Hyperion

[DuKe2112]

how about shortening the heck even more and making the fuselage slightly wider?
Then it would fit in sideways like the stingray.

[BTAxis]

Not that the Stingray goes in the same hangar.

[DuKe2112]

No, but it is also much wider then it is long. As opposed to the other craft who are longer then wide.
And as I recall the dropship tile is not quadratic either.

Apropos hangars, do you want to make another one tile craft for the late game, or is the stiletto going to remain the only one?

[BTAxis]

Once the larger bases are done, all interceptors will go in rectangular hangars and all dropships will go in square ones.

[sitters]

every body a Happy new-year.

[sitters]

Before I goon, I must know if you like this style for the raptor.

Willem

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[BTAxis]

I think it's fine. The green areas leave no doubt that it uses alien tech, and the shape is sufficiently set apart from the other craft to render big changes in the color scheme unnecessary.

[sitters]

Link to the raptor :

There is also a very low poly version for the GS.

http://www.md2.sitters-electronics.nl/models/raptor.rar

willem

[BTAxis]

One final request, sitters. Can you resize the model (not the geoscape one) to be twice as large in every dimension? I did some comparing around in radiant, and I believe that's the perfect size for it.

Mattn took care of it.

[Psawhn]

Could you show a glimpse of what it would look like with a main base color closer to that of the Stingray?
I'm curious to see how a closer visual similarity to the Stingray would look.

Another idea I have is to do something with the vertical stabilizers. How would the model look if they're moved to the engines, or even eliminated altogether? (Design changes pending BTAxis' or Winter's Veto. )

Of course if it's too much trouble (or you're away on vacation) don't worry about it.

Other than that, it's great work as usual!

[Winter]

You could always have a play about with the source files, Psawhn, and show us the results. I'm not sure about the vertical stabilisers -- I'd have to see a render of the whole craft with changes applied to make a decision.

Regards,
Ryan

[Psawhn]

I hadn't thought about that, actually. D'oh.

Attached is a very quick and dirty recolouring job. I actually imported the two layers from my source stingray file. I also removed the rudders completely, but I didn't fix their shadows on the texture.
There's a subtle change in brightness between the photos, which is the only difference.

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[Winter]

That actually looks really awesome, and gives more of an impression of alien materials being used for the skin. I like it!

Regards,
Winter

[BTAxis]

I like the black one too, though.

[Psawhn]

Here are my source colour textures (4096^2 in dimension) and the modified texture. The modification was a very fast job - sitters can probably integrate the textures/colours better using whatever design process he uses, whereas I had to somehow modified the resultant .bmp file.

https://webdisk.ucalgary.ca/~djetowns/public_html/misc_files/UFO_AI/stingray_base_hires.png
https://webdisk.ucalgary.ca/~djetowns/public_html/misc_files/UFO_AI/stingray_mottled_hires.png
https://webdisk.ucalgary.ca/~djetowns/public_html/misc_files/UFO_AI/raptor-modified.png