Imagemod requests here!

[Val]

Bits.zip

This zip has files split into 3 Groups: P&N, Other and B5 Armor.

P&N includes - Thicker Goo Wall 6/1 ratio, Gravity Hollow Point

Other - Has a new security station (Loknar) - I tried using the main hall and writing in security, but it looked lame in the mini. I had used the B5 security symbol on the security station for the B5 Mod and put a security officer in the hall (see image in latest Components on B5 thread). But, I didn't think that would work for everyone. So, my simple solution is to use the crew quarters and recolor to blue. Easy to see and recognize as seperate from crew quarters IMHO.

B5 Armor - Actually this includes all the armors (including P&N). Has racial armors in thicknesses ranging from Thin to Thick (Centauri, Minbari, Narn, Shadow and Vorlon). Has Inert Layered Armor from Light to Heavy. Has Plasma armor with and without venting. Has Primary and Secondary armor bits. Has Refract Armor. Also has Stealth Coating - this is something the Centauri have on some of their fighters and small ships (SE IV Destroyers and smaller).

Working on redoing the beams for B5 and also adding in your suggestions (I will write over the ones currently there - that I submitted - to rearrange in a better order). Also working on shield generators for Vorlons and Abbai, and energy web for EA. Working on new but similiar sensor/ECM/Jammers/Tractor Beams. Trying the machine shop as well

[Val]

Andres:

The comps look good! I really liked the fighter hanger, targeting comp & main reactor. Guess I'm going to have to redo my reactors after looking at that What are you using to render?

[Andr�s]

I use 3d studio Max, but of the pics you mentioned the only one I rendered (and made from scrath BTW) is the targeting computer. The others were just cropping and resizing from existing pics.

[Suicide Junkie]

Val:
For the security stations, how about showing an armory, with heavy guns racked up on a wall, along with "corridor barricades"?
For the mini, zoom in, or simplify the image to just have one of each item.

I wonder if there would be a use for a shooting range component... You could have those paper outline targets, except with all kinds of wierd alien shapes .

RE: armor.
The goo looks better, but most of the depth is not apparent from the camera angle. Maybe 2-3x thicker, or a camera view further to the right?
The active plasma armor image you included with this Last set was not the one I liked best, but if the hemisphere were flipped...
Also, could you break the rainbow armor into the primary and addon images? As well as the other ability armors.
In case you aren't clear on what I mean, see the rainbow stuff horribly mutilated by my artistic skills. Addon/Primary theory applied to rainbow BMPs.zip
Note that only armor that provides stackable abilities needs to have this done to it. The other armors are OK.
I'm wondering if you could make the light armor even thinner, more along the lines of SE4's classic armor, kind of thin. For the benefit of the minis, of course.
The Hollowpoint Spike could use some color, in an SE4 classic images/8-pack of Crayons sort of way. (It seems you've gotten heavy on the grays while doing all those realistic B5 components )
Something to convey the 1300+ KT mass of the device is needed as well... perhaps filling the extra space with a doughnut ring around the spike?

Not that I'm complaining .

[ 13 February 2002: Message edited by: suicide_junkie ]

[Val]

SJ:

Which image did you like best? If you still have it just substitute it. I thought I picked the right one, ah well!

Ok, rotating camera angle and glooping in more goo.

Good idea to put up gun racks, didn't think of that

Not too horibly mangled on those pics I'll do those as well. Thanks for a very clear order pic of what you want.

Can easily make it thinner - and will do!

Yeah, I did get a little on the dark and dreary side with all the grays, will make you a cheerful hollowpoint The extra mass at the head is a good idea as well.

Nah - haven't ever taken anything as a complaint, only constructive critisism or it just not meeting what you had in mind. I'll tell you, your rough sketches do help as a spring board!

[Loknar]

Thank you, Val.

Also, whatever happened to the RP mod thread?

[Val]

Anytime! I'm actually going to rework it with SJ's suggestions (when I get a chance), but I think I'll keep the color blue and the mini blue to make it easier to tell apart.

I also liked the target range idea - what type of abilities would that give you?

Not sure what became of the RP thread, I'll bump it.