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Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Weavling on June 10, 2004, 08:35:56 PM: I'm bad at this, so I need your help to name my creation. It's a light fighter I designed for a Sci-Fi Story I'm working on. Anyways, here it is.

Thanks in advance

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/595_1086915432_lf.jpg)
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: XtrmeJ on June 10, 2004, 08:47:12 PM: Wonderful model bro! Tho I'm not sure I quite agree with the random big ars rocket hanging there. Put one on the otherside to even it out, if ya know what I'm sayin. Firefox maybe...
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Post by: AKS\/\/ulfe on June 10, 2004, 11:18:32 PM: Olive Branch?
-SW
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Post by: ALF on June 10, 2004, 11:28:42 PM: Thats a Delta Scimitar if Ive ever seen one.
Title: The..
Post by: 2Hawks on June 10, 2004, 11:40:50 PM: MX-59 Assaulter.

Known affectionatly by it's pilot and Crew as "Quasimoto".

:)
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Post by: Wolfala on June 11, 2004, 10:24:28 AM: That looks like a Kilrathi fighter to me.....

Wing Commander 3 anyone?
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Post by: Hawklore on June 11, 2004, 11:16:05 AM: Dark Wraith,

A-168
or
P-16
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Post by: DiabloTX on June 11, 2004, 11:18:41 AM: Spitfire Mk. MCMLXXXIV
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Post by: Furball on June 11, 2004, 01:21:21 PM: Defiant?
Warspite?
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Post by: DJ111 on June 11, 2004, 01:30:10 PM: Uberfire Mk. IX

SlobberDonkey9000

XF-55 Dweeble

:aok
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Weavling on June 11, 2004, 05:00:40 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DiabloTX
Spitfire Mk. MCMLXXXIV

:rofl

Heh, got a good laugh on that one!

Quasimoto, that's pretty good too. lol

Kinda like "Delta Scimitar." Maybe just Scimitar... Kinda has a ring to it.

Thanks for the suggestions guys! If you got anymore, let me know!
Title: Lol, Since..
Post by: 2Hawks on June 11, 2004, 07:36:17 PM: Since you like the same of a sword, how about the name of a Dagger?

"Athame" - Also known as a Ritual Dagger for the element "Air". Rymes with Whamy.

Give em the "Athame Whammy"
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Post by: VWE on June 12, 2004, 05:31:49 PM: Niki MkII :D
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Post by: B17Skull12 on June 12, 2004, 06:31:31 PM: Quote
Originally posted by VWE
Niki MkII :D
:rofl
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Sabre on June 14, 2004, 03:20:51 PM: A-101 Thunderbolt, a.k.a. Warthog. Anything that beautifully ugly has got to trace it's lineage back to the A-10:D. BTW, i'd lose the big rocket on the side as well. Sling a pair of somewhat scaled down version underneath or over the wing, if you must.

By the way, what did you use to build the model and skin it (software, that is)? I really like the texture mapping.
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Post by: Replicant on June 14, 2004, 03:44:47 PM: Apocalyptic Avenger!
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Post by: vorticon on June 14, 2004, 04:06:21 PM: the uh valator

or the

turkey
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Post by: Eagler on June 14, 2004, 04:18:55 PM: it's a Sonic Voyager Gunship of course

SV-38 for short
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Post by: Weavling on June 14, 2004, 10:22:48 PM: Heh, you guys come up with some interesting stuff! :aok

Ya, not too many have really liked it with the large rocket. I put it in there to give it some character, and something to remember it by. Of course it doesn't have it on all the time, just when it needs to take out something big. I'll consider changeing that though. The other fighters I have designed for this "faction" won't have the "unbalanced big arse rocket" syndrome, but they'll have big arse rockets none the less. ;) It's a trademark for this group of fighters I've designed.

