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A little spoiler: there's a way (and one more step) to make bug capships even more evil, but we are kind of not ready to make that step yet. (:

Well, where's my artistic license? 😁 Bright colors from WC2 while totally possible just don't look right to if introduced to the world of full three-dee. Breaking the symmetry of it is even less possible since... like... sprites, you know. They're symmetrical. The first killer pancake Dralthi...

Obviusly, this is not a bug and sort of doesn't belong to this thread. But anyway. There are fighters underrepresented in mods and elsewhere and they need some love. Those that are, like, not as iconic as Dralthi. (yes, today we're talking about Cats) Behold, Grikath! Done in 6054 polies and...

Well, there were two nose versions - flattened and pointy. Somehow both were disliked in Discord discussions. Guess I'm keeping the pointy one, as more true to the original.

Well, probably it's time for more random arts, since more WCPSO MUP assets are available from my side. So think of it as MUP promo. Yes, the Leviathan is making it's way into MUP, eventually.

Capship missile was enough of a challenge for my skills back then and then later. But hey, I'm still learning new tricks and I hope I learned enough. Gentlemen, behold - Capship Missile v3.0, now trying to follow the (original) render, not the ingame mesh.

Let us talk about cruisers. ... ... Or rather, to hell with that, just stop and behold. (no, resistance is not allowed) Done in slightly over 40k triangles and five texture maps (though two of them are Orca shared details), plus glow and bump for this render. The angle is certainly off, but who...

Spoiler: Hydra is the next bug capship in work now, but there's not much to show for now. Instead of that, why not finish more bug fighters? Ray Cluster! I showed a finished Remora... long ago, but now it's actually here. Ray Node: 171 > 3476 polies and and 256x256 > 1024x1024 texture. Remora...

My box was only disks (all 4 with Vampries, silver+one color, if I remember correctly), ICIS, manual, flight control reference chart. No map, no Hydra poster, no that manual with bug ships. Game itself in English, box and guides translated in perfectly decent Russian, but no signs on who did...

If it is what I think, then some of the ships in the list are goign to turn from "difficult" to "challenging" and one being "challenging" is gonna turn "completely broken".

GOD DAMN IT WINDOWS! They work after all!

Y'know, since the original capship missile was some extreme lowpoly (like, not even 20 triangles), my bet it's actually the capship missile. The cockpit-like thingy on the front and general coloration are in place. As for the bulbs, well, they're yellow, not green, and the CM has smth yellow...

0. I'd hate to rework the textured mesh. 1. The positions of turret balls sorta similar to those of the original model. I agree that I changed the original model enough already, but same, I won't be happy to change it even more. Though I can't argue, it's gonna shoot through it's own mesh. Ergh.

And it's actually tetured now! 3826 polies, including glowy things. Probably should have made glows using geometry, but well, this may work too.

Actually, if you say that you can't have more than ten destroyables per ship - how the Leviathan is handled? 14x missile turrets + bridge, engine, 2x launchers + 3x emitters > 10. Or I don't understand something?

Sometimes you need some heavy muscle for your fighters. Putting aside Barracuda's combat capabilities (questionable, especially when compared to Kilrathi corvette that kills everything around), it's modelled and UVed. Now needs textures. Done in 3740 polies. Summoning @DefianceIndustries, is...

Thank you all. /me renders a 4K. You know, it still looks decidedly evil. Vision isn't gonna handle it that good, but well, 2x1024x1024 looks fine at close range. /me renders an 8K. Not perfect, but still good even in melee range when you go for turrets. And my first UV was set up for...

Let us talk about destroyers. ... ... Or rather, to hell with that, ALL PILOTS TO YOUR SHIPS THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Done in 46337 triangles and 2x1024x1024 textures. And well, bump+glow for this render. Destroyed components include hangar and both plasma guns, so with a total of 10 (4x missile...

White star is best. And while I'm at it: @DefianceIndustries, how many of 1024x1024 textures do you use for Plunkett and Murphy?

No Plunketts allowed! Well, to hell with cutouts for now. Given enough texture resolution and terrible tricks described in forbidden books,the details can probably be imitated in, er, texture. And well, even if I wanted to cut more details... 35654 polies so far. That's a big amount, y'know. I...