Short:   Brakiri-Cruiser (Babylon5) for Reflections
Author:   Todd Pederzani (tep3@lehigh.edu)
Uploader: Patrick Henz (phenz@ibm.net)
Type:     gfx/3dobj
Action:   all Amigas

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                     |          Brakiri Ship         |

                     |          version 1.1          |

                     |           (2/16/97)           |

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                               Todd Pederzani

                              tep3@lehigh.edu

                         http://tep3.res.lehigh.edu



    This is my second attempt at recreating the Brakiri ship from the

excellent sci-fi show Babylon 5.  This model took me many hours of work to

perfect, but "Metaform" did most of the work for me. :)  In creating this

object, I used several movies available on the Internet from "Shadow

Dancing."  I am told that it also made an appearance in "Ship of Tears,"

although I didn't have any of those scenes to work from.  Also of great

help was a frame that Foundation Imaging made available on their ftp site.

We must all thank them for a job well done!



Files that should be in this archive:

    BRAKIRI.TXT             This text file

    BC-Fin_Map.IFF          Imagemap for fin

    BC-Spec_Map.IFF         Specularity & Diffusion map for model



The following files will differ depending on the distribution you get:

    Brakiri_Cruiser.LWO     Lightwave object file

    Brakiri_Cruiser.LWS     Lightwave scene file

    Brakiri_Cruiser.3DS     3D Studio object file

    Brakiri_Cruiser.DXF     Autocad ASCII DXF file

    Brakiri_Cruiser.REF     Reflections object file


What has changed in this version of the model:



    Although the original model had few details, I have strived to make

this one more accurate than the last.  First off, the "struts" joining the

front and the rear of the model have been resized along half of their

length.  The merging of those same struts into the bridge has been adjusted

to reflect the real model's appearance.  The upper and lower wings have

been resized, as have the yellow stripes across them.  The guns have been

resized and redesigned to look like the model in the series.  Finally, I

have recreated the symbol from the top fin of the Brakiri vessel, and

applied it to my own model.  This settles most of my problems with the

model - if there are more you think I should address, contact me.



    Feel free to make changes to the object but please do not distribute

the modified model.  If you think your changes would improve the model as a

whole, please e-mail me and tell me what you've done.  You may also use

this object in your own scenes, but tell me if you make them publicly

available.  Thank you.



    I would like to thank Evelio Perez-Albuerne, who pointed out the name of

this ship, when I was unaware of it.  I would also like to thank Dean Scott

for giving advice, allowing me to use his disclaimers, and generally

inspiring many Babylon 5 fans to create models of our own.



--------------------------------LEGAL-STUFF--------------------------------

These models are being distributed as FREEWARE, meaning I hold the

"copyright" to my work, but am allowing you to use it without charge as

long as copyright CREDIT to Foundation Imaging, Warner Bros., and the

author is noted in productions/animations using this data set.



Not one part of this data set has originated nor has been obtained in any

form, direct or indirect, in part or in whole, from Babylonian Productions,

Inc, Foundation Imaging, Inc., or Warner Bros. They are the exclusive

copyright holders to their original data sets and do not claim authorship

to this independant work of the author.



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