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[Bien]

So, I've been a little bored after school. I drew up some concepts in my head and transfered them into 3ds Max. These are still WIP, as I'm thinking of adding turrets and textures and such.
Here's the Dreadnought class, which is around 495 meters long.

And her top silhouette:

[Digital Hellhound]

That's pretty cool, I hope you do add some textures and such.

[Bien]

So, this isn't really groundbreaking but:
1024x768 Clay Render.

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[Boksi]

Those ships are pretty neat but they really need textures.

Also, whenever I see your name I'm reminded of someone else. That's rather annoying

[Shoku]

Can you describe why it is that shape? Any advantages or even just considerations-

[Bien]

It's big, it's intimidating. From a tactical standpoint, it will also offer near 360 degree weapons coverage. Other than that, it's cool to my eyes.

And, I told UV mapping to frak off for the while and applied colors to the polygons themselves.

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BTW: Boksi, this is my first name. So I guess it's unintentional.

[Nivim]

 Why do you describe the ship in meters rather than a measurement that applies to a 3d model? I mean, I could create a 6 triangle cone and call it a 10,000 meter tall mountain. I guess it's fine for describing the style you're after, but doesn't say anything about the detail. Could you add the tri-count next time you update it?

 Also, if you want to take a look at some great spaceship models (for inspiration), and make some that would be seriously appreciated, go check out the Infinity, and their contribution forums. Your ship reminds me extremely of two of the carrier ships that have already been fully modeled, textured, and accepted for the game. Although last I checked, they needed texture artists far more than they needed modelers ("Aww, but texturing's hard!"), like you can see from the art gallery/stockpile (concept, modeling, modeled, texturing, ready for game).

Edit: Fixed color relation list.

[Bien]

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Update, 4692 polygons.

[Nivim]

 Thanks, although polygons do lose a bit of accuracy over triangles.
 Could you tell what the greeble hanging out/off of the engines is for? They seem too thin to deflect thrust efficiently, but too wide to be sensors or emitters. Also remember that since this kind of ship isn't built to ever land, it still needs both shuttle ports and some carrier-like capacity (this could be greater or lesser because of its half-kilometer length; would need more supplies, but would be better able to recycle things).

[Bien]

Those things? Well, they're there for the same reason people put stripes on sportscars. Though I was prepared to explain them off as secondary EM containment field emitters for the plasma drives. The ships' got docking ports on the ventral surfaces, and behind, and under the wings. There's a pair of drone retrieval bays too, one on each 'wing'.

Progress so far: 7874 Polys, 17872 Triangles. The little blue thing's a 1 meter tall by 1 meter diameter cylinder for reference.

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Also, from 4600 to 7900 polygons? I cut some polygons apart and applied colors to them, lol.

[Heron TSG]

This is looking fantastic!

[rarborman]

I've got to say its nice but I'd like to see it from the back...or engine facing towards camera angle.

[Nivim]

 If your using that many polygons, I think you aught to add a more spatial detail; little places that could be vents or minor-adjustment thrusters. Or perhaps...how old is this ship? Brand new, or has it seen multiple stars? There might have been additions or subtractions along the way, and neither they nor the original would have needed to be symmetrical or streamlined.
 Being symmetrical only really matters for center of mass, which can be recalculated easily enough and thrusters can be moved to match. Being streamlined only matters for atmosphere (not applicable here), dust (instead requires either science-fiction fields or low speeds to prevent too much wear), and rocks (must be dodged, or science-fiction fields).

Predit: I think he isn't taking screenshots of the bottom or back because he hasn't really messed with it yet.

[Bien]

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Well, here's the shot you've requested. And Nivm's right. I'm planning on putting in some maneuvering thruster arrays and I'll have to mess with my material settings to get dust onto them. But the ship's technically fresh from the dockyard, and hasn't seen a single battle yet. I've got plans for modular hardpoints too.

[Nivim]

Are you sure you didn't read a certain design document and are making this for something specific? :⌡