Homeworld Ships

[AlexPaladinStorm]

Well, I'm doing what I can. I'm kinda not sure about some bits of the hull- I'd really like to try and use most of the Border World parts to conform to the general shape of the Acolyte, so as to best represent the Acolyte while still making it look like it was built in the Sirius Sector. The biggest obstacle to this will likely be the cockpit, but I'll get to that once everything else is done.


For now, I've got part of the main body (the next-big obstacle, I'd say - it's such a large piece, and not at all simple) done, here.

However, I'm considering just taking the middle piece of a BW Fightercraft (doesn't matter so much which one- though the Dagger probably offers the best possibility due to having the ventral side of the fuselage in one piece, and not having something sticking out of the middle) and essentially bending it to conform to the general shape of the Acolyte main body. As it stands, I'm trying to piece together various parts in order to get it to look right, and... it's just not progressing that well. I've got some nice ideas for it, but still...

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As you can see, I've kinda-sorta got the 'Starboard Intake' in there, but... I dunno. Maybe I just need to get a good night's sleep before I try to figure it out. But I'd like to just take a BW Fighter hull, slap it into the middle there, and try to tweak it to fit the Acolyte frame.

(EDIT: Please note that if I go with what I have, I will add a properly-aligned grill onto the Intakes. I'm not going to leave that undone. I may end up reskinning some of the parts if they're too warped once things are done)

However, I don't want to try too hard to tweak the BW fighter frame- I've already seen what happens when I try to mainly take a skinned part and stretch it into position. I didn't like it that much, and wanted the ship to look more... 'Border Worlds' ... So, the idea occurred to me to use a Dagger body and bend some of the polygons into the general shape of the Acolyte. However, I want to hear what you think of the idea, after looking at what I've got right now, and thinking of what I want to do.

(EDIT: The aforementioned warping could be avoided by keeping them more in the general likeness of BW parts, as well)

I could try and just rebuild the main body model completely, as well. That is another course of action. Still, I'd rather use what's there, and just adjust it. Potentially saves time. Maybe. o.O

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Currently: Remastering Kiith Somtaaw's Acolyte Fighter. These Homeworld ships need some Sirius work done on them. ^.-

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