Aegis:2375 - A Collaborative Science Fiction Project

#361

Excellent ship blueprints! They are reminiscent of a expertly detailed space RPG.

-Sash

#362

Hiya,

Here is a revised version of the Tank, Hope you dont mind… I named it the USM BLAZERAIDER…:slight_smile:

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Mark

#363

Mark, thats just a sexy tank!!! :thumbsup:

can we have a gatlin gun on the top that can defend again areial targets please?
and some other gatlin guns …(theyre good…suppose i was just over-infuenced by ‘that’ scene in Predator…)

#364

i must say mark, you seem to have a good grasp of the USM tech style! :thumbsup:

#365

Thankyou my good friend,

I am so glad you like the tank, it is very sexy…hehe.

I have done the refit on the gatling guns as you requested…hope they are to your satisfaction…:slight_smile:

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#366

the guns are indeed to my satisfaction. they just need the ammo feeder now :scream::thumbsup:

ahh, just noticed a[b] slight problem[/b]...
the way this tank is designed reminds me of a tank from[i] 'Command & Conquer[/i]'.

suggestions? nope..none here...tank is good.
#367

Hey Dene,

what are you doing to me :eek: …LOL the design is perfect and original. I have no idea what a command and conquer tank looks like. If anything i was influenced by this challenger tank, Then I drew it from scratch.

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The Gatling feeders come from under the gun, a side feeder would resrict the 90 degree firing line.

Please Please dont make me change it. :banghead: LOL

#368

ok, ok! haha!:D… no changes… i promise! :thumbsup:
i wasnt suggesting you copied the tank…really.
I DO LOVE THE TANK!!! remember that!:love:
haha, see… told ya i’m a pain in the arse!..:bounce:

so yeh, no changes. tank is done.:thumbsup:

#369

Ok ppl…i had a very busy week, but…i managed to make some nice textures to be used within the moon base , also i did design some interior ( Full Moon base exterior coming soon ).

So…suggestions?( remember those are low-poly and need to stay that way, if we are to implement any characters within ).

Oh…and mark the TANK IS AWESOME!!!:thumbsup:

#370

Your texture maps look real good.

I don’t think you should really worry about polys in your scene or any models for that matter.
The reason I say that is because I think you should use compositing and layer the parts needed.
That way you will have more control as well be able to add effects and a more fine tuned look.

Also for view port speed when you are animating, you can hide any models not being used at that time as well to help with view port speed you can use “sub-D” models and set them to a low level of detail in the view port, and higher for the render.

Also it helps to have a storyboard. so you can focus on the parts that need to have more detail then other parts.

You should also try to give your lighting a bit more of a mood… pools of light and shadows and color.It also helps to use lights to blend the colors smoother, kind of like light gels on a film set.

I hope that helps. I know, I know, everyone is a critic :smiley:

#371

using electric image universe? am i completely incompatible? i just want to fit in…

also, i completely agree with boy1da, compositing, compositing, compositing…

#372

BOY1DA : I am glad you liked the textures.

Hey, i know about compositing, i am a flame operator and 3DSmax Particle Freak for a living :wink:
( i do modelling in my free time)
But…due to the fact that we have lots of ppl here working on several stuff, and they are not aware of the term “compositing” i guess it will be a mixture of all objects in the scene using 3dsmax or other 3d proggie.Then…the Uncompressed video will go to combustion/Flame( which i am not sure…how will be transfered… ) will turn to my AVID to do a audio/vid sync or whatever.

And as for the “hide” of the objects, u propably mean XREF, which is something i find very usefull in my studio :slight_smile: . What Proggie do u use mate? :slight_smile:

Thanks A LOT for the tips anyway! And dont hesitate to hit me more !
BTW…Your gun kicks arsessss!

P.S We really must organize this project.

#373

absolutely.
any suggestions? (im trying my best, but im no project manager…still learning as i go.)
did that rtf file about the site structure help at all? and what else will you need from me to create the interface for the website? (contenet can be added later, i imagine… )

also, ill sketch some stuff for the ‘moon base’ tonight.

#374

I think a good start Dene would be to update the first entry in this thread to show who is responsible for the different task. For example

Project Management: Dene
Concept Artist: Element5
…

Then delegate responsibilities to those who are directly under you like have Mark head everyone who is doing concepts or someone responsible for 3D work, etc.

Lastly have everyone create WIP threads instead of having all in just one thread. I think this will help until you get the website up.

IMHO (2 cents) :shrug:
Jeff

#375

excellent idea!!!

#376

Hey Dene,

About the dedicated site has anyone started workink on it? If not im willing to help but not with flash, just html site…

Its time we organise this project.

Say something my friend…

Cheers
Paulo

#377

hey, paulo!:slight_smile:

yes, a website is desperatly needed!!!

so far there have been a few offers to construct a website. i can’t afford to pay anyone to do this, so its going to have to be an act of charity i’m affraid! (it sux to be poor!! )

ANY help is appreciated!!

what we need:
a gallery / info site (Flash based preferably) and a PHP forum to manage WIP’s and development.
Would be nice to have:
some kind of newsletter capability

#378

The standard html site i can do it but a flash one im not capable (maybe i can add some animated buttons, but thats just it).

The forum i think that we can use an open source from http://www.phpbb.com . They habve a lot of skins, and i think we can edit all of them, so its a start.

If im going with this, i will need the fonts from the project aegis, the logo (psd), and some info on the structure (map) of the site. Will need some info for the graphic too.

Paulo

#379

that link seems pretty funky!! its just whats needed for the forum!!

im going to start looking around for some hosting for the forum. all the images can be stored on www.photobucket.com and we can just reference them, thus, reducing bandwidth costs dramatically.

for the forum, all we need to do is sort out the colour scheme and i just need to update the logo. if you want the fonts and logo, Paulo, then please pm me and ill give you an email address to mail me at, then i can mail you back with the files all zipped up.

some themes i liked on the phpBB site…
BBlite / adinfinitum / BBtech / charcoal2 / clanzdarkness / clanzi2k / cobolt 2.0 / digitech / jenova / solaris /

#380

So maxfx, its possible to share some space on your server for the project?

By the way for the site if you dont have any time i can pull out an html site, like i said to Deane. So i will wait for your news.

Dene, ive alredy saw the skins you mention and did like the “bblite” and the “jenova”. The space for the website Maxfx probably will help us here…:slight_smile:

For the logo i will pm you and you can mail me back with the content.

Cheers