If you're hear to B*tch or complain then just leave. This thread is for those interested in the project itself and not for those who are simply here to complain even though they aren't making anything better at the moment





With RPG5's release...Here's my current project!

a UNSC Prowler the UNSc Frontenac Armed with Dual Pulse Lasers:










Covenant Pulse Reactor

Edited by OpsY on Jul 28, 2008 at 03:07 AM
Edited by OpsY on Jul 28, 2008 at 03:07 AM

looks like a smaller, lower poly POA

UNSC Like I guess... I started with the H2 Marathon model and changed it... I deleted some sections, tied others and connected ones i saw fit aswell as resized some. I wanted it so that you could tell that it's UNSC easily and more than just with the texture.

I see a few non planar faces here and there. And that ship seems a little small. The coveant thing is cool but I dont get what it is really.

What's a Non planar face and what's wrong with one?

Also Prowlers are about 150 meters long and are ONI Ships mostly. They use retrofitted Pulse Laser Technology taken from the Covenant. How retrofitted it is I didn't know so I made a Covenant Module and Wired it to a Interface pad, on the left.

lolwut?

and arent these prowlers

Read GoO

They're ONI ''Space submarines''
Edited by OpsY on Jul 25, 2008 at 02:11 AM

Yeah, that is a Brute Prowler. In the HALO books though the UNSC has a Prowler as well, the UNSC one is a spaceship. I always imagiened the UNSC prowler as something looking like a Longsword, with a bit of Pelican, Hornet and lifepod thrown in.

it looks good for a start but the covenant thing does not fit. Retro-fitted would mean the same basic technology and theory, but with bits traded out for the safer, more reliable, and human-operable UNSC equivalents. Overall everything should be modeled with human style...

Hey, a blueberry!

Anyway, is it supposed to be a ship? If so, then cool!

The covenant thing is in an isolated room up top. and yes it's meant to be a ship... I'm working on the interior atm( which is hard to get renders of because it's enclosed, submarine like)

I went to halopedia to look up the prowler and that damn picture game got me again.

NOTE: Do not click this link unless you have a LOT of free time, lol
http://halo.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:PictureGameHome&picGameAction=startGame&lastid=183&id=184

Here's my latest shot and it's still un textured.
Bridge itself still needs some work on the inside





Edited by OpsY on Jul 27, 2008 at 02:15 PM

the front is very... flat. Not very characteristic of UNSC, i think.

Those aren't better are they? They have little antenas... but that'S it. I have some on the roofing too,







Edit:

Latest nose view... Bridge behind.


Edited by OpsY on Jul 27, 2008 at 05:25 PM

I still don't get how you can make a prowler without any reference pics.

id go with nose 1, but make it look more appropiate to the ship, the nose has the wrong length and needs to look more UNSC; because currently it doesnt quite match up

I personally like it noseless... The third one could have been nice in some ways though. Here's what I got now:

Looks better to me without the noses. They just dont seem appealing.

yeah, the noses are ick. But a little bit of detail above the bridge window would be nice.

yeah it looks better with edged faces but witouth them, it's pretty bland. Textures could help it however.. right now I'm working ont he back of the ship.... Ladders on each side to walk up look so so but that's all I found to get aboard.



Edited by OpsY on Jul 27, 2008 at 08:04 PM

You should also extrude some faces around the window so it doesnt look so flat and like the window is just poking out of nowhere.

needs moar cruiser-on-cruiser battle.

kthxbi.

Massacre's argument is actually pretty good. Bungie's ships had much more detail to them.

Then again, I don't think anyone knows what the UNSC prowler is supposed to look like... but seriously, this ship CAN be improved visually. It doesn't compare to the Pillar of Autumn or the In Amber Clad very well. But since this is a WIP, there's still more being done to it, and hopefully it won't disappoint.
Edited by Dennis on Jul 28, 2008 at 06:26 PM

Do you think the POA has that much more detail? some details on that model aren't even on the actual ship





And here is the MArathon my ship is based off. Dare tell me there's more detail

I DO think the POA has more detail than your ship. For example, where are the engines supposed to go? I understand it is a WIP, though and I'm actually looking forward to seeing what this becomes in the end.

are you sure that is the general shape of the ship? It could be more In Amber Clad shaped, or of a completely different design. Do you have reference pics for prowlers? They could be entirely different than Marathon class ships.
Edited by Headhunter09 on Jul 28, 2008 at 07:14 PM

There are no pics of it at all. Not one. That's what I'm saying. How do you know that that's what it even looks like?

I much prefer making my own ship based on my imagination and existing reference than spending my whole time copying Halo 3 stuff and claim it so proudly mine...I have nothing agaisn't people doind that but instead of doing Just another mongoose, I'm having a much better time doing something new, imaginative and innovative.

Hmm... well I don't think the nose should be flat in the middle... maybe a cannon or two... or antennae, or something like that.

There is no UNSC Prowler in Halo 3.

Nice reading. That's exactly what I said. I Prefer making my own stuff out of my mind than copying existing stuff ever and ever and ever like most people do( Mongoose, for one)

So instead of copying a non-existent model you would prefer making your own. Right...

Huh? That's just common sense? It's like if bungie openned COD4 and decided to make copies of their weapons, vehicles and bipeds, in many, many copies.

Instead of making just another of those near-carbon copies, I'm adding something new. If that's a problem with you or if you find common sense to simply copy other's work, then just leave and dare say that instead of making the Draco, Bird, Venture aswell as boats and Mythos and such would have been better if they had been Battlerifles and Mongoose or even another SMG.

Uh, there is no UNSC Prowler in Halo 3, how are you going to copy something from a game if it doesn't exist in the game?