I used 3D Studio Max 4 to build the model. The texture mapping is pretty much the most basic you can get. I took a metal panel texture, and simply tiled it all over the ship. I tweaked the settings of course until it looked semi decent. I don't have photoshop or anything so I can't create my own textures to do UVW mapping. But I'm glad you like it! :cool:

BTW, keep in mind this is a LIGHT fighter. Bigger stuff is on the way. :p

edit: BTW, for the one who thought that it looked like a Wing Commander 3 Kilrathi fighter, I bet I know why you'd think that. I took inspiration from the Kilrathi light figher Darket. The design is similar in that it has duel fuselages that have either guns or the cockpit and have engines on the back. The wings were also not symetrical as one of them was larger and pointed forward of the ship, while the other side had a wing that was the same shape, but smaller and did not extend as forward as the other.

Kinda busy at the moment, but graduation is on thursday. I'll soon have much more free time to create my abominations. :D
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Corwin on June 15, 2004, 10:37:02 AM: The Fenestrator
The Robe and Wizard Hat
BloodNinja
Lamont Cranston
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Reschke on June 15, 2004, 11:35:13 AM: The (insert faction name here) needed something light and fast with heavy weaponry to begin to hammer away at the enemies capital ships that had proved so dominant in the past but shown vulnerabilities against what has become known as a "snubfighter". Thus the LHFF Mk1 was brought off the drawing boards and into reality for combat feasibility studies. The acronym LHFF stands for Lightweight High-speed Fast Fight (aka F***er by some pilots) and is the first in a new series of earth based aerospace defense fighters that have both atmospheric and space flight in mind when they were designed. This fighter can carry a mulitude of weaponry including the newly designed ship killer missle designed for operation only in space flight.
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Post by: Red Tail 444 on June 15, 2004, 02:33:39 PM: F4U8CN1K2j13C, the Nikicorsair
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Post by: Red Tail 444 on June 15, 2004, 02:34:49 PM: Also known as the "Super-HO"
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Weavling on June 15, 2004, 02:45:47 PM: Thats a pretty interesting description Reschke. Unfortunately, this story takes place well into the future, and far from Earth. To make a long story short, our sun unexpectedly died(not due to age), and we moved out. But there's no way you would know that. Still, good job! :aok
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Post by: frank3 on June 16, 2004, 01:48:32 PM: I'll call him Bob
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Post by: Kweassa on June 16, 2004, 04:13:36 PM: Chukonu
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Post by: Replicant on June 16, 2004, 04:27:43 PM: Black Adder ;)
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Sabre on June 17, 2004, 12:29:20 PM: Weavling, go to the following site and check out a freeware program called "The GIMP."

http://gug.sunsite.dk/

It has most of the capabilities of expensive programs like Photoshop. Email me, and I'll send you a few examples of my own artwork. I recently upgraded to 3DSMax 6, and do all my 3D modelling in it. Oh, you also need to check out a Max script called "Chiliskinner" and another called "Texporter."

Chiliskinner is a tool for applying and manipulating mapping coordinates. It takes your 3D model and divides it up, unfolds/flattens the pieces, and lays the flattened pieces out in a nice square pattern. You can rearrange, stack, and scale the pieces to maximize the level of detail you need on each piece. Then Chiliskinner applies a planer map to the flattened pieces before re-assembling them back into the 3D model. You then use Texporter (another Max utility) to create a template bitmap of the flattened model, which you can then use The GIMP (or other 2D graphics program of you choice) to paint the template the way you want. When you load this newly painted texture map back into Max, each section of the skin is laid exactly over the section of the model it's supposed to cover. Hope that made sense.

Feel free to contact me if you need help with using these (rkjern@adelphia.net). By the way, I do copy editing. Let me know if I can be of assitance in that area.
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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on June 17, 2004, 12:39:15 PM: MoonHopper L-A7
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: DrDea on June 17, 2004, 09:26:54 PM: The X-11 Framus Pivot
The La MMXCII
The Belvin Snorkle.
Rikshaw
Title: Ok, I got it...
Post by: 2Hawks on June 17, 2004, 09:50:51 PM: OK, I got it,

Ak-2K Consumer

Consumes Gas with all those engines, and Consumes Ammo cause it has so many ways to dispense it, It consumes the souls of it's victims, and pilots, as it looks like it might have a tendency to accelerate with odd forces, and no obvious means of decelleration...

