Update to one of my more recent models, added more detail to the hull and also made it longer. Do note... this thing is 28k polys

Another note you'll notice is that the wings are not rounded anymore, I found an error in that part of the model and the only way to fix it was to delete part of the wings and redo them again. I do say all 4 of them are equal and fit without any errors.

Next 3 pics show more detail I turned off the lines instead of doing what a normally do, this way more detail of what I've done is shown.

That's very impressive Thoumsin.  Nice job!

I wasn't aware that we were able to assign multiple textures to a single mesh in Sins.  I always assumed it had to be all in just one.

-dolynick

Heh.  I've gone through that document before and I just missed it I guess.  I know it's normal to have multiple materials, I more meant that I thought it was a Sins limitation that everything had to be in one set of textures.  It's funny though because I use clusters all the time just for normal texturing - I find it's just much easier to cluster them then use the cluster to select the polys in the UVs that way rather than clicking/selecting them manually every time.  I suppose that's a byproduct of the way I texture though (IE, badly), since I usually pull things apart in the UV to make it easier to work on in Photoshop (and end up wasting a lot of space too).

What I'm not sure of from the document is why the cluster is necessary (by that I mean, mandatory) for the second set of materials.  It probably isn't but the document doesn't say.  I would think that you should be able to add a 2nd material without having to cluster it first if you wanted.  The cluster would definitely make it easier to work with anyways though.

-dolynick

In preparations for making new Xy ships I have begun work on fixing up and revising the old GoreKhan revision 2 model. This beloved ship started as a B5 Primus kitbash about 8 years ago. Since then it has been hand modeled several times over.

The old model was a mess, but I opted to fix it instead of try to remodel it. I don't remember how I made the model to begin with, so I don't feel I am prepared to try to rebuild it from scratch. I think I have done a reasonable job of fixing it, but my work is far from finished.

That definitely sounds like an interesting idea, looking forward to seeing the end result. It wouldn't work with organic models, but it would work with modular/scrapheap ships... even better would be multiple "sets" (hulls, turrets, wings, struts etc.), and multiple materials... in fact you have just given me an idea...

Nice need to learn how to detail my ships in the way you do yours

LOL, I've been making use of the bump function in the program I use. It was how I got those canyon like features onto that last ship, which I then proceeded to get rid of some extra lines that made it look weird when I went and smoothed them out to make them more rounded.

Some very nice work displayed by all in the numerous post previous. Really looking forward to playing / viewing the mods when they are done.

Some Pics of a model( Textures unfinished) that I have been doing, just to take a break from what I have been doing to stop my head exploding. It started out as a model for ZombiesRus5's mod, but I may have got carried away with the mesh density and texture file size. It consists of 16790 polygons and 4096 x 4096 texture files. Might be able to reduce them some. Estimated time of completion - end of the year /  start of next year.

Actually I already am ahead of what you were thinking, the bottom rounded area is different then the top area. I changed the top mirror look of it to be slightly different, IMO I made some small details that pretty much point out that it's the bridge area. My last Pic in that post points out that area in specific.

Besides, I was thinking strategically now, what would be the first place an enemy would try to strike at to cripple the ships ability to move and operate? That would be command and control which is located in the bridge. Having nearly identical locations on the top and bottom of the model actually would make sense because instead of 1 location the enemy might aim for they instead have to choose between two locations.

Also making a change to the model, the mirror part of the top would be a good way to pretty much rip apart the whole model and make me have to do it all over from scratch, your basically destroying 30% of the hull and that's a drastic change I plan on not doing. Model is still a work in progress as it will change over time as do my skills at modeling. Details will be added to make the top and bottom parts look different from one another over time.

Having work on warship during 9 year, i can certify that bridge is not the more important location... in fact, everything who is done on the bridge can be done elsewhere...

The real important place is the CIC ( center information combat )... there you found all the radar/sonar console, weapons console, communication, etc... location is usually just at the water level, in the middle of the ship... only way to reach it is to fully destroy the ship first...

Pretty sure that if some day, we have space battleship, configuration will be similar

Well, the 947% is somehow similar to your "Dyseg"... mainly, the rotating ring can be cut along eack axis... 8 group of pieces who can be overlaps and it is already 800%... for reach 947%, it is only a puzzle job, arrange overlaped pieces for reduce white wasted area and use a max of the map surface...

The 1415% is easy to explain... 120 identical turret and 80 identical missile pod... it is a lot of overlap... in fact, turret and missile pod use almot the half of the poly from the model...

Body will be at 300%... several symetrical pieces and some puzzle work... nothing more... no magical trick...

Iskatu, as usual, I like your models. The World Eater is absolute evil.

SZ0, I was going to say that I like your first ship that looks like a Vasari/Advent hybrid of some type, then you desided to put up your Dyson dealy-o. The texturing and all is absolutely beautiful. Hopefully if you bring down the detailing any, it won't look less awesome than it does now.