Finally, after a few days of trying to find the time to post i have done it. Here it is, the ship (mostly finalized) I have been working on for a while now. I say mostly because it always seems like I could keep tweaking something (which I probably will). When I set out to do this ship I thought a lot about what makes something like the Millenium Falcon and the Ebon Hawk cool (two very iconic Star Wars ships if your a fan, look these up if you don't know what I am talking about). So I set out to do something in that style but I also wanted it to be grounded in reality, Star Wars does a pretty good job but it never accounted for Newtonian Physics in space. That is why you will see thrusters all over the ship, placed strategically for quick maneuverability. Also the glowing blue devices around the ship I imagined as Shield emitters that bend the shield around the ship. I also thought about things like landing gear, where the loading ramp would be, how cargo would be moved in and out, the scale of the ship, and I even imagined how the interior might look. Anyway, there is my little nerd session.

Moving onto the model, you will notice that it now has the specular, glow, and normal maps. The armor itself also went through a few revisions. It was a little to heavy before so the armor now appears a little more subtle. It also has bigger chunks so it flows better (thanks to Michael for his awesome critique's!).

Finally I think I will post one more time after this to show the textures themselves. I may also post a montage picture of the different views of the ship (maybe). Someday, I may even post what the LOD models look like, If I find the time to get the texture reset for those. Well, this ship has been a blast from start to finish to work on, hopefully people enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed building it.