Getting high quality models has been this mod's foundation of garnering attention for quite some time. While we realize that graphics don't make the game, having high quality material certainly does help add to the experience.
That being said, we had our newest developer, GeneralMVeers, work on two models that certainly needed his amazing talents; The E-Wing and A9 Interceptor. Giving him some images of the comics, he was able to create some spectacular models...
We then gave him the task to improve our E-Wing. While we wanted the ship to be canon, we also felt that some of the comic interpretations of the model felt too rectangular. Thus, we asked him to improvise a little in his design and he astonished us with what he had done...
****UPDATED***
New textured Version
The last model I'd like to share with you all is the one that IceWolf has been working on for the past several weeks. We wanted to improve upon the look of our Assault Frigate. He used the following image as a basis:
As always, any questions, comments or suggestions are appreciated!
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I never cease to be amazed by the amazing detail in your models, particularly considering the fact you are using the (sadly) aging Freelancer engine. Very well done, indeed!
Thanks for the kind words! GM and IW did a great job on these new models. Also, just so you know, w0dk4, a member of our development team, is making the Freelancer Engine DX9 compatible. So, in that respect, we won't be that old anymore :)
techincally is not the normal freelancer engine ^^, since its been countlessly edited, modified, fixed and improved that it may also be a new engine ^^ :). Oh and great models!!!
And just saying in japanese xD.
がんばて！
pure awesome.
Great job to both of these guys, that E-Wing model makes me drool, and IW, keep it up :P
Great models and I really look forward to this excellent mod!
But own question to the nice frigatte.
The comic-picture has a really nice painting. These ocher-, white- and grey-shades are really nice and unique.
So, is the texture of your model still WIP, or is it finished?
Because a texture more like the comic-picture would really benefit this nice model.
Edit:
One real critique to the frigate-model ;)
The upper peak of this whale-like-tail at the ... *** of the frigate, is really nice on the comic-picture, but a little generic at the model.
Would be really nice, if the model gets more the style of the picture in this area, too.
Stern would be the correct term for the back end of a spaceship.
:P
It sort of reminds me of Babylon 5's Excalibur class;
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*** is more fun to say, no? Ya, there are some similarities there, definitely.
reminds me more of the Nebulon-B frigate...from...well...Star Wars :D
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Yep, the frigate is definitely still a WIP. I'm still VERY new to modeling and much of that ship was built more like lego's than sculpting.
As for the textures, most of what's on there are actually place holders, or older textures which I've been slowly retouching and adding detail to.
Really GREAT!!!
Sorry, but the first model looks like s*** imO. Just saying.
What exactly makes it look like s***? I hardly think it deserves that connotation, but maybe if you elaborate you could help improve it rather than being the general run-of-the-mill forum troll.
I love all of it except one thing. The middle section of the assault frigate seems a little skinny. Anyway it could be a little buffed up?
Definitely. As Icewolf said, it's still a WIP so it's still up for slight modifications.