NS Viper Lightning cosmetics

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Hey every one! Here is my take on the lightning cosmetics. Ive still got alot to do but I figured Id try and get some feedback before I get to far along.

The turret base and the armor/lumifiber seem straight forward enuff but Im still a little hazy on the requirements for the barrels themselves.

Does a single cosmetic barrel override the All others (Equipped Sky guard , Heat, Etc...)?

Can we submit a turret without the barrel and let it use what ever is equipped?

Anywho... here it is so far

Aww... No love for the Viper

Body armor?

Everyone is getting wasted in Vegas lol No but it looks awesome. Hopefully TRay will like it.

I'm not in Vegas and I super like it! I just wish I had something constructive to say

I feel the armor part is a bit too minimalistic, at least if I was shopping for a lightning cosmetic. The turret is interesting though.

Im still adding but the Hex patterns on the sides ate up a decent portion of my pollys, I think I have about 500 or so left.

Hopefully the next iteration will be more enticing to perspective buyers.

Also thanks for Feedback!

It's more VS than NS.

NS style borrows from all three factions from my understanding. TRay was talking about it in one of the ITPS episodes, its one of the reasons NS style is hard to nail down. All the plating is 90deg 45 deg angle bricks (NC?) but they are arranged into V's (VS?). was trying to do all the hatches and details circular or curved (TR?).Im not sure what a Hex is considered, I figured it was any faction.

Anywho, more to come...

it is a very cool VS lightning for sure great work

Still needs some textureing and a barrel....

New Barrel

I like it, but this is really more VS than anything.

Awesome Looks high tech.

Looks VS with all the layers and sharp angles. I like.

Viper p3d v1 (View in 3D)


Submitted

I'm confused, are we able to submit our stuff already? I thought we had to wait for PSView to get the DNs/camo all sorted out and submit from there

Im not sure what the deal is with PSView, But I could have sworn I heard rick say we could start submitting soon in one of the ITPS episodes and then shortly after the categories started opening up... So......

Looks solid, but there's a few issues.

1. Clipping with hood ornaments; you need to account for the space that ornaments will occupy in your model.

2. Clipping issues with both the stock turret and your set's turret; you need to allow full rotation clearance for both turrets with both the stock body and with your set armor, along with ensuring the barrel does not clip at maximum declination.

3. Clipping with composite armor; I think you're okay with this for the most part (minor issues with top/front armor), but you should double check to ensure it looks how you want with the various armors equipped.

4. Name; the Viper is already taken by both a Player Studio helmet and a Lightning weapon (the default C75 Viper); if this isn't a big deal to you, you can leave it, but there's plenty of other options if you're sticking with the snake theme.

5. Barrel length is a bit too long to work with HEAT/HE/AP, and iirc we're supposed to be modeling off the default dimensions for things (HEAT for MBTs, and the Viper for the Lightning). Might need more clarification on this one but if that is true, it's waaaay too long to work with the Viper.

Aw crap... I didnt even think about the name... might change that to avoid confusion... cobra maybe... meh?

I used the barrel that came with the sample model for the lenght so not sure about that, easy enough to change tho. I checked the clearance with my turret but I forgot to check the the default one, looks like the tops of the side plates clip a bit but everything else is good.Still gotta doublecheck the barrel clip. The real question is what IS the max declination? I was assuming -5deg

not sure what to say about the hood ornament, for some odd reason I thought it was closer to the front...

Thanks for the 411 Arc, good lookin out!