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Title: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Smiley on July 28, 2003, 05:55:34 pm
Ok, been away for a few days - had problems with my cable provider.
I've got a list of things as long as my arm that I am supposed to be doing, including:

-Nemesis yard for mp2
-Norway textures for James Formo
-2 texture sets for Mackie
-Chimera textures for Major A Payne
-Klingon textures for Rage

EDIT: Add D'Varan Romulan to the list

Here's a quick wip of the Chimera:
   
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: James Formo on July 28, 2003, 06:03:41 pm
Great ship man. And hey no rush on the Norway. I did that mesh about 6 months ago and never had a clue with the textures. I did make up a pirate version though.    Just keep it fun man.  You do up some of the nicest Feds in the Forum.
Myself I think there hard to texture.  Seems like old hat for you though.

btw weren't you working on a Romulan also?  Or is that finished?  Not that I am trying to lengthen you list or anything  

 
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: sandman69247 on July 28, 2003, 06:04:00 pm
Looks really good, bud! Unfortunately, you seem to be in great demand, as all the good texture artists are. Pataflafla is on the road with his band, Atheorhaven just moved and has that to deal with and now you. See what happens when you get good at something?

Take your time and deal with RL properly...we'll still be here.

 
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: InterMech on July 28, 2003, 10:27:49 pm
You have some real texturing talent there. Keep it up!  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Major A Payne on July 29, 2003, 04:26:10 am
Smiley. You've done my model proud for sure. Can't wait to see the finished version though, and please, take your time. Theres no rush at all. I've always noticed that people who take their time always do the best job.

I just wish I could texture that good!!!!!    
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Anthony_Scott on July 29, 2003, 01:02:03 pm
Smiley, you are producing some good ships there! Keep it up!
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Kaenyne on July 29, 2003, 01:40:24 pm
The Chimera looks great!

I'm no expert, but she looks nearly done to me.

When done, she'll be a fine addition to anyone's Federation fleet.

Any timetable on her?
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Klingon Fanatic on July 29, 2003, 07:11:31 pm
Isn't this the Companion ship to the post TNG Fed BB the USS Ronin?

Well done anyway. Thanks for sharing this with us.

KF  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Azel on July 29, 2003, 08:30:22 pm
LOOKIN SWEET as usual my man
Great job so far  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Reverend on July 29, 2003, 10:30:39 pm
thats a neat ship, and excellent work Smiley... I don't see waht you mean by it not being finished...  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Mackie on July 30, 2003, 01:09:13 am
imho smiley is p81 level or even better wit his l337 texturing sk1llz  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: starforce2 on July 31, 2003, 05:57:34 pm
Quote:

Ok, been away for a few days - had problems with my cable provider.
I've got a list of things as long as my arm that I am supposed to be doing, including:

-Nemesis yard for mp2
-Norway textures for James Formo
-2 texture sets for Mackie
-Chimera textures for Major A Payne
-Klingon textures for Rage

EDIT: Add D'Varan Romulan to the list

Here's a quick wip of the Chimera:
     





OMG:eek:

one inaccuracy, the torpedo launchers are incloosed a bit more by the pod. But damn, I'll hafta show this to the author. It'd be interesting to see how his low poly version of chimea 2 competes with this one.
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Major A Payne on August 01, 2003, 10:57:41 am
Starforce. When I made this model remember I was working from images you provided me with and they're the same distance that they are in the images.
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Major A Payne on August 04, 2003, 04:42:26 pm
Yo there Smiley. Any news on the Chimera?? Also can you do me a huge favour and sort me out with a generic texture which has no registry on it please??  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Smiley on August 05, 2003, 05:53:16 pm
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Yo there Smiley. Any news on the Chimera?? Also can you do me a huge favour and sort me out with a generic texture which has no registry on it please??  




Apogies, I've moved house and I have not Internet connection. Gonna be a few weeks minimum until I am back online again. Working fulltime atm so I havent had any time for models/textures...12 hour shifts suck, plus then walking 3 miles home :-\
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: manitoba on August 05, 2003, 06:12:40 pm
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Yo there Smiley. Any news on the Chimera?? Also can you do me a huge favour and sort me out with a generic texture which has no registry on it please??  




Apogies, I've moved house and I have not Internet connection. Gonna be a few weeks minimum until I am back online again. Working fulltime atm so I havent had any time for models/textures...12 hour shifts suck, plus then walking 3 miles home :-\  





damn u would think ppl sliding that card in and out of ur mouth all day would be worse than walking 3 miles home. hate to ask but how do they get the money in u.

PS. couldnt resist just good old american fun. and most of us in the US will get this joke. lol sorry bout ur brit humor guys


LMAOHROTF
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Heavens_Eagle on August 05, 2003, 06:31:58 pm
Hey Smiley
I sent you an e-mail about possibly sending me some examples of what and how you get some of your texturing effects.  I have to texture a new NOVA Z1 class Romulan battlecruiser.  I can place the textures and create them but want them to NOT look too clean or cartoony.

I can understand your time constraints, just let me know if you can or not for now.

Here is the link to the NOVA thread.

Thanks  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Major A Payne on August 06, 2003, 05:17:53 am
Quote:

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Yo there Smiley. Any news on the Chimera?? Also can you do me a huge favour and sort me out with a generic texture which has no registry on it please??  




