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A ship called Scimitar

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Topic: A ship called Scimitar
Posted By: Glex
Subject: A ship called Scimitar
Date Posted: 18 January 2007 at 8:11pm

An attempt at improved lighting on engine doohickeys


This is how far I got today, I'm not happy with the shading on the engine peices, or the lighting on any of it.

I'll be back on it tomm, but i may just start on another of the ships and come back saturday with a fresh start at this one

C&C please.



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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 7:48pm
More textures. Too smooth, yet not highlighted. The ships's shape is good.

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Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 7:58pm
Hmmm well It would appear that my comments never got posted the day this was made.
 
The thing looks like it would rip apart, try to kill some of those 90 degree angles. Add more of a transition from the wings to the body as 90 degree intersections are not great for flying things. Most ships are star or triangle shaped, this is not a rule it just looks nice most of the time. Consider making the body come to a point rather than a blunt surface, it will look more sleek. Try so add some shapes rather than blocked in parts with beveled edges and see if not using inner outlines works better. I would also consider lining the guns up by length. If your windshield is that shape it would actually have 6 side, your are currently only showing 4 of them. Everything looks the same height you might make them more rounded they kind of look like beveled buttons placed ontop of eachother. The guns could be shaded like tubes rather than flap strips of material. I would advise thinking of how these mechaincal components work and adding details based on that, it's fine if somebody doesn't uderstand a part compleatly.


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Posted By: Glex
Date Posted: 21 January 2007 at 12:23am
Thank you for the comments, I agree jalonso it needs more texture, and while I agree with your suggestions about shape I don't want to differ from shape too much.

It is a ship from this webcomic and I would like to use its design http://www.davidcsimon.com/crimsondark/index.php - http://www.davidcsimon.com/crimsondark/index.php

I'm going to start again tommorow, from the lines and perhaps have less of a pink tint in the colors



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