Atolm's Cylon Hound

[mikala]

Made this crazy design over a couple of days. Should be further but have been sick and not really wanting to stare at a monitor for any real length of time a day.
As stated in the title the design is by Atolm. Sadly I've never been able to contact Atolm and have only accesss to one view. So having said that there is a LOT of guess work involved in this build.
Hope it does not offend any one.

[gmd3d]

Hey great work mikala .. and I hope you get better soon

[mikala]

Thanks :)

[mikala]

A bit under the chin this evening...

[mikala]

For kicks...

[gmd3d]

looks great all lit up mate ..

[mikala]

Thanks man :)

[cobrastrikelead]

Good and Wow.

[mikala]

Thank you.

[Atolm]

Oh man, I am honoured mate!
She's looking awesome :)

[mikala]

Ha excellent! Every one ...the mind and hand behind the design!
Glad you like it :)

[gmd3d]

Oh man, I am honoured mate!
She's looking awesome :)

welcome aboard CF .. Atolm .. I have long admired your design skills

[Atolm]

Thanks again... :D
But my skill is not the one that should be admired, I am just an idea-man, you guys here are the true artists :)

[Damocles]

Where did the Cylons get Vorlon tech?

[mikala]

Don't sell yourself short. Ideas are where all the best things start and in many cases end. Guys like me are only trying to translate what you have had spring from your mind to paper/monitor.

[gmd3d]

Don't sell yourself short. Ideas are where all the best things start and in many cases end. Guys like me are only trying to translate what you have had spring from your mind to paper/monitor.

yeah what he said ..... :)

[Ramses]

awesome job. you did great converting paper to CGI.

[Ramses]

Where did the Cylons get Vorlon tech?

or did the vorlons get Cylon tech. things that make you go Hmmmmmmmm LOL

[Qeutzal]

Interesting design. but overall a nice one. Keep up the good work.

[mikala]

Not done yet but wanted to try something...I call it "Business End"
Not a place you want to be.

[gmd3d]

very intimidating

[mikala]

Got a bit on the back end done. Need to build the engine guts and fiddly bits to cap off the back end and it's then off to texture land.

[David Kerin]

I'm not a fan of the new series designs, but that design and model is freakin awesome. It also gives the Cylon ship a more interesting design and less like the batwing or Wing Commander ship that the one in the series turned out to be. If the Raiders in the new series looked like this I would have been a bit happier... design-wise at least.

Great work all around!

[mikala]

Thanks.
Been a fan of your work over the years. Thanks for stopping in!

[mikala]

Almost to textureland.....

[mikala]

Sadly I've not worked much on this.
I did however throw it into a render with a mesh by an extremely talented gent that goes by the name of Tan.j and the new Cylon.

[gmd3d]

looking good Mikala :)

[mikala]

Thank you!

[mikala]

Now outfitted with missiles bays and missiles.

[Atolm]

that's sexy :)

[mikala]

Thank you.
Forgot to up this simple (avi) animation. Use the pic in the previous post as a thumbnail of whats happening in the vid.

[gmd3d]

sweet ,,,,,, do more :)

[mikala]

More anims?

[gmd3d]

More anims?
yes yes yes .... :):salute:

[mikala]

I'll see what I can do.

[vk08]

Well Mikala you know I love this one, and we've discussed it here and elsewhere :) Keep i tup I can't wait to see some final textures..

[mikala]

Hey nice to see you here! Thanks.

[mikala]

As per Taranis request....
Battestar is by tan.j!

[Atolm]

Wow that pic is awesome!
the AVI though doesn't show picture :(

[mikala]

I ran the avi through VLC,Media Player Classic and Windows Media Player.
Are you're codecs up to date? The vid was compressed using H.64 so any player installed in the last 4 or 5 months should...in theory...work.
Thanks for the compliment :)

[gmd3d]

wow top work mikala ..

[mikala]

Thank you sir.

[Atolm]

I ran the avi through VLC,Media Player Classic and Windows Media Player.
Are you're codecs up to date? The vid was compressed using H.64 so any player installed in the last 4 or 5 months should...in theory...work.
Thanks for the compliment :)yeap mine are up to spec... i passed it through VLC, and its all choppy there. From what I did see though, it looked awesome!
media player doesn't show up at all though.

[mikala]

Okay in VLC do this to hopefully get rid of the choppy behavior.
If it gets stuck in VLC player just go to Tools/ Preferences/Input codecs/Codecsmuxers and turn on "Use System codecs" and
where it says Skip Loop filterfor H.64 decoding select ALL in the drop down box.

Now a go with some lazers blazin' !

[Atolm]

That worked :)
Very very cool!
could i be a pain in the arse and ask for some orthos of the beastie so i can see the proportions? thanks

[mikala]

No problem. I'll set up a set for you.
It is still not done yet though... Just had to try moving it about the universe :)

[mikala]

Have not worked on this for a while but here is a quick ortho

[Atolm]

Wow!
Thanks mate!
yeah i really like your rendition of the design, reminds me of a heavier variant, that could be a total bad-ass in an atmospheric dogfight. Also looks like it could carry more fuel and ordinance than my original idea (long-range bomber anyone?), which was more an interceptor :)
Awesome work man, I'm already getting more ideas from this!
Thanks!

[mikala]

Thanks and you are welcome :)
Hope you post your ideas in the artwork thread you started. Love to see what you come up with next.

[mikala]

Next in line methinks!

[Atolm]

Man i cannot wait to see that one :cool:

[mikala]

Me too :)
Some challenging lines to get right.