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Old June 30th, 2003, 04:52 PM
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Default New Release: Verduran Cooperative Version 1.0

After almost a year of work (most of it learning Moray/Povray), I have finally finished my first shipset: the Verduran Cooperative.

This is Version 0.8 - essentially a Beta - the race picture is provisional, and there is no AI. I am interested in your feedback about the set. Please post any comments or suggestions here!

I would like to thank Taera for his help in the initial stages of this project. Without the Taera Destroyer model you sent me, I would still be totally lost. Thanks!

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Old June 30th, 2003, 04:58 PM
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Default Re: New Release: Verduran Cooperative Version 1.0

Interesting...

Quite Interesting...

Looks really good. Keep up the good work.

and if you need a race portrait, you should talk to Dogscoff. He's made some good race portraits.
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Default Re: New Release: Verduran Cooperative Version 1.0

Those are some really nice looking ships. Very clear, and excellent detail. I must learn to use Povray and Moray someday. Better yet 3d studio max.

You did a really nice job on this ship set. It has been added to my Favorites collection.

I noticed that you had an image named Verduran_portrait_battlecruiserbis which was a differant color green. Is this an extra ship?

Also you should consider making this set neo standard as well.

Again, really nice work.
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Default Re: New Release: Verduran Cooperative Version 1.0

Nice. The shipset reminds me of ... something... I don't know what...

But anyway, looks nice.
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Default Re: New Release: Verduran Cooperative Version 1.0

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Nice. The shipset reminds me of ... something... I don't know what...

But anyway, looks nice.
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Nice. The shipset reminds me of ... something... I don't know what...

But anyway, looks nice.
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The appearance, not the name.[EDIT: missunderstood you. I am not familliar with the Vaxians]

I'm really not sue what it's reminding me of though.... Maybe that shade of green is especially close to Zentraedi...

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Old June 30th, 2003, 05:20 PM
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Default Re: New Release: Verduran Cooperative Version 1.0

Thanks everyone for your kind words.

I hadn't noticed before, Oleg, but you're right - some of the ships are remiscent of the Vaxin. BTW, I hope you don't mind me temporarity using your SMAC race picture of Deirdre Skye. Thanks for posting those, SMAC is one of my favorite games of all time.

Thanks Atrocities, I greatly appreciate your comments. "Battlecruiserbis" was an older Version of the battlecruiser that got into the zip file by mistake. After I made that model, I completely changed my textures and overall conception of the shipset (I finally figured out how to use imagemaps). But perhaps I could rennovate it and use it for one of the neostandard images, which I do intend to make at some point in the future (but first I think I'll take a little break).

I would highly recommend Moray/Povray (I haven't used 3d studio max). It's got a steep learning curve, but once you get proficient with it you can make some very detailed models. Since you have all that experience with Doga, I'll bet it only takes you a short time to come up to speed in Moray. I'd love to see the ships you make with it.
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Default Re: New Release: Verduran Cooperative Version 1.0

Damn its a lot better than what i have been doing. I cant even get past certain things..hehe
My ships look like the ones from the old atari game Asteroids (C) Looks like it will take me a year.. by then Space Empires V will be out!
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Default Re: New Release: Verduran Cooperative Version 1.0

Keep at it Rojero! It can be very frustrating at times, but in the long run it's worth the effort. If you're using Moray, I'd be happy to send you an .mdl file from one of my ships if you think it would help. Just send send me an email or post here with your email address.
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Default Re: New Release: Verduran Cooperative Version 1.0

I like the clear and sharpness of this race, very good! They look quite like a peaceful race from their ships. Very Very Good for a first attempt
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