been working on an oberth class
finally got it to look right.
I am happy with the results, now I just have to whip up some textures for it.











weighs in at about 1400 polys

Nice

Perhaps redo some parts to make them smoother and have a limit of 800 polys perhaps.

Alright, here are 2 more W.I.P. shots.
I got rid of the grid and put a "rounded box" (as gavin suggested)

Now, the count is 1370 polygons.

What have I found? The oberth is easy as hell to texture :p
Almost everything is just plain hull...
oh and the entire ship aint textured btw! and dont worry, I havent put the hull plating on the textrure yet (thats always a last touch for me)

now here is the new simulated "grid"

Fininshed

Go Orbeth!
Matress of Evil will be pleased, these models are the first step to his Uber-Orbeths

Heh, only HE can explain the true GENIUS behind it... Let us just say; they are Orbeths... Evil Orbeths... Evil Super-Orbeths... UBER ORBETHS...
The rest is Matress' classified information...

be afraid....very afraid....





on the note of armorments though, 1 forward torpedo, one aft, one forward phaser, one phaser on the left and right pylon. (though you cant see them in the above photos that have light in them, though the dark ones you can see a red blot on the pylon)

There are to many Romulans on this site. Gives me the creeps.......

I have the perfect definition of how we feel about this at the moment:

How did you get that one?

How did I get the emoticon? I MADE it!

It came in several incarnations:










Just copy the links if you want to link to them. I hosted them on photobucket.

some constructive criticism of the model -

imo there's too much anti-aliasing on the texture, especially on the red lines. it gives a look of lacking definition. the only other real criticism is the saucer shape. it needs more polys. doesn't look round enough.

they're minor criticisms though, i assure you, for what is otherwise a damn fine piece of work.