Arc Ships

[Mars]

This is the done redone drawing modded alot from the last Arc Carrier many improvements including depth guides and first color for looks.   This one is just to compare the shape from the last design of the Arc Carrier.  non rendered image.
top view


back view from top



Half colored, test Rendered using new engine + depth guides,  i got tired of coloring and decided to do a quick test render of the ship to see what the color would look 2.0ish enough.  however i was amazed how well it come out for a test render.  I think it will reduce fine and look very close.
(when i get done coloring that is)



and i forgot to turn on the smoothing guide but hey... not bad for a test.. i think it looks tough as hell.

hey half colored is better than not at all.. ill finish it after dinner and hot tub break.

[Mars]

Finished, rendered, colored, + smoothing
This is the best Arc carrier ive done so far, very much 2.0ish Arc design, The color isent totally perfect but as close as i can get this engine to do, altho i still may be able to blend a few colors later.  This was rendered in the new engine with near max rays at about 75 percent the engine can go abit futher and may need to do so.  Most of the 2.0 ships have a inflated look, most of mine do not because i am not using that engine however this look can still be achieved by a re render in cybermotion.   This however is about as good as it.  Any design mods let me know before i try a second go over the top render that will take over a hour a ship.

Arc Carrier6fa in the Nebula...

[ChillFactor]

This one looks well worked, although it looks a lot like the Stargate:SG1 F-302. Dunno... just looks like a mix between our arcean ships and that design...

Also, proJect

[Havik]

it also doesnt look symmetrical

[Mars]

It was designed after the 302 for sure,  however i took the tape tool and measured all edges, believe it or not its is totally perfect as far as the measure goes.  That fighter i had always been a fan of and thought if i redrew it and rework,, as alot of it is no where near the same as the real 302, that it would look nice for a arc fighter a ton of work went into it.

Then i was told make it more like the ones in the game .... Make it more like the ones in the game.. >>Make it more like the ones in the game... so when i crossed it with existing ships.. then i get well it looks like a cross between the two .. so you hit it very well, and at least you now think that it looks like the ones in the game.. finally.

also it may be tilted one way or the other as not perfect strait in the tilt.  may give it that optical illusion....In fact im sure thats it cause go look at the very top one with the logo and its right.

i can send you the model file with the tape measure readings on all edges and its 100 percent perfect as far as that goes.

well ill put up more views of it later after i decide how i want it final rendered, i think the smoothing does need to be pulled up some and then ill re post it.  

Nite has not commented yet so well see.

[NiteHawk]

If given the proper colors, would look pretty nice, like I said, that top circle ball needs to be down more so its not like a wart on the ship. Make it 3/4 inside the ship so you only see a small half circle sticking out. Otherwise the design is pretty great.

I don't think its symmetrical because he didn't render it 100% properly. aka not from 100% top down/straight. Mainly some simple smoothing and what I said about the above then we can figure out about colors anyways. Pretty nice though.

[Mars]

this one fixed from last one radar dome removed and smoothing uped 10% more.



i hope this one passes lots of work on it.

[NiteHawk]

Looks nice mars. Good job.

[Mars]

Working on the bombers before i do the carriers has been tough they just needed to look close to what was done but still look heavy as a bomber would i had lots of problems with this one but i think i have nailed down except for one issue thats the wing tips can someone tell me what one is more Arc Like?

first set is arc bomber with rounded wings rendered,




or does it need to be pointed i tried flat like the fighter but it sucked bad. i liked this one more than the rounded wings. 




so what one is better?  rounded or pointed ? 

[ChillFactor]

The one on the left looks  a lot more original.  we might be able to work with this.

[Mars]

thats 10 ships counting the pirate frigate and failed pirate fighters some 200 designs and about 2 mo worth of work so far all worth it for sf. out of the 10 i have accepted so far

all three fighters
terran bomber
dreg bomber (maybe with some more work on it)
and dreg carrier
and hopefull of the arc bomber above you commented on.

thats 6 or 7 of the 10 so far done (if im lucky) minus final color and filmstrip.

[NiteHawk]

He means the ship beside the Arcean fighter on all the images. If you look at the first images, and then the last, you'll see the wings are different.

Honestly, the reason why I prefer the first one over the second is because I don't want all ships being the same. Aka the bird wings were already done with Terra. But the wings do need a bit of a polish on the new ship, feels wierd even still.

[Mars]

so the more rounded wings then?
right?  
cause im about to do some major mods on it still but it was the wingtip i could not decide on
the rest of the wing is about to get re did.

[NiteHawk]

so the more rounded wings then?
right?  
cause im about to do some major mods on it still but it was the wingtip i could not decide on
the rest of the wing is about to get re did.

How round did you have in mind? Can you provide some sorta example before you go crazy on it ? (even if its done with mspaint, just a feel for the outline of the ship or something)

[Mars]

Well ive changed my mind some, and you will just have to see it now ive re did the wings totally to match the figher some while still making it both heavy and different.  roundish isent working as well as i wanted nor is pointed worth a crud so im going more flat with some tilt to try that.  ill post it soon sir.