Terran Infantry AA Pics

[DviddLeff]

Im using Sketchup to make some AA weaponry for starters.

Its so easy to pick up! Well, Im getting the hang of it, these things are just early examples, Ill add in more detail and get the colours better (The NC ones hideous), but looking at the ingame weapons, they dont really use the actual empires colours for the guns much.






Im having trouble putting decent backgrounds in, to make them look extra snazzy...?

[Hayoo]

Cool. I hadn't heard of sketchup before. Have you come up with any specs for each weapon?

[DviddLeff]

Ive been adding in a bit more detail and bits to make them more interesting, as well as making the colours similar to the current AV weapons.

All these weapons would be stripped down versions of the empires MAX AA weaponry, allowing infantry to defend themselves against aircraft.

TR: Flak Cannon
This would fire at a similar rate and damage to the Flaklet, but would have at least double the clip size.

NC: Missile Launcher
This would fire 3 missiles per clip, which would be enough to down a fully shielded reaver. These would be fire and forget weapons, seeking the aircraft themselves after launch.

VS: Energy Orb launcher
This would be similar to the starfire, requiring a lock on to be kept until the orbs find their target.

[Pyrotechnic]

Nice images DviddLeff.

I don't know about the thoughts on fire though, people moan enough about the AA Maxes, having no-lock at one end and fire-and-forget at the other :/

[DviddLeff]

Hmm true, but the NC version would have a very long reload time and slow refire rate, to make up for its seeking ability.

The TR flak cannon would have a huge clip, and would have decent damage, only requiring a few good hits to take down a reaver.

Im imagining there would be a lot of infantry using these weapons, after the years of harvesting by air cav :p

[Chirp]

Cool glad to see someone else using the application. :) I agree with you about the colors being hideous that is why I exported bitmaps to photoshop for hand painting.

[DviddLeff]

Ah I see, Im not that good at photoshop, but then Im not that good at using sketchup either :p

[Chirp]

Sketchup just takes some practice. First thing I did was go through the online video tutorials. The NC sunderer was like the 5th model I ever made in it. Other than a boat the other 3 were doodles just learning the program.

Photoshop also takes practice. This thread http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47859 is about 6 pages long with people just practicing painting in photoshop. After using photoshop for over 12 years now I even learned stuff from that thread. :)

You can go here http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47859 for other threads regarding photoshop.

I also suggest just checking out www.conceptart.org for lots of inspiring concept images.

Hope that helps.

[myrtar]

wow, i just spent thirty minutes reading that thread. so awesome.

almost makes me want to do another TU - but no time

[Pyrotechnic]

Nice find there Chirp, I like reply #15 in that thread, random Koala FTW.

[ejnar]

Em m8 i downloaded sketchup, finnished a model, but how do i add in color :/

[Chirp]

In sketchup you can export 2D images of your model. Pick some images you like and make sure you have the render mode set to black and white. So you get nice black lines and all the surfaces are pure white. Export to BMPs then open your image in photoshop. Then I recommend using information on this thread http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47859 to help you paint your model. Helps alot of if you have a wacom tablet especially if you are a lefty like me.

[ejnar]

Em i finnished a new model using sketchup, but how do i save it so i can for example put it on Imageshack and show it ??

[DviddLeff]

Use "Export" in the "File" dropdown menu.

[DviddLeff]

Ill post my updated versions soonish, need to tweak them a little more.