The Life Support Base

lofaesofa · Post by **lofaesofa** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:27 pm

Hi all,

Just starting on the life support base and thought i'd get some comments on what you all thought it should look like.

So far i've made a very basic double stacked cyclinder with a dissected ring. Do you think curvy is the way to go, or is more angular better?

EDIT: The models on the left are my mock-ups, the models on the right are the original model.

dirty harry · Post by **dirty harry** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:58 pm

The round one looks better just because you can instantly see that its high poly. However i would go with the the angular one, it will give you more "head room" later on, adding detail etc.

Post by **metche_steele** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:54 pm

I really prefer the angular one - I think it suits DX better!

However - I thought the original was more box like?

evil_leprechaun · Post by **evil_leprechaun** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:09 pm

The angular one seems better, but perhaps you could have the circular one sorta floating around???

lofaesofa · Post by **lofaesofa** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:17 pm

Hehe, just so you know, the angular one is the original!

The only way to make it more detailed would be to split the texture. It's already using a packed 256*256 texture.

Ajare · Post by **Ajare** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:48 pm

I was thinking about this some time back. I think angular is the way to go. If you want to improve the model, then extrude some panels, maybe chamfer the ring edges, etc. Some subtle stuff.

Rick-sama · Post by **Rick-sama** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:33 am

i say angular, but with enough polys so that it doesnt look "low-res"

EER · Post by **EER** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:20 pm

I'm sorry, but I can't make out what object that is (other than "life support base"). Where can I find it ingame (so I can make an useful comment).

Ajare · Post by **Ajare** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:44 am

It's what BobPageAugmented stands on. Pic.

EER · Post by **EER** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:00 am

Ah, I see now, thank you Ajare

I think the angular model would look better, unless you redesign the complete apparatus. To me it seems like the entire machine has been designed with the angular model as base.

I do agree that the new/round one is much prettier, but I doubt it would look as 'realistic' in the context as the original.

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:22 pm

The centre part should be smooth, but the ring looks best 6 sides to be honest. Just round it off at the top (so it looks smooth, not jaggedy like the original).

Like this (but with more polygons):

Post by **metche_steele** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:35 am

SnipaMasta wrote:The centre part should be smooth, but the ring looks best 6 sides to be honest. Just round it off at the top (so it looks smooth, not jaggedy like the original).

Like this (but with more polygons):

Nice suggestion!

Actually btw - are you a modeller? And if so why the * havent you applied to join us? I hope you have a good excuse

EER · Post by **EER** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:37 pm

I think snipamasta is right, it looks good.

Darkshade · Post by **Darkshade** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:39 am

So... err... if the model is finished, perhaps it should be checked off the list?

lofaesofa · Post by **lofaesofa** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:45 am

Not yet, the model is not finished.

As it's a centrepiece model it needs to look very good. I agree with Ajare in that it would benefit from panel and wire extrusions. Fine attention to detail etc.

I think it will be the last model to be finished for phase 1.