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whoa...seeing all this awesome new ship designs makes me feel nostalgia. I might watch some B5 sometime this weekend. Great lore and superb battles were fought in this :)
 

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ooooh my that looks marvelous! Are you planning some kind of animation thing with these or are they just for hobby?
 

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ooooh my that looks marvelous! Are you planning some kind of animation thing with these or are they just for hobby?
Mostly just a hobby. I use them in still images but animations are not out of the question. I may also use them to build up a portfolio and use it as examples if I do commission work in the future.
 

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Nice progress mate. Keep up the great work. :)
 

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Mostly just a hobby. I use them in still images but animations are not out of the question. I may also use them to build up a portfolio and use it as examples if I do commission work in the future.
I often wonder how commissions work tbh. The biggest reasons why I never done any is because atm I don't feel confident on my skills atm, and I'm confused on whether you have to mark them down on taxes.
 

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I often wonder how commissions work tbh. The biggest reasons why I never done any is because atm I don't feel confident on my skills atm, and I'm confused on whether you have to mark them down on taxes.
I always get asked if I can do work for others so I guess that is a sign that you are at a skill level to attract people.

I'm not sure how the taxes would work, that would require some investigating. The most importation thing is just keeping paper work of what you make just in case.
 

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Background/lighting is top notch RJB. Do you use stock images? Because I mix and match cloud photos and what not to make my nebulas.
 

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Background/lighting is top notch RJB. Do you use stock images? Because I mix and match cloud photos and what not to make my nebulas.
For my backgrounds I have my own starfield and like you I use stock cloud pictures and edit them and reshape them into nebulas that work for the backgrounds.
 

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Great work mate loving all the updates. :)
 

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Damn, you are just showing off now RJB.

Love the way the carrier is coming along, that would give the Poseidon a run for its money huh?

The Sentri Mk2 is a thing of beauty. Why replace something when you can just upgrade it and make it better than new? :thumbsup:
 

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Damn, you are just showing off now RJB.

Love the way the carrier is coming along, that would give the Poseidon a run for its money huh?

The Sentri Mk2 is a thing of beauty. Why replace something when you can just upgrade it and make it better than new? :thumbsup:
I think the Poseidon would still win out in number of fighters. The battle carrier will be more a jack of all trades. Basically it is it's own small fleet and center of command for larger fleet actions.

The mark 2 is a bit better armed than the original but also following my new modernize design theme.
 

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The Poseidon has a greater number of fighters, this is true, but your battle carrier probably has a full complement of those Sentri Mk2s. It's possible they would overwhelm larger numbers of Starfuries and Thunderbolts I presume.

In any case, loving the look of the new EA and Centauri fleets.
 

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It will also be heavily armed. It's going to be a big wall of death.
 

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Yep, I want one of them Razorbacks for my birthday. Amazing work! :worship:
 

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Earth Alliance - Arcadia Class Cruiser

Original design based on Babylon 5.

ArcadiaClassCruiser copy.jpg

The battle carrier is slowly getting near a end.

B5CentauriBattleCarrier3.jpg
 

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How do you do the hull detailing? Do you extrude the panels from the original mesh or do you add separate objects?
If you extrude them, how do you ensure consistency in the panel arrangement?
 

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How do you do the hull detailing? Do you extrude the panels from the original mesh or do you add separate objects?
If you extrude them, how do you ensure consistency in the panel arrangement?
It depends what I'm trying to do.

Complex items I'll model separately. Basic hall areas I'll extruded and bevel. Other parts I'll design shapes and cut them into the model and then extrud and manipulate it from there.

Just lots of forward planning before I start.

Looks like I did do a write up on this a long while back on some of the methods.

http://www.msfc.com.au/community/index.php?threads/lightwave-basic-panel-tutorial.4265/
 

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Other parts I'll design shapes and cut them into the model and then extrud and manipulate it from there.
That is not a technique I'd considered before, I must try that sometime.
 

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Stunning work mate. :)
 
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