[Elowan]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Also keep in mind that a lot of the older shipsets were made before the proliferation on the forum of all these 3D "wizards", artists who can use the tools avaiable and make shipsets from scratch. Those of us that were around SEIV 18 months ago, and wanted to make a custom shipset were kind of limited. There were a couple guys that new how to do 3D art, but not enough to keep up with the demand. Basically you scrounged around the internet and found a half a dozen ship pics you liked, and then by resizing, rotating and otherwise changing the perspective, viola, a new shipset is born.

I understand the process well enough and in fact had considered that very thing at first. That is - until my wife *****-slapped me and said:

"Yo! Where's all that expensive 3d software s--t you just 'had to have!?'

She actually didn't say that ... well ... not exactly but this being a family forum and all ...

Anyway - I'm scrounging the internet for 3d models and putting the arm on some of my buds in the business.

BTW - anyone know who's hoarding 3D models and or meshes of the '2001 - Space Odyssey'? I like dem bulbs ... er ... spheres.