BFG - ideas from internet

[Fleafa]

The Covenant ships are less detailed by design. In the video game, they have a sort of holographical hex pattern: http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2013 ... aphXMF.png

[Malika]

By the way, I didn't see these angles of the Scourge ships yet: https://gemana.wordpress.com/2015/07/31 ... -revealed/

[RageofAchilles]

Yuk! UCM (Yay!) Scourge ( Nay!)

[Islacrusez]

Not really my style. Strangely, even though they're very different from the other faction, the designs overall feel same-y. They're all curves and ridges, but the overall layout still feels the same.

[mangozac]

Oh wow that's interesting! Are they also injection plastic?

Interesting point that Islacrusez makes and I agree to an extent. I get the feeling that people's love of Halo designs comes not from any particularly innovative design qualities but rather their affinity with the game itself.

[Malika]

https://gemana.wordpress.com/2015/09/06 ... u-proxies/

[Islacrusez]

Glue most of the bits of that spiky eldar ship flat to a disk and you've got a passable necron ship too!

[Malika]

https://video-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvide ... e=55F1F51C

[Islacrusez]

[Malika]

Hmm, works ok for me, but maybe this link will work better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWteWul9cBE

[Islacrusez]

Seems to be coming together nicely!

[Blindhorizon]

How hard would it be to pull the 3d images and print them?

[Islacrusez]

[mangozac]

But let's be honest, 3D prints of game models would be quite underwhelming. 3D models for graphics are very different to 3D models for printing. Remember too that a lot of the details on the animation models are just skins, so the print would seem a lot less detailed.

[Fleafa]

Yup, Mangozac is spot on. My training is in computer games art and I highly doubt the assets used in-engine are not going to be worth printing. Normal maps will add most of the interesting detail and smooth larger surfaces which are made up of insufficient geometry to achieve a smooth print.