NX-2000 25th Anniversary Edition

[furswift]

Hello!

I'm new to these forums but I've been on Excalibur's for a while. I'm a noob at modding; I've only done partial retextures of BC ships. Lately I've wanted to step it up a little and build a ship from the ground up. I decided to build the ship I've loved since I was nine years old. So for the 25th anniversary of her birth I built the Excelsior. I was basically learning 3Ds Max from a book while doing this, so it was a great learning experience. I would really appreciate someone porting this into BC. It's just a mesh and textures, so it will need HPs and damage textures and all the other stuff I don't know how to do. Please let me know if you're interested. Thank you.

[Nebula]

first question I'm going to ask on this outstanding ship is: how many polies?

[furswift]

Hey Nebula!

First of all I'd like to personally thank you for pointing me to st-bilder. That site's amazing collection of reference shots was a huge help.

To answer your question, there are 13,882 polys in this model.

Also, it uses six 2048² targa textures.

[JamesTiberiusKirk]

youre jumping into the comunitiy with such a model? most impressive!

[limey BSc.]

To answer your question, there are 13,882 polys in this model.

Also, it uses six 2048² targa textures.

That is a damn nice poly count for such a smooth ship! Kudos!

I would suggest attempting to cut 1 or 2 of the textures out though. 6x2048 textures is a little on the high end.

I'd be more than willing to port it to nif format (and get a good look at the craftmanship )

[furswift]

Thanks, Guys!

I know the textures are a bit large but I was planning on releasing 1024 textures as well to make the ship playable on lower end systems (i.e. mine). I just wanted to future proof it as well as make it look as nice as possible.

limey98 I'd be honored if you converted my mesh. Just don't look too close or you'll see my mistakes. ;)

[Toa_Kaita]

Wow...just wow...and this is your first BC model? Dang!

[JimmyB76]

impressive!
*cookied*

[furswift]

impressive!
*cookied*

*yum* Thanks! 

[FarShot]

For a person with 4 posts, you've done a lot more than I have!

What do I have under my belt?  An uncompleted Constitution variant?  You just trumped that sucker!  Hope to see this baby in BC some day. ;)

[WileyCoyote]

Wow. That kicks the crap out of the ones I've made. Good job!

[DJ Curtis]

Wow. That kicks the crap out of the ones I've made. Good job!

Ummmm, not quite.  But they certainly look nice.

[Starforce2]

nice work. textures on the saucer appear superior to the rest of the ship, but the model is defenetly nice. Once you're texture skills get a bit better you'll be really kicking but. Another person who just did an excel is FoaS from dynaverse (his are new at bcfiles) I suggest you maybe have a talk with the guy and maybe he can give you some pointers on textures (his non-fed are even better imho..you ought to see what he's doing with mirak). You need no help on modeling though.

[Vladko1]

Awesome Excelsior :eek Cookie

[Adonis]

Hey Nebula!

First of all I'd like to personally thank you for pointing me to st-bilder. That site's amazing collection of reference shots was a huge help.

To answer your question, there are 13,882 polys in this model.

Also, it uses six 2048² targa textures.

Dude, get me on MSN, and I'll help you, but first, we'd need to get that texture count down, and also get the coloring correct

[mayhemuk]

Looks nice.

[bankruptstudios]

Damn, have a cookie!!! Honestly, i love this color, it stands apart from the rest of the NCC Ecl's. But the yellow around the bridge has to go,lol.

[WileyCoyote]

I could possible port your model if you used 3ds Max 9 or below. PM me if you are interested. I could also use my hardpoint from my Excelsior/Centaur Fleet Pack.

[deadthunder2_0]

The impulse crystal looks blank, I thought it had a sorta wire cage

[furswift]

Wow. That kicks the crap out of the ones I've made. Good job!

I am humbled and honored Wiley, but I think DJ Curtis has the right thought.  ;)

It's modders like you, DJ Curtis, and especially Scotchy who inspired me to get into this.

Damn, have a cookie!!! Honestly, i love this color, it stands apart from the rest of the NCC Ecl's. But the yellow around the bridge has to go,lol.

I agree the yellow looks weird, but as far as I can tell it's canon. 

The impulse crystal looks blank, I thought it had a sorta wire cage

Though the deflection crystal is never seen on screen, any photos I've seen of the studio model show a smooth bubble. I could be wrong, though.

Thanks for all the cookies, guys (loosens belt).