Sebenkia Shipyards (mods & New graphics!)

[Yugi]

Okay, the generator thing looks awesome now, but I think the whole thing looks a bit Flash-Gordon-ey...

Flash Gordon being a 50s (60s?) sci-fi show.

[Silentdances]

Hmm, UV maps confuse me- I can find lots of tutorials, but nothing that explains the exact benefits.

it allows you to create more realistic looking models.. you can add a lot of the 'feel' that your basic renders won't be able to give you. such things as fading paint, brushed metal, the normal scratches and nicks you get on most metallic objects. its also great if you have a poly count limitation, because you can fake some of that details through your skins (uv map)

[evilbob]

Okay, the generator thing looks awesome now, but I think the whole thing looks a bit Flash-Gordon-ey...

Flash Gordon being a 50s (60s?) sci-fi show.

flash! aaaahhhh!
nothing wrong with flash gordon.
It was awesome, when we actually had a future to look forward to.

But, without further adoo, here be the new icon



(Will be on xelerus soon, since I didn't design it for myself- It's "for the community" [/fingerquotes])
Lamplighter icon replacer

[F50]

Particle cannons, TeV weapons, Ion canons

sorry if these are random items, but they are so ubiquitous (and the default weapon graphic is boring compared to yours) I thought you might want to give these a try. If you don't want to do random items though:

Katana, Shtorm repeater, and PK25.

Particularly the Katana. Perhaps you might have fun doing the GoS too?

[Yugi]

it allows you to create more realistic looking models.. you can add a lot of the 'feel' that your basic renders won't be able to give you. such things as fading paint, brushed metal, the normal scratches and nicks you get on most metallic objects

Wait, so it makes everything look broken and unmaintained? Why would you want that?

[evilbob]

Another new ship, the Xandria class courier

[FAD]

Wait, so it makes everything look broken and unmaintained? Why would you want that?

Only if you want things to look broken. I believe you missed the point of what UV mapping can do. It simply makes models look more real while allowing lower poly count-which is a big issue with modeling. You can UV map some skins to make your ship model (or whatever) look spiffy new if you like. It's all about texture--how you want them to look and where you want them applied.

evilbob, you're making some really nice ships!

[evilbob]

allowing lower poly count-which is a big issue with modeling.

Considering that Transcendence isn't actually using models, just images of renders, that's not really a problem for me.

evilbob, you're making some really nice ships!

Thanks.

I'm open for requests, if anyone has any ideas.

[Silentdances]

Considering that Transcendence isn't actually using models, just images of renders, that's not really a problem for me.

while its true that trancendence doesn't rely on polys.. your models do.
higher end models .. especially when it comes to details.. are something you're going to want to skin.

also doing the complete model.. will eventually help you to create better models.

[evilbob]

Well, here's a couple of new products-

The Xandria fighter and an icon for kinetic weapons.

[Silentdances]

kewl models you doing a set?

[evilbob]

yeah, probably release the item icons as a pack once I have the laser done, but I can't find a design that really goes "LAZOR!!!".

As for ships, maybe once I have my adventure done.

[Silentdances]

your current style of ships would make a nice sovereign

[evilbob]

oh I wonder, perhaps that's why I've been doing it from the start.

Ok, laser icon done, I'll write the mod for them then upload on Xelerus (gonna replace all laser and kinetic weapons with my icons.)

[evilbob]

UPDATE: it's up on xelerus now

Kinetic & laser icon replacer