Armada II - Dawn of War

[starfox1701]

Well the retexturing is litteraly in its infantcy. Ill know more about any changes I need to make once I get a ship back in game and run it around a map and see how it looks under thoughs lighting conditions. I haven't decided about wheather or not to remove the names and regeistries yet.

[Fireball_VI]

Nice stuff Starfox!
This is a last second post before I go to work.

I'm almost fininshed the Ticonderoga's textures..
Here is a little update, aztec wasnt done the way I envisioned it, but I feel this gave just as good of a result for me.

Think it will look better ingame when it uses the alpha channel for the lights.

[Fireball_VI]

I've been awake for many many hours lol...
Anywho here is a final test of a custom aztec before I pass out.
What version do you guys think is better? I'm feeling my first attempt a lot more than my completely custom one.

[starfox1701]

You are right the first set is better but I have to br honest both lack somthing but I'm not sure what.

[Fireball_VI]

Yeah I think you're right.
What i'm thinking is that this custom "pattern" is okay on the engineering section, bridge and neck (neck could use some cropping and rotation).
Then again I could still be wrong. But what do you think?
I'm thinking a completely custom engine aztec, every part done by hand.

What do you think? Any advice?
Now I remember why I stayed away from TMP

[Avon]

Personally I think they all look fantastic. Any of them would be welcome in my fleet.

[starfox1701]

I think I wish that most of my stuff was not in storage so I could look at the paint guide for the 1701-A and Reliant models to check the patteren.

[Fireball_VI]

I wish I had a pattern to look at lol, most of the Conny's I look at have generic repeating patterns, yet they look goodm then again it is P81's stuff, his stuff always looks good

Anywho, I remade my Essence class Daedalus/Wasp era cruiser.
Came out a little tougher than it's first incarnation, this one has missiles.

First two pics are comparisons between old and new.
Last two are comparisons with my Daedalus era Pathfinder class exploration vessel (Kind of like The Galaxy class of the Daedalus era? Except no where near as dominant in terms of firepower in terms of being a battleship and an explorer.)

This one is a bit high in polies, 1700, but I figured no one is going to be building 30 of these for it to cause problems.
Didnt really find a place I wanted to sacrafice from, infact I wanted to add more to the deflector dish lol.

[Aerilon]

Looking good Fireball. Not too sure on the design itself, but the skill is sure there.

[Avon]

I like the design, fits right in. Not sure about deflector dishes on the rear though.....