Wing Leader Adds Top Notch Kilrathi Transport (August 29, 2024)

[ChrisReid]

Howard Day has upsized from his recent string of Kilrathi fighters and put together an absolutely gorgeous Kilrathi Dorkir tanker/transport. It's beautifully rendered here in his retro pixel style while also departing a bit from his sprite-oriented design as a full 3D model. He's posted videos below that show the ship in its full lifelike glory as well as with rotation-locked movement that causes the ship to display more like it did in the original Wing Commander. Extra bonus: the spherical head of the ship is inspired by the Dorkir from Super Wing Commander!

Added some Fresnel falloff to the windows on the Wing Leader Dorkir, and some flashing nav lights. I really like them. I also added some specular highlights, since it just doesn't feel like WC1 without them. First pass on some turrets, too! pic.twitter.com/NJbAfeH1NV— Howie Day (@howieeday) August 29, 2024[/quote]
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Added some Fresnel falloff to the windows on the Wing Leader Dorkir, and some flashing nav lights. I really like them. I also added some specular highlights, since it just doesn't feel like WC1 without them. First pass on some turrets, too!

Here's the test vid that mimics the rotational style of classic sprites:

As an aside, I also did a test with locked rendering rotations of the ship - the code is a massive hack, but it does seem to get the idea across. This is at 5 degrees of rotation lock. pic.twitter.com/pV85O0yxkk— Howie Day (@howieeday) August 29, 2024[/quote]
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As an aside, I also did a test with locked rendering rotations of the ship - the code is a massive hack, but it does seem to get the idea across. This is at 5 degrees of rotation lock.

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Original update published on August 29, 2024