Ship Showcase (56k Safe)

[Tortured_Soul]

No, I've not thought about what faction it was for yet. I'm going to model the rest of the Naval Fleet from Colony Wars including the Fighters, Frieghters and as many of the capital ships I can find in-game. Then I'm going to move onto the League of Free Worlds ships, the enemy from Colony Wars.

Really, I'm doing this as an excersice to get me used to modelling in 3D MAX, I'm used to doing all my modelling in Milkshape, but it's only good if you have your design set in stone and all sorts of orthographic drawings and such made and set-up and that a whole load of hassle. In 3D MAX, I can edit polygons with much greater ease.

I just looked up the acceptable poly counts for Capital Ships in FL, Light Capital Ships 1500 to 6000, so I've got LOADS of leeway.

I'm going to do some touching up work on the ship, I just need to work out how to use Max properly, then life'll be dandy.

I checked the term "Frigate" to see where abouts it comes in in Freelancer terms, I reckon it's a Heavy Gunboat, edging towards Crusier. I'll need to have a further look at the Capital Classes in Colony Wars, see what other ships are more suited to role. I'll keep you lot updated with progress and such like, if I make any.;)

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