Heart of Gold spaceship 9-9-05

[Flamand]

Perhaps you should make the body of the whale a bit rounder and add a bowl of petunias...

 

[WildWeazel]

Rounder? How so? Not as stretched out?

 

[Spacer One]

bulkier in the body...it looks like a bomb with a tail now, less cylindrical...Im not sure how to put it...Feed the whale more??

 

[WildWeazel]

After watching the preview several times, it started to look like a 737...

 

[WildWeazel]

I fixed the whale to make it look more.. well, whalish. Thicker, larger head, darker, textured. I've been playing around with the impact and I can't decide how do make the "shock wave." I tried making it an expanding ring but it just doesn't look right. Maybe a better texture would work.

 

[Sildo]

It looks great, but it does say in the books it looks like a tennis shoe, however DNA probably would have been gland if you had made it something different, he was all for making the books contradict eachother.

DNA actualy was considering making a sixth book since the fifth was so bleak however he got a heart attack (in a GYM!) and passes away at around fifty.

Also If you like hichhicker try "The Salmon of Doght" and "The long dark Tea-Time of the Sole"

 

[Flamand]

Yeah, that looks like a whale... Maybe the tail should flap a bit? Just wondering, will you also make the small red shuttlepod?

Actually I thought the old Heart of Gold from the tv series looked more like like a showerhead rather than a tennis shoe...

 

[Spacer One]

the shuttle is in the death...

Long Dark Teatime of the soul is great if you like the Dick Gently series, but has NO relation other than sharing the author...very good book

Ive only seen the BBC version twice, so I dont recall the HoG in it, I was looking for pics for the design of this HoG and came across a few pics of the BBC version...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/heartofgold.shtml

 

[Flamand]

the shuttle is in the death...

I was already wondering what that was... In that case, forget I asked...

 

[Quinzy]

lovely unit. the whale attack is awsome!

 

[WildWeazel]

So what does everyone prefer for the impact? Rings or a disc? I'll find a better texture either way.

 

[Spacer One]

I liked the first one better if asked...I cant really see the fatter whale, but I liked the first impact better

 

[WildWeazel]

the whale looks better at the other angles. I liked the first impact too.

 

[Flamand]

I'd say the first impact with the second whale...

 

[WildWeazel]

I'm starting to get the hang of this animation stuff
New preview:

 

[Bjornlo]

Excellent whale splat. No doubt going to be remembered long after Civ3 is but a memory. For gross-factor, might consider some blood or worse.

Looking forward to the Flyswatter smack. Something from Looney toons should work well.

 

[WildWeazel]

I wasn't sure how to go about the gross factor. I'm not good enough at POV-Ray to make the whale blow into pieces, but maybe I can make blood splatter. I was also thinking about obscuring the impact with a mushroom cloud like in the movie.

 

[tjedge1]

I think it looks pretty good. In the books when the whale splattered it kind of grossed me out. Wait, no it didn't.

 

[Redfox McBeth]

This has to be the best unit ever. And best forum ever. HHGTTG for the win. Forever.

Bombard preview. The flc is faster than this.
I didn't get the palette quite right, so there is some civ-coloring in the shockwave/dust. I'll get that fixed later today. I have a class now and have to work on a project after that. Meh, school. Always getting in the way of things.

Comments? Suggestions?

Is that the Tiberian Sun EMP shockwave?

 

[WildWeazel]

Thanks for the comments. I'll finish the other animations.... sometime.

Welcome to CFC!!!