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Posted by DOC on 07-25-2001 05:21 PM:

Xaphod's Minbari station -project

Xaphod:
"Now starting on the Mimbari Orbital Platforms... any reference pictures anyone can find would be well appreciated. Once I've got that done, I'm going to start on the larger Mimbari Station, which I also don't have many pictures of."

Minbari Station:
B5:ItF screenie
http://www.firstones.com/images/july/screen015.jpg

- Doc

Posted by LAMBO on 07-25-2001 06:02 PM:

This Xaphod guy is both quick and good, too bad he wasn't around longer.

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Posted by IceFire on 07-25-2001 07:33 PM:

Well its fantastic that we have him now.

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Posted by Xaphod_x on 07-25-2001 10:08 PM:

Aww well thanks guys

I got a bit of a way into the mimbari orbital platform (which looks like this)

(image from the now defunct into the fire website, please noone sue me)

And then my computer crashed. I had most things (including the lintira thank god) backed up onto a few zip disks, but not the platform..

I h8 m|cr0s0ft!

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Posted by Black Sheep 2000 on 07-25-2001 10:25 PM:

Looks good, great work Xaphod!

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Posted by IceFire on 07-26-2001 01:58 AM:

Thats not his model. Thats from B5:ITF. He's working on one like it.

Posted by Black Sheep 2000 on 07-26-2001 05:14 AM:

Geez, flame me for this......I should read such post with more attention...

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Posted by Xaphod_x on 07-26-2001 01:32 PM:

The link at the top in Doc's post is for the Mimbari space station, rather than the orbital platform... The space station is to be approx 1.5 - 2km I think, but I'm not sure about the orbital platform. My brain thinks about 700m-1.2km, but someone correct me if they know better.

As for now, here's a wip.. It ain't close to finished, there's too many polys and the middle bit isn't attached to the ring, but here ya go.

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Posted by Xaphod_x on 07-26-2001 01:34 PM:

Not bad for half a day's work.

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Posted by Skullar on 07-26-2001 01:40 PM:

The whole tbp team will only be xaphod's staff

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Posted by Xaphod_x on 07-26-2001 01:52 PM:

not sure if that was (a) a compliment - "aww thanks *blush*"
or (b) an insult - "*waaaah" "

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Posted by Snipes on 07-26-2001 02:08 PM:

That model looks excellent! How many polies is it?

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Posted by CptWhite on 07-26-2001 03:43 PM:

skullar is a strange beast, you should always fear the worst with his large mouth

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Posted by Xaphod_x on 07-26-2001 03:59 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Snipes
That model looks excellent! How many polies is it?

Unsure.. around 1200-1500 I think, but that's triangles - it hasn't been optimised yet, and most of it can be made into quads. I'm really not too sure how far to go because noone's really sure how big the platform's going to be.

1km wide?

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Posted by Snipes on 07-26-2001 05:07 PM:

=-o 1 km? Then I guess it doesn't have to be perfect looking. What kind of weaponry does it have, if any?

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Posted by Skullar on 07-26-2001 07:02 PM:

White once said you never know if Skullar MEANS what he sez or not.
This time, it was a compliment.

Posted by Xaphod_x on 07-27-2001 01:40 AM:

Thanks skullar

and snipes, well.. I have no idea.. all I know is the pictures from the ITF site.. and they don't say anything really. Maybe the "spikes" at the side are beam turrets? Maybe the yellow thing in the middle is one beam turret and the whole thing turns like a Mjolynir(sp?). Or maybe all those little dots around the edge are turrets? Maybe all of the above?

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Posted by IceFire on 07-27-2001 02:10 PM:

I'm guessing that the "spikes" are beam emitters like on the Sharlin.

Posted by Xaphod_x on 07-27-2001 02:16 PM:

that's what I thought, but it'd give the station quite a lot of blind spots.. maybe that's why they're deployed in groups like in the pic.

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Posted by IceFire on 07-27-2001 06:45 PM:

They are probably fairly defenseless against fighters. They are outposts after all....and unmovable targets are sitting ducks no matter how much weaponry they have.

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