3DS max 7

now lets see if she meet the poly count req, and jigs scrutiny:)

Looks real nice. Thumps up for actually helping out with some models. I like forward to using the ship if it makes it into the game.

darn too many polys, i will revise it come moday and try tp keep it at like 1000

So how many polies is it currently?

I doubt you'll beat Firballs record - over 100,000! 8O

I know nothing of 3D programs, so I can't tell you.

I do know Jig has said to keep the number of polies to 1500 or less, although ships that won't be used often, (Eg. Oberths) have been given more headroom poly-wise, simply because we won't see much of them/we'll be using other ships more often.

Obviously, for the high-poly mods that will be released after the game is out, the limits won't be of any concern.

to check the poly count in max use the shortcut key. 7

ok here is another rework..... jig ive sent this to you so that you can check my poly count







its not as nice as the last one but well have to see how many polys it hits

oh and for the record the previous rendition was hitting a whoping 3100 poly's

Where can i see fireball's 100,000 poly masterpiece?

ok here is were you are going wrong, it is now at 2366 polys, i have looked over the model and i see were all those extra polys are coming from. the nacells, you have either used a chamfered box, or chamfered the edges at least 3 or 4 times, i know you want them to look nice and round but use face extrude once, then scale it in, this will add a lot fewer polys then the wat you are doing it now.

this is what ive got so far. the first image is what i used as a blueprint, and the second is the ship currently. This is my first 3d that isnt extraordinarily simple, so here it is.

Blueprint:


view 1


view 2


view 3


poly count currently at: 1422

ill add more detail and try to lower the count soon.

looks odd but nice

That thing whatever ur making should be no more than 100 polys as i can't see how you managed to make it so high as in over 1000 polys.

But as its a learning curve as ur new it doesnt matter that much. Nice mesh btw Just need to learn more then know ways to shave polys off your models.

it is a tholian crusier.

links would be wonderful, thanks.