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3D MAXed space fighters

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Post Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:27 pm

3D MAXed space fighters

Just wondering what you guys think.

Light Fighter:


Medium Fighter:


Torpedo Bomber


More on the way as I finish them. (no time soon)

Post Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:56 pm

got too many exhaust holes, dont you think?

the texture's good, but i think the bodies are a bit.. too wide?

the nose.. too sharp?

im being picky.

Post Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:07 pm

My suggestion? Get rid of that big gun in the middle on the last picture. It would look MUCH better.

"Violence is the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived."

Post Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:50 pm

I like them, well except the last one, looks unbalanced and a bit messy. The other two look cool though, really nice textures too.

Post Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:57 pm

Heheh, I posted this on some other places, no one likes the third one. Fair enough, bad design on my part i suppose. I'll probably trash that one since all the fighters (except for the scout) can mount torps anyways. Thanks for the replies!

Here are the ships I've designed for this group. (There are 3 other major groups, and a bunch of civ-militia-freighter/transport ships too.)

In order, left to right.
Scout, Light Fighter, Medium Fighter, Assult Fighter (note the X's on the wings. The design was changed from this), Torp Bomber,
(Next Row) Corvette, Destroyer, Carrier, Heavy Cruiser/Dreadnought.


Edited by - Hole in Head on 7/29/2004 9:57:56 PM

Post Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:38 pm

they look like they're made from Kilrathi plasteel

Post Fri Jul 30, 2004 4:13 am

3rd's not bad, but the second is the best. Now if there was ship like it in FL, hmmm.

Post Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:47 am

They seem too "big" a good shot to those "missles" "boosters" Would be too easy to hit.

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Post Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:25 am

Seems that the 2nd is the favorite of most. And ya, it does kina look like it's made from the same material and color of Kilrathi ships huh? Those torps might be easy to hit, but you'd have to get through the shields first (although this group has one of the worst shields). Also, its not like every fighter carries them, just when they think they might have to take out something big. As for the bomber, yeah, it'd probably be taken out pretty easily by some well placed shots.

Post Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:32 pm

New ship finished. The scout. Should I add some fins?

Post Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:43 pm

i like the medium fighter the best as it is symmetrical.
also, those big things on the side of the medium fighter should be the engines because they are huge. and look very powerful

Post Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:46 pm

On the pic with the drawings, the bottom left and bottom rigfht look like ships from Tachion: Beyond the finge.

Post Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:50 pm

*looks at thread title and content - looks at forum name, looks at 3D modelling forum, looks at the thread title, looks at thread content, looks at this forum, looks at 3d forum".


Damn i am subtle

Post Fri Jul 30, 2004 9:00 pm

Sorry, since I figured this wasn't related to FL 3d modeling, I thought I'd better keep it in Off Topic. I'm not rendering these for the FL universe. I thought the 3D modeling forum was for FL releted 3D modeling only.

And the big things on the medium fighter are torps. The "group" that these belong to have basically had to have fought to survive. They're basically a wandering civilization. At one point in their journey, they blundered into a huge alien empire that didn't like unannounced visitors. This empire had rather large ships, so nearly all of the fighters and capital ships have been designed for the purpose of taking out large ships, hence the huge ass torps on the fighters, and the huge ass guns on the cap ships. You won't see this kind of thing on the ships of the other "groups."

Edited by - Hole in Head on 7/30/2004 10:05:33 PM

Post Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:49 pm

Sorry, i assume every ship made is for FL of course
Meh - who cares, keep going.

Edited by - Chips on 7/31/2004 12:49:52 AM

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