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- * Raider Fighter *
- * by Mark Kane *
- * v1.0 *
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- May 9th 1997
-
- Introduction:
- **********************************
-
- Babylon 5 is by far my favourite TV show, and so it's only a logical choice
- that I decieded to recreate some of the ships from the show in the form of
- 3D Models. I did this before with a few released 3DStudio models (e.g. the
- Raider Fighter), and a new bunch of models is soon to be finished. The reason
- for this is simple, I bought LightWave 3D, and its modeling tools are exactly
- what I needed to get a little more creative.
- Some of you might have dwnloaded y earlier 3DS version of the Raider Fighter,
- what you have here though is not only a conversion but really a completely
- new version I built. It is more accurate and more detailed and also features
- a nicer texturemap.
- I hope you will like it. :)
-
-
- What should be in this archive:
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-
- - Raider_Fighter.lwo The LightWave 3D model
- - Raider_Fighter.lws A setup scene with short animation
- - Raider_Fighter_Hull.iff The hull texture map
- - Raider_Fighter_Hull_Spec.iff The hull specular map
- - Raider_Fighter.jpg A rendering of the model
- - Raider_Fighter.txt This textfile
-
- The object should be placed in the "Newtek/Objects/Babylon5/Raiders" folder,
- the maps in the "Newtek/Images/Babylon5/Raiders" folder and the scene into
- "Newtek/Scenes/Babylon5/Raiders".
-
-
- About the model:
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-
- Te Raiders appeared frequently during the first season of Babylon 5, this
- Fighter was their main weapon, though we have seen a carrier and an outpost
- as well. It could be seen best in "signs and Portents" during a large scale
- assault on Bablyon 5 itself.
- It's not a complicated model, so it took only 2 hours to build, the texture
- took almost as long. ;)
- Thanks all the people who sent me some pics, some proved very useful for this
- newer model, thanks folks! :)
-
- I think it's as detailed as it can be, the model simply doesn't offer more
- details to model, if you have any ideas how I could improve the model then
- feel free to contact me. I don't mind if you modify the model, as long as you
- don't distribute that version. Other than that you are free to use it, and if
- you use it in pictures or animations I'd really like to see what you did with
- it. :)
-
- You can reach me via email at:
- G_Kane@compuserve.com
- or visit my homepage for more models, updates and artwork at:
- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/G_Kane
-
-
- Legal Stuff:
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-
- This model is distributed as freeware, which means that I own the so called
- "copyright" to this work. However I am allowing you to use it freely, as long
- as copyright credit to Warner Bros., Foundation Imaging and my humble self
- (the least important of the mentioned) is noted in creations using this data.
-
- This model was built solely for the recreational fun of it, and is only
- intended for non-profit and personal use. Not even the tiniest bit of these
- thingie was obtained by WB, Foundation Imaging nor any of the other copyright
- owners or creators of the original model.
-
- I repeat, this model is only intended for NON-profit use, and the copyright
- to the original data and Babylon 5 is owned by the above (and here comes a
- cool word) entities. ;)
-
- This document MUST be kept with the refering data set, and the archive has
- to remain UNALTERED!
-