Movie Snakier 3d model attempt.....

[Major A Payne]

Okay so after around 20 hours and the various images from the net and those provided by AD I've tried my best to come up with a reasonable 3d model for my mod. I did go way over budget on the poly ocunt iwth this and its quite innacurate but I figured, what the hell. May as well post and get some feed back of some kind. Poly count is 4596 (aprox 1800 higher than I wanted but the detailing was necessary). Anyway. Heres a couple of pics of the untextured model:

One question though. Where in lords name is the hangar supposed to be on this thing??

 

[AD]

Hey!

That looks like a pretty awesome start. It could be that there's a hangar on the underside, or even one under that section that juts forward on the front. Hard to say. If you want to be very close to the movie, we get a pretty good look at the back, and I didn't see any thing there... though maybe they have a door that closes over the bay...

 

[ChrisReid]

though maybe they have a door that closes over the bay...

I was going to suggest that. It could be like the Tiger's Claw in the movie.

 

[Major A Payne]

Hmmm. Perhaps your both right, but for the purposes of the game I may have to add one but not sure where.

 

[NinjaLA]

sure looks all pretty in gunmetal grey!

 

[Major A Payne]

Ninja. Thats the untextured model. Although the movie version seems a sort of darkish metallic green style colouring (could just be the lighting), I'm most likely going to match it to the other kilrathi ships I've got.

 

[AD]

Ninja. Thats the untextured model. Although the movie version seems a sort of darkish metallic green style colouring (could just be the lighting), I'm most likely going to match it to the other kilrathi ships I've got.

The shots from the movie itself of the kilrathi ships are somewhat grey-metal-looking, though the destroyer in the film has a brown tinge. In the promo render where it looks all green I'm pretty sure that's actually the lighting that makes it look that way since a bunch of the exterior running lights in that shot are colored that way. But yeah, the Snakier looks more grey in the movie.

 

[Wojo]

If you've played Starlancer, the Reliant (your base carrier throughout most of the game) will look familiar...

In Starlancer, fighters dropped out of individual bays along the length of the carrier on each side, which were separated by protruding bulkheads... The bays opened up on top to allow craft to land. So kind of a vertical 2-way airlock deal. It really seems that the movie snakier is built a similar way, or rather, the reliant is based on the movie snakier in some ways (with the movie released a year before starlancer).

Will be interested to see your progress!

 

[Major A Payne]

Well heres the Kilrathi line up. All but one will be available only from the space bouy when captured. There is also a small carrier from the level 1 starbase to compliment the Ralarrad Destroyer. The starbases have also been upgraded with a heavy selection of weapons so they aren't quite so easy to take out. The only unit not pictured here is the Kilrathi specialised unit. I am thinking about the COMCON from the movie but only have a single image, so a creative spark might be required. Anyway, the snakier that I pictured earlier has also had a name change so without further to do. Heres the latest batch of images:

From top to bottom: Dreadnought MK II, Kamekha Class Light Carrier, Rakshaalar Class Light Carrier, Shaalkhar Class Heavy Cruiser, Shivier Class Heavy Fleet Carrier and Ratooth Class Light Fighter.

 

[JasonRocZ]

I am definitely in love with that Shivier Heavy Fleet Carrier.... I love how you're putting this all together ! Rock On !

 

[Major A Payne]

v2.0 has been released on MODDB. Its available as both an update patch for v1.5 and also a 41.1mb (aprox) full version.