Apogies, I've moved house and I have not Internet connection. Gonna be a few weeks minimum until I am back online again. Working fulltime atm so I havent had any time for models/textures...12 hour shifts suck, plus then walking 3 miles home :-\  




No need to appologise. After all your the one doing me a huge favour, so please take your time. Besides which theres more important things.
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: James Formo on August 06, 2003, 06:49:55 am
Dang Smiley. If your working 12 hour shifts, you'll never have any time to spend the money.    
Hope your back online soon.  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Smiley on August 16, 2003, 07:34:38 pm
Quote:

Quote:

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Yo there Smiley. Any news on the Chimera?? Also can you do me a huge favour and sort me out with a generic texture which has no registry on it please??  




Apogies, I've moved house and I have not Internet connection. Gonna be a few weeks minimum until I am back online again. Working fulltime atm so I havent had any time for models/textures...12 hour shifts suck, plus then walking 3 miles home :-\  





damn u would think ppl sliding that card in and out of ur mouth all day would be worse than walking 3 miles home. hate to ask but how do they get the money in u.

PS. couldnt resist just good old american fun. and most of us in the US will get this joke. lol sorry bout ur brit humor guys


LMAOHROTF  




Sorry Manitoba but I have absolutely no idea what you mean! :s
Please explain to my somewhat drunken brain!
 
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Smiley on August 24, 2003, 04:44:31 pm
Duh, now I get it! ATM - Automatic Teller Machines, lol, not exactly common language here really, we call them cash points, lol, oh well, only took me a few months to get it! I redefine the meaning of slow from here onwards, I believe  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Captain Ron on August 24, 2003, 06:10:41 pm
And the light goes on!

Sorry to hear about all the time you spend walking, but think of the shape you will be in after it is done.
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Smiley on September 04, 2003, 11:34:52 am
A small update....

 
   
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Major A Payne on September 04, 2003, 12:36:03 pm
Well I for one am overly impressed.
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: E_Look on September 04, 2003, 12:59:40 pm
Well, that's shaping up nicely!  I say, take your time, and do it to your satisfaction, a la WZ style.
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: starforce2 on September 04, 2003, 05:37:21 pm
w00t!
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Reverend on September 06, 2003, 11:16:36 pm
Quote:

Duh, now I get it! ATM - Automatic Teller Machines, lol, not exactly common language here really, we call them cash points, lol, oh well, only took me a few months to get it! I redefine the meaning of slow from here onwards, I believe  




PMPLMOAOTFLOL

hope things turn out better for you soon-  we'll be here for you when you get back...  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Smiley on September 22, 2003, 12:02:55 pm
Nearly finished!

   
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: James Formo on September 22, 2003, 01:04:00 pm
Very nice. Say Smiley. I havn't been able to get your Vanguard and another ship of yours to be loaded by SFC3. I can't figure out why unless its just that it  is taking so long cause of the textures. But on 1 of em the caher won't even make an mod.x file .

I know its normal for the recacher  to crash but it has always at least made an x file. It will do it for the break but not the standardm mod. I think that was the Wycombe (sp?)  I noticed that it had naming problems with the damage points. For example duplicates like d1 d2 d2 d3 d3 and missing e2  or something. So I renamed them but it still wouldn't load in skirmish after waiting 5 minutes. My compter is an 800 mhz AMD btw.
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Azel on September 22, 2003, 04:18:30 pm
Smiley!!!!
Awesome job there mate

Say if you are not too busy...I have something to email you
 
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: starforce2 on September 22, 2003, 11:26:49 pm
it's looking great dude. You might want to adress the issue of all those segments in the phaserbanks. You know, roung them off a bit.
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: Smiley on September 23, 2003, 04:14:34 am
Quote:

Very nice. Say Smiley. I havn't been able to get your Vanguard and another ship of yours to be loaded by SFC3. I can't figure out why unless its just that it  is taking so long cause of the textures. But on 1 of em the caher won't even make an mod.x file .

I know its normal for the recacher  to crash but it has always at least made an x file. It will do it for the break but not the standardm mod. I think that was the Wycombe (sp?)  I noticed that it had naming problems with the damage points. For example duplicates like d1 d2 d2 d3 d3 and missing e2  or something. So I renamed them but it still wouldn't load in skirmish after waiting 5 minutes. My compter is an 800 mhz AMD btw.  




Oh right...I'll have a look into that when I get a few free minutes! I apologise if it seems that I haven't been paying attention to the forums and any questions that anyone has asked me - I have been..."out of touch" so to speak

Thanks for the support!  
Title: Re: Never begin that which you cannot finish!
Post by: James Formo on September 23, 2003, 11:37:14 am
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Quote:

Very nice. Say Smiley. I havn't been able to get your Vanguard and another ship of yours to be loaded by SFC3. I can't figure out why unless its just that it  is taking so long cause of the textures. But on 1 of em the caher won't even make an mod.x file .

I know its normal for the recacher  to crash but it has always at least made an x file. It will do it for the break but not the standardm mod. I think that was the Wycombe (sp?)  I noticed that it had naming problems with the damage points. For example duplicates like d1 d2 d2 d3 d3 and missing e2  or something. So I renamed them but it still wouldn't load in skirmish after waiting 5 minutes. My compter is an 800 mhz AMD btw.  




Oh right...I'll have a look into that when I get a few free minutes! I apologise if it seems that I haven't been paying attention to the forums and any questions that anyone has asked me - I have been..."out of touch" so to speak

Thanks for the support!  




Hey np- I was worried you might have been worked to death