The wings were there primarily to increase the surface area which the player can hit, since it was a boss, right. They are pretty lazily done I guess. :B
rather than smooth... its like if these wings lack of detail were just pasted over the well detailed core. the contrast between these its quite big. in the end, the core and the wings(wich could use some AA, and the use of that black outline is quite.. strange) you know, these wings can be detailed too without having to put ten thousand specs over it. but overall, it looks wonderful :D
I don't nessecary agree on the wings needing more detail. I think the black smooth wings are what sets this ship/monster apart from the rest of the ships out there. I think it's a cool design.
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