Parallels Release Project

[Adm_Z]

ohh, that render is amazing. I can't wait for the finished model by Maj.

 

[Majestic]

I may change the red strip down the middle. It didn't occur to me that it looked so SW Republic like until it was mentioned here.

If people do want it, I can finish it up and release it.

In any case I plan on starting a new corvette today, it's a rather basic design and a old design dating back to the Colony Wars before the articles of colonisation and Cylon War.

 

[Dan1025]

Oh we definitely want it lol.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the new corvette

 

[Majestic]

Not what I exactly had planned, but here is something new, it's the predecessor of the Colonial Gunstar that appears in the Battlestar Prometheus stories. A design I plan on modelling sometime in the future.

It was produced alongside the Titan as escort for the larger Battlestars. Gunstars and Titan's made up the bulk of the Colonial combat vessels during the Cylon war and were often used together against Cylon capital ships. While Titan's were aimed more towards missiles, the Gunstar's were more towards bullets etc.

As for a name I am considering Odysseus, from Greek mythology however suggestions are more than welcome. Again I am not too sure on this design. Something just seems off to me.

 

[Adm_Z]

Nice! I like it alot. I can't wait to see more.

 

[Dan1025]

Looking good so far

 

[Starfox1701]

Looks like a TNS Gaurdin Class escort.

 

[Majestic]

Looks like a TNS Gaurdin Class escort.

This is that ships predecessor, and I do intend to build Ice-Dragon's version at a later date.

Below is the reference image I used to get the overall basic feel to the ship. I didn't want to use Ice-Dragon's for the simple reason I wanted the predecessor to be different to the successor.

I have also done some more work on the model, sorting out how I want the ship. I will no doubt finish the design as it has grown on me.

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
It is a design that can indeed work well, specially since it should be quite known by now thanks to it's appearance in the fanfic Battlestar Prometheus, the model by Ice-Dragon and now your model of a ship like that one. It sure sounds very promising.

As for the Bolitho, well, I also agree about the middle red stripe, but you got the concept very well, and that is a ship Vipers and Raptors would love to see as companion, since it can deliver a heavy punch to enemy fighters while the Battlestars deal with Basestars.

Keep it up!

 

[Starfox1701]

Yea they are neat little frigates

 

[Jetfreak]

They all look good all the same Maj, cool stuff here.

 

[Majestic]

Thank you all, here is the Gunstar that I have called the Hera class, pretty much complete apart from some texture additions. This is the first of my ships where I have added additional armour to the texture.

Not bad for a design I did just for kicks due to not finding a design I really wanted for a corvette. This is a frigate sized vessel, just in case anyone was wondering. Slightly smaller than the Titan.

EDIT: I have done some more work on the Bolitho, however it's not quite what I was hoping. It looks like I'll have to completely overhaul Coxxon's turret for this design. I have already poly reduced it but it still is not enough with the ship being almost 3k in poly's with them and not even 900 poly's without them. So they do take up most of the ship's poly count.

I was hoping for something around the 1500 mark. With all this in mind I think I will move on to a new design for now. I'll just leave it and maybe come back to it down the road sometime.

 

[Majestic]

I have done some work on the Titan, getting her to match the Hera. You may notice the armour plating on the two ships are different. I plan to have them all looking different with no two ships sharing the same texture. Also a couple of comparison images to show the rough size of these two ships together.

 

[Terra_Inc]

Looks good, I like. The different textures are fantastic and much more realistic. Can't wait to see these in-game. Great work!

 

[Starfox1701]

very nice

 

[Dan1025]

Looks good, I like. The different textures are fantastic and much more realistic. Can't wait to see these in-game. Great work!

Ditto, really great stuff Majestic! Looking forward to seeing more, and hopefully to seeing the Bolitho ready for ingame action sometime as well

 

[Majestic]

You wanted more you'll have it.

I plan on doing the entire fleet. I have the Olympia, Defender and Cygnus to go.

 

[thunderfoot]

Looks very very good!

 

[Dan1025]

Gorgeous looking ship

 

[Majestic]

Thanks, I more or less duplicated the texture you introduced us to by using it as a rough sample. I edited my version a bit to make it different, so it would match the Titan and Hera and to fit my poly reduced Columbia better.

 

[thunderfoot]

I think I'd like to include this as the skin for the Columbias, if this is alright Maj. I want them to look slightly different from the Bucket and this is a much faster and better way to achieve this. Plus this texture will be optimized for the PRP models.

 

[Dan1025]

I'd be more than happy to do another retexture of my Eros model using the new PRP stuff, if that's alright with you Majestic?

You'd still have it as a piece of exclusive content for your BSG mod then thunderfoot

 

[Adm_Z]

Thanks, I more or less duplicated the texture you introduced us to by using it as a rough sample. I edited my version a bit to make it different, so it would match the Titan and Hera and to fit my poly reduced Columbia better.

These look awesome! Are they additions to my texture or was this post adressed to me?

Either way, they look amazing. Way better than mine. They even have spots for the guns which Chilitrek pointed out mine didn't have.

I can't wait to download them. Did you say that each of your ships will have their own texture this time around? It would make for some awesome damaged fleet shots if so.

 

[Majestic]

I think I'd like to include this as the skin for the Columbias, if this is alright Maj. I want them to look slightly different from the Bucket and this is a much faster and better way to achieve this. Plus this texture will be optimized for the PRP models.

I have no issues with that, you're already using my PRP releases so it does make sense plus saves you on having to re-make the textures. However I had to do some mesh texture application changes to the models so the new updated textures would fit, so the models you'll have will needed to be swapped out with the ones I haven't exported yet. However the hardpoints and such will all be the same.

I'd be more than happy to do another retexture of my Eros model using the new PRP stuff, if that's alright with you Majestic?

There are no problems on my end Dan, I am glad that you think that my new modest texturing work is good enough to be on your model.

These look awesome! Are they additions to my texture or was this post adressed to me?

Either way, they look amazing. Way better than mine. They even have spots for the guns which Chilitrek pointed out mine didn't have.

I can't wait to download them. Did you say that each of your ships will have their own texture this time around? It would make for some awesome damaged fleet shots if so.

Actually your texture edit and the texture Thunderfoot introduced us to recently is what inspired me to do this re-texturing work.

Also to answer your question out the PRP ships, yes each ship will have it's own variation of the texture, to make each unique.

Also if you wish to use these in your mod, you're most welcome to as well.

 

[Jetfreak]

Those are some mighty fine ships Majestic, you're so quick off the mark that I often get caught up reading all the thread updates.

Can't wait to set up some shots with em',

 

[Starfox1701]

good work

 

[Majestic]

Well you better keep reading Jet, here are two more ships updated with new armoured textures.

I really armoured up the Olympia, especially on the top of the little ship.

 

[Dan1025]

Looks great! Yeah the Olympia needs the additional armour since she isn't designed to carry heavy weapons.

Looking forward to this more and more

 

[Adm_Z]

Sweetness. I guess I'll hold off on my glow adding if the models are changed. They look great Maj. Really Great.

 

[Terra_Inc]

Well you better keep reading Jet, here are two more ships updated with new armoured textures.

I really armoured up the Olympia, especially on the top of the little ship.

Love it! That is awesome!