Post #28by Cham » 24.10.2006, 19:28
You're right, there should be some fixtures from the tanks to the hexagonal structure. I was thinking about this, but was reluctant to add these, because it may add a lot of confusion to the model. It may become messy. I'll try to add some fixtures anyway, but I don't want to affect the frame rate too much. We could also justify the absence of fixtures by saying that all the heagonal sections are modules, each one placed in orbit around the moon, and then joined together to built the space ship. The lenght of the spaceship may also be related to the presence of some nuclear reactor, like the "Discovery" spaceship in Kubrick's 2001 movie.
About the name, it may ends to be USS JASMINE. I'm not sure about the USS, however. What does it mean anyway ? United SpaceShip ? Doesn't make much sense to me. Any opinion on this ? USS ??
About the flags and logos, I'm thinking about the US and China flags. This futuristic mission is supposed to happens in about 80 years from now (is it too much optimistic ?). At that time, China will be a superpower, probably stronger than the US themselves (and I'm not talking about India). This mission is the result of a cooperation between the US and China. Hmm, what about the european nations ? I'm not sure. I don't want to add too much flags on the models too, or it will be completelly messy.
And what about the Coka Cola logo, on one of the smaller tanks ? LOL
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