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[Bornstellaris]

Here is the first of the Forerunner things Unikraken asked me to do.

Onyx Sentinel



Its not much but a lot of detail can be done away with bump mapping and texturing.

The next thing is the forerunner ship yard/sentinel factory.

Supplied by the Covenant at War team.

[D4RKST0RM99]

Thought we were making all the super High quality models and giving them to other mods, the EAW ones match the quality of SOTP's?

[Bornstellaris]

Hell's yeah the Covenant at War mod matches SotP's quality, its a great mod and we are constantly trying to improve it.

[Bornstellaris]

Half way home

[Bornstellaris]

I'm a bit stuck on how to do the engines, what would suit forerunners the best?

[Zero]

No engines at all? Also I wouldn't call the Onyx Sentinel completed as there can be a lot of details added to the arms that aren't so low poly. Where is the original source for that material?

Edit: This is the one I was looking for:



Based on the image and your model, there's a lot that you can change just by moving vertices around. IMO the back of the arms should wrap around the sphere more like the image above. Adds more definition and form other than three spindly arms spaced far from the center sphere.

Since the interior sphere is also described as being similar to a monitor, you could add the prongs on the back and bottom of the center sphere that houses the ancilla much like a monitor here (modeled by TheDidact):



It also appears the engines are on the bottom of the Sentinel Factory:


So for it to fly through space, it looks like it would rotate 90 degrees on it's center axis if it ran parallel between the thrusters. However, Sentinel Factories have only been seen around structures on planets and constructs, so if there were on in space, it was likely built there the same way UNSC and Covenant stations are and without any major propulsion engine.

[Bornstellaris]

Thanks, I'll get on those tomorrow.

[Defender0]

im getting a lot of feels from this thread. I so cant wait for this to be in game.

[KhevaKins]

Can't wait for the Worm Holes to be finished. With the big portal thing around it, a giant slipspace rift chilling in the middle. Forerunner factory churning out ships. Can't wait.

[Defender0]

this may be useful for when the sentinels will be coded

http://halo.wikia.co...ressor_Sentinel

[mhdalyn]

I think the sentinel variants listed in that link would be important to keep in mind, particularly this one. 
http://halo.wikia.co.../Super_Sentinel

Might make a good Corvette class or Bomber unit.

[D4RKST0RM99]

I think the sentinel variants listed in that link would be important to keep in mind, particularly this one. 
http://halo.wikia.co.../Super_Sentinel

Might make a good Corvette class or Bomber unit.

Isnt that .........the.....ones we seen somewhare before?

Edited by D4RKST0RM99, 24 May 2013 - 02:07 AM.

[Bornstellaris]

These will be done by tonight, expect pictures soon.

[KhevaKins]

Isnt that the ones you find near gas giants in sotp?

It is but shush D4RKST0RM99, that is super secret playtester stuff.

[Bornstellaris]

Forerunner Oynx Sentinel V2

 

 

[Defender0]

Dude that looks awesome, how many polys?

[Bornstellaris]

Probably around 800-1000, I'm not quite sure, I'll check my computer later.

[Bornstellaris]

Here's the finished version of the factory. That middle part stumped me for about an hour before I decided what to do. Now, this can build frigates but I'm not sure if thats what the dev's want, I can change it if necessary.

Front


Back


Threat Detected


All Covenant forces were quickly overwhelmed.

[JasonAHawkins]

Will the onyx sentinels look like they formed together when the texture is made?

[Bornstellaris]

I'm not sure. If they wanted a formed together sentinel then I'd be easier to do it model wise, besides I like them in single ship formation and I'm not sure what the dev team likes.