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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #120 on: June 21, 2011, 04:02:47 pm »
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Lighting maps would be added under the Self-Illumination node.
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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #121 on: June 21, 2011, 08:05:49 pm »
Thanks FOAS!

I've finished the upper-wing and its front and back edges, and the lighting.

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #122 on: June 21, 2011, 08:09:16 pm »
birdie's looking good. Keep it up! :D

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #123 on: June 21, 2011, 10:36:00 pm »
Too much? Maybe I should blur the gold parts?

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #124 on: June 21, 2011, 10:40:09 pm »
Nah I like that just fine ;D

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #125 on: June 21, 2011, 10:43:57 pm »
My mistake . . . more. 

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #126 on: June 21, 2011, 11:18:25 pm »
My mistake . . . more.

Glisen the gold a bit ;) fog up the black areas aft warps that looks to clean and new as shown how I see it . Damn good job me thinks.
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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #127 on: June 22, 2011, 12:22:44 am »
Alright! Gotta call it a day. Might be a couple days before I'm back in earnest.

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #128 on: June 22, 2011, 09:11:40 am »
BTW, D9 lighting problem solved. Will U/L tonight.  :)

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #129 on: June 22, 2011, 08:11:33 pm »
Looks really nice. Still needs the K' t'inga warp refit...

Have you considered using the Hajwe KCV kitbash pods on the bottom of the D-9?  Those pods have Stock kfts in them.

I was thinking that the out swept wings of the D-9 lent themselves to that type of external, thu-deck  carrier pod configuration. Fighters launch and are retrieved under the D-9 body without risking a direct collision with the main ship or the main weapon arcs... of course I'd have a disruptor or two under the pods to protect the hangar pod(s)

That configuration, IMHO is a better carrier design than say using the D-10 and its launch rate would be better too!
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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #130 on: June 23, 2011, 04:34:39 am »
Alright, here we go! Zgal Class Light Cruiser v 1.0. If I can solve the other issues, I'll release a v 2.0 . . . likely a newer nacelle version too.

http://sfc.battleclinic.com/docks/view.php?id=4861

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #131 on: June 23, 2011, 11:10:21 am »
Very nice job!! :D

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #132 on: June 23, 2011, 01:35:17 pm »
Thanks Fury for the tutorial, it's crazy how close I was to doing the right thing by just playing around with the Material Navigator and Editor.  :huh: The tutorial gave me the last piece I was missing, literally. Its a pretty decent tut. too, I was able to jump through and listen here and there and find what I wanted in seconds. The "revelation" may have opened the door to a couple of old problems being revisited and making KF's engine upgrade on the Zgal possible.

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #133 on: June 23, 2011, 04:06:43 pm »
Nice!

There is definitely room for 2 hangar pods under the Z'gal.

This will be great because I can free up the D10 now from the carrier slot...

Awesome work.
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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #134 on: June 24, 2011, 01:04:15 am »
Here's the D9 with refit nacelles, sadly the textures appear to have been wrapped around the mesh for the engines in pairs .  . . so as seen in the 2nd picture, there is a slight problem.

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #135 on: June 25, 2011, 12:34:59 am »
A little experimentation on the nacelles.

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #136 on: June 25, 2011, 01:40:47 am »
Interesting :)

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #137 on: June 25, 2011, 06:35:41 pm »
You've got a bit on your nacelle that is begging for a ring or loop or something.

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #138 on: June 26, 2011, 11:10:07 am »
I'm in total agreement with you there, the problem has been putting a greeblie there that breaks it up but that's small enough it doesn't appear on the front of the nacelle.  :(

Also, I've been working on the impulse drive and the boom.

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Re: It's been done but . . .
« Reply #139 on: June 27, 2011, 12:42:29 am »
stunning, im seriously enjoying your thread, the reuse of old models is fantastic, your texture style is very klink and still clean, whilst still having that almost grunge feel :)

Thank you! I certainly think that these are a definate improvement since my Baq experiment.

The imulse drive is complete, the upper wing and the nacelles. Although I may add something to the edges of the engines (top and bottom).