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[sKarpunch]

Heya guys,

I've been pretty bored with starsector at the moment so i thought i'd give something different a try, scratchbuilding a plastic model of a Hound frigate. I'll also be painting it after the building bit is finished. Here's the first hour or two of work (not that this includes research time). I've got a very basic hull shape and two skeletal engines.

http://imgur.com/N8I60FU

http://imgur.com/qwCqKvu

Feel free to comment, critique and make suggestions

[ValkyriaL]

Not much to comment at the moment, But i imagine its going to be very good looking in the end, getting all the dimensions right must have been a pain, since they are documented nowhere but the size of the ship sprite, the details are also going to be quite the pain to get right. but yeah, i wish you luck there, and i'm looking forward to seeing further work on it!

[sKarpunch]

Yeah, I'm mostly going by eye for the dimensions and i could only find 2-3 pictures of the Hound in something other than top-down 2D. Details will be slightly easier I think, less thinking involved  .

[phyrex]

good luck, i dont think you'll have any real problem if you're really into modeling.
curious to see the end result.

(and here's a suggestion for HUGE *** and giggle factor : make it so where medium hardpoint is, you can swap whatever you put there and build many different gun that can be putted there so that your hound model can swap its gun. that'd be hilarious)

[acidzombie]

Well there is a picture of it where it isnt in 2d but in 3d in one of the blog posts

http://fractalsoftworks.com/2013/02/05/painting-the-hound-and-the-hangar/

Its only from the backside but it might help you figure out size and all that stuff :3

[Sproginator]

Oh if I had a 3D printer.....

[sKarpunch]

@phyrex I could super glue some magnets underneath the hull and on the guns so they are interchangeable, but that would require me building and painting more than one gun 

@acidzombie yeah thats actually the picture i got the idea off of, thanks though 

@sproginator  You'd need someone to design a model first wouldn't you?

Progress is being made, the engine structure is almost complete, and when it is, I can start detailing and battle damaging. Too lazy to get the camera at the moment though, I'll get update pictures tomorrow.

[Sproginator]

Yeah, I have always wanted a 3D model of an Onslaught.

Someone please do this for me!

[Ravendarke]

Yeah, I have always wanted a 3D model of an Onslaught.

Someone please do this for me!

I am creating 3d models for 3d printing, I could do this for you, but of course it won´t be free.

Edit: And I can give you reference to 3d printers with worldwide shipping my costumers are using.

[ValkyriaL]

Yeah, I have always wanted a 3D model of an Onslaught.

Someone please do this for me!

Do we know what the Onslaught actually looks like tho? apart from the top down view? DAVID! chip in and shine some light on this question!

[Ravendarke]

Yeah, I have always wanted a 3D model of an Onslaught.

Someone please do this for me!

Do we know what the Onslaught actually looks like tho? apart from the top down view? DAVID! chip in and shine some light on this question!

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It´s not exactly precise but in combination with top view it would be enough to reconstruct 3d model... ofc it would need some extra thinking and own design.

[ValkyriaL]

This one right here would provide a better image, it was made by the Chinese Community

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http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9067/98576466d01609243b6a7d1.jpg <-- full picture

[sKarpunch]

@ValkyriaL any more where that came from? those side on views would be really helpful

[Ravendarke]

This one right here would provide a better image, it was made by the Chinese Community

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http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9067/98576466d01609243b6a7d1.jpg <-- full picture

This one is far too round and I really don´t think it correspondent with original intention of onslaught design. Not saying it is bad, just had stare on it for a while until I realized it is onslaught. Read David´s blog about designing onslaught btw (references, etc.)

[ValkyriaL]

There is this one, made by David we all know and love. but its a rear view and not much help.

http://i.imgur.com/afxtNIa.jpg