AK2K Consumer. :)

oh and of course, it seems, with the firepower available, the average consumer pilot could make a kill. Finance today at 900.2% APR...
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Arlo on June 17, 2004, 10:37:09 PM: 1: Make the one missle it carries bigger.

2: Add some damned guns to that thing. How do you expect it to hit anything unless it has more guns?

3: Change fuel to something other than blood. While I'm sure it stikes terror in the enemy .... it's about a million times more expensive than even fossil fuel. And apparently it doesn't burn in those engines anyhow.

If you don't make the recommended changes: "The menstrating menace."
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: 2Hawks on June 17, 2004, 10:56:01 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Arlo
1: Make the one missle it carries bigger.

If you don't make the recommended changes: "The menstrating menace."

That would be my Ex-Wife and seeing her face flitting about space would make anyone mad enough to kill...
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Weavling on June 19, 2004, 11:24:45 AM: ROFL! :rofl
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Post by: OOZ662 on June 19, 2004, 05:58:25 PM: Quote
Originally posted by XtrmeJ
Wonderful model bro! Tho I'm not sure I quite agree with the random big ars rocket hanging there. Put one on the otherside to even it out, if ya know what I'm sayin. Firefox maybe...

That is definetly NOT a firefox lol
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: BenDover on June 20, 2004, 10:54:59 AM: Wombat
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Post by: BadRad1 on June 21, 2004, 11:49:51 PM: That is a Tri-Quad Gargle-Blaster if I ever Saw one !! I know because I used to fly them !! Way before the clone wars ! All I know is that I loved blowing the crap out of the Borg pices of crap! We called 'em Oblivians.... Every thing we shot went there!
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Post by: deSelys on June 22, 2004, 07:28:19 AM: It's a Lazs Prius...
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Post by: GScholz on June 23, 2004, 06:13:42 AM: Hey Weavling, how long have you been making 3d models? I could give you a few hints if you want. What program do you use?
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Weavling on June 23, 2004, 12:19:06 PM: Heheh, more interesting names! :lol :aok

I've been off and on for about a year and a half. But more off than on. I haven't really spent much dedicated time with it. I'm using 3D MAX 4. Any advice would be great!
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Post by: Nilsen on June 23, 2004, 05:20:55 PM: Any chanse of adding just one more gun on it? Doesnt seem to have enough firepower,
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Post by: BenDover on June 23, 2004, 05:44:58 PM: Like a HUGE particle cannon on its left wing?
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Post by: Nilsen on June 23, 2004, 05:52:23 PM: that would do it!
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Post by: DrDea on June 23, 2004, 06:46:14 PM: I got your partica lcannon RIGHT HERE.......Uh.....wait a minute.That sounded bad.:rolleyes:
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Post by: Sabre on June 24, 2004, 04:00:57 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Weavling
Heheh, more interesting names! :lol :aok

I've been off and on for about a year and a half. But more off than on. I haven't really spent much dedicated time with it. I'm using 3D MAX 4. Any advice would be great!

I've used Max 4 and 6, and am fairly proficient. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions. I've done a dozen or more models, complete with skins.
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: SEXOpsy on June 25, 2004, 12:19:23 PM: F-107 Delta Dagger II
Title: scimitar but not...
Post by: Adogg on June 25, 2004, 12:27:52 PM: ...call it: Kirpan - after the ceremonial sikh dagger.
Title: Name my Ship
Post by: Pawz on June 29, 2004, 12:31:33 PM: P-38 infinity
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Post by: Chairboy on July 04, 2004, 02:48:25 AM: If it's a light fighter, how 'bout:

Kestrel