Black Widow Fighter

KB,
Ive thought about a sort of cradle for landing of this ship but not sure yet.. <!– s:? –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_confused.gif" alt="" title="Confused" /><!– s:? –>

Bazza,
Right now I have a modified version of my old Raptor model that I’ve been trying to texture. There just doesnt seemt to be enough time anymore.. When I get the textures complete maybe?

Hi Everyone,
Here is the latest Fighter to be added to the fleet. The Black Widow is a small and extremely manueverable fighter. With speeds matching those of the Manta and Mako series fighters, it’s smaller size makes it one of the best for even the most extreme dog-fight situtations.
The Black Widow also packs a pretty good bite. Equipped with twin 40MM Laser Cannons, as well as a payload of five(5) medium range BlackHawk Missiles.

Shown here in a 3-way view, there is no texturing yet so it may end up with the smooth Chrome like skin as most of the other fighters in the fleet…hehe

Les
[img]C:My%20DocumentsBlack%20Widow.jpg[/img]

Let’s try that again.

I like the shape of this one Les!

Kirk Saavedra

yea the shape really makes it stand out

Thanks guys,
The only thing I haven’t figured out is how to land the darn thing… <!– s:D –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!– s:D –> I suppose I’ll have to install repulsor lifts or something.

Les

The shape of this one is very nice <!– s:) –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!– s:) –>

Thanks polybuilder… <!– s:D –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!– s:D –>

Terrific model Les

Modeling skill and a vivid imagination – a perfect combination.

Thanks Paul_K,
I still cant seem to come up with that very ominous looking design for enemy ships. I’ll just keep plugging away at it……… <!– s:D –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!– s:D –>

Les

Have them dock to a mother ship from below so they hang down… ?

As always Les – nice ship – did you ever get anywhere with you wish to make them move ?

Thanks Alan, and the docking idea sounds good too.

I’ve been looking into DirectX game programming, but I seriously doubt having the time to learn all about it with my work and all. May just have to enlist some help… <!– s;) –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!– s;) –>

Les

I messed around for a while with the DirectX 8 SDK in Visual Basic (only language I am fluent in). I have a few pics on my site of some of the things I messed with in that time. It was quite a feat to tackle it by myself with no outside help other than web articles tho.

Lately I’ve just gone back to the idea of taking snapshots of my models and using them in 2D instead of true 3D. The fish I posted was to be used like this.

However, I’d still love to make truly 3D games as well. I recently downloaded a demo of 3DRad but haven’t taken a look at it yet. I’m hoping something like that (3DRad, DarkBASIC, etc) would be easier to take on than learning DirectX itself, albeit, probably less powerful.

If you wanna take a look at some of the programs I was talking about, my site is at [img:2ueya408]http&#58;//handwired&#46;home&#46;mchsi&#46;com[/img:2ueya408]
handwired.home.mchsi.com
. There aren’t any downloadable versions of the software as my copy of VB is just a working model, not the $350 real deal One of these days I will invest in a real copy when I am confident I can make a worthwhile release.

P.S. don’t laugh, I know the site is kinda goofy but its my baby <!– s:P –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" /><!– s:P –>

<!– s8-) –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="" title="Cool" /><!– s8-) –>Upside down to land? Cockpit on a gimble? Too wierd, huh.

[BLOCKQUOTE class=’ip-ubbcode-quote’][font size=’-1′]quote:[/font][HR]Originally posted by Les_Patterson:
Thanks Alan, and the docking idea sounds good too.

I’ve been looking into DirectX game programming, but I seriously doubt having the time to learn all about it with my work and all. May just have to enlist some help… <!– s;) –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!– s;) –>

Les [HR][/BLOCKQUOTE]

Les if you want to make these ships move around easily I can highly recomend Blitz3D above all others. The coding for something like this is simple and enjoyable. If you ever want to try there are many of us who would help get you started.
In the meantime if you want and have a ship with a texture you could attach to a post I would gladly do this for you just to give you some idea of what you can create. I should be able create an .exec and get it back to you.

Bazza

PS nice ship