message board that he should make a realistic spherical shockwave since it would be new and interesting, but he shrugged me off.

But anyway, the tank is interesting. Honestly, it needs a lot of work, but its an idea.

Shinova-- Two this: list all the things a hovering tank needs (forward propulsion, lift systems, weapons, etc) then build it from there.

Kenny_10_Bellys · Post by **Kenny_10_Bellys** » 2003-07-08 02:04pm

Here's an even better idea, dump it and move on. Build another, and another, or build something else entirely. You will hate this thing after a few days, as your skills will advance rapidly and you'll see so many ways it could be improved. Building stuff is the best way to learn how to build stuff, so get cracking and dont waste too much time on what is pretty much your first model. The next one you build will be twice as good because of the practice you've had.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-07-08 02:07pm

Kenny_10_Bellys wrote:Here's an even better idea, dump it and move on. Build another, and another, or build something else entirely. You will hate this thing after a few days, as your skills will advance rapidly and you'll see so many ways it could be improved. Building stuff is the best way to learn how to build stuff, so get cracking and dont waste too much time on what is pretty much your first model. The next one you build will be twice as good because of the practice you've had.

And practice on those spherical shockwaves, too.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2003-07-08 03:14pm

kojikun wrote: You think old tutorials are bad, wait till you see the 3DSMax tool that is specifically MADE for planar shockwaves, allowing you to manipulate everything.

That tool rocks! You're jealous because LW doesn't have it!

Too bad I think planar shockwaves suck, are over used, and generally tend to give away it's digital-ness, oh yes, and they suck.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-07-10 01:13am

Well I for one am going to compliment you Shinova,
it's far better than I could do!

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-07-10 01:37am

Crown wrote:Well I for one am going to compliment you Shinova,
it's far better than I could do!

Hey, that was done in around 8 hours, in my first try, right after building a bowl by following a tutorial step-by-step.

Lightwave is MUCH easier to use than it seems.

Don't be discouraged.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-07-10 02:57am

This, bowl you speak of ...
It wouldn't be a vase siting on a wooden bench,
behind a tile covered wall would it?

I only ask because I am just about to start this tut myslef...