B5 Shadow Ships

[Atrocities]

Just a texture test.

version 1
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/385597-shadowship1.PNGhttp://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/385597-shadowship1m.PNG

version 2
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/385597-shadowship2.PNGhttp://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/385597-shadowship2m.PNG

Shadow ships are so dark that getting the white and black wavvy look of them has been difficult.

[General Woundwort]

"As my great-grandfather used to say, 'Cool'!" - Captain John Sheridan

[narf poit chez BOOM]

They look good, they just don't look menacing enough.

I dunno, maybe with a nebula background?

[pathfinder]

#2 looks fine to me.

[Atrocities]

2 is my favorite texture currently.

[Kamog]

Looks good! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Actually I like #1 better because it looks like the black color of the Shadow ships.

[Suicide Junkie]

#2 definitely. The only problem I see is that the horizontal waves stick out more than the others. I'm not sure why. Is the texture stretched unevenly, or is it just a random chance thing?

[Atrocities]

I think its a doga thing. I can try and alter the texture a bit and see if I can get it too look better.

[Wolfman77]

Didn't they have a redish texture to them? It's been a while since I saw them. They look awsome though. Can't wait to see the whole set.

[Caduceus]

I would choose #2 as well, AT.

[Starhawk]

My only nitpick about either is those little orange lights, ditch em if your going for authenticity. Then go for texture #1 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Kevin Arisa]

I say keep the lights. These images will be dark enough as is.

[Ed Kolis]

Here's an idea for making it more visible against a space backdrop... why not put some sort of glow or border enhancement on the image, so that it sort of looks like an outline of a ship? (That would be a cool effect for cloaked ships too, BTW... the ship with the little dotted circle around it used in SE4 is SO dorky http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif)

[Suicide Junkie]

Ed Kolis said:
Here's an idea for making it more visible against a space backdrop... why not put some sort of glow or border enhancement on the image, so that it sort of looks like an outline of a ship? (That would be a cool effect for cloaked ships too, BTW... the ship with the little dotted circle around it used in SE4 is SO dorky http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif)

Neon ground effects for your pimped out battlecrab, eh? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

This sounds like a great idea though. A faint background glow near the ship wouldn't blot out much of the actual background, but would make the ship visible against the starmap to improve gameplay.

[Baron Munchausen]

I think what you need to do is use a metallic sheen on something that isn't quite black. There is a distinct 'gleam' about the surface of the shadow ships and I don't think a plain black can capture it. Maybe if you blend a very deep 'metallic' purple with black you can get the right look.

[EaX]

They look great!

i like the first one, but i think the second one will be more visible on SE. can't wait to see the shipset.

[Intimidator]

Great work AT,

Can't wait to see the WHOLE B5 MOD http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Inti,