See what I did there? Time for some exciting news: As many of you might have heard by now, fellow Material Defender MadMax1998 just made quite a splash in the gaming community with the announcement of his Descent to UDK project . He kindly contacted me asking if I would be interested in joining his ...

Guess who's working on an early concept of the Class 1 Drone?

*Bump for update!*

roid wrote:the level of professional quality you're putting into this old game FREAKS ME OUT. I'm gobsmacked at the amount of thought and effort you are able to muster into this project.

Thanks a lot dude!

Alter-Fox wrote:Lasers bolts shouldn't be visible unless there's something in the air for the light to reflect off of. Period.

Well... We are inside a mine... It's a dusty environment

On a side note: How is it that the diamond claw can actually damage you? There's a lot less energy involved in a claw-strike than even a class-1 laser (laser moves faster, and emits light, so must have more energy), but it seems that the claws do more damage. Perhaps your shields aren't good at abs...

Krom wrote:I can see now why your models turn out so impressive, that is no small amount of research you put into them.
Those sketches look incredible, I can't wait to see the finished project.

Thanks man!

By the way, I want to let everyone know that I am not at all closed off to suggestions/criticisms/ideas/comments! By all means if you have anything to suggest just throw it my way, I can't necessarily guarantee I'll implement it but who knows!

Hello everyone! You guys voted and, as promised, I will now start uploading and describing the relevant WIPs of my work on the Diamond Claw. I hope I don't become annoyingly "tl;dr" with my descriptions, please let me know if I do. :) Make sure to check back periodically as any further upl...

I love the forevera[guide]bot one! XD

Well, votes are in with a majority... Well, everyone actually, voting to see the WIPs! Thanks everyone who voted and stay tuned! I will be creating the Diamond Claw WIP thread soon!

Hello everyone! Yup, I'm still around! Well, as for TAP updates I was a little distracted making some progress on a couple of side models but, I've returned to the Diamond Claw. Which brings me to a question I wanted to ask my fellow Material Defenders. Since the DC is such an iconic character, seco...

Well my friends - this is it, With more polygons than the sum of all previous models (and I don't spam turbosmooth), in the making since late February 2012, pages of sketches, and around 10GB of total content; this is the big one, the crown jewel, the flagship of the fleet (so far) - for your viewin...

I was just chuckling at myself on the response I'm about to give to the comments on the Bandit's arms: they are barely long enough! And they are supposed to stretch out even further! :P At their current extension this guy can't clap in front of his face (yes, with the shoulder rotated), so for them ...

Good job!

Excellent work, zim! Can't be any truer to the original! Your bump mapping is top notch and I feel like it's looking at me at that instant before he turns and unloads.

First things first, thank you everyone for your support! Secondly, everyone's favorite enemy: the Bandit is up!

P.I.G. is served!

UPDATE: ITD is up!

Glad I was able to inspire you!

I would offer help but I don't know squat about Blender - if you're ever around the 3DS neighborhood, you know where to find me

UPDATE: PEST is up!

sdfgeoff wrote:Amazing work there.

Thank you!

Yup, Karx (and the rest of the D2X-XL community) have a long term goal to get hi-poly, hi-res versions of the robots in with everything else D2X-XL offers. If we can use your models that would (probably, I'm no expert) save a lot of time and look great. I'd definitely love to participate in that pr...

You might be ahead of me on this, but are these models going to be usable in D2X-XL? If I remember right, Diedel had to do a good bit of tweaking of models other people had submitted to make them work right. Since all of this project's models are being created without polycount constraints it is no...

Foil wrote:Nice! My instinctual reaction was, "Gah! Who let that darn guidebot out?!"

Looking forward to the next one... I'd love you see your take on Diamond Claw or Old Scratch.

In time...

Isaac wrote:Woah! That's amazing!

That's it. I'm installing blender.

Thank you! Glad you like it and found inspiration in it. Good luck with Blender!

Valhalla tower docking control to unidentified approaching vessel... I have been a die-hard Descent'r since my childhood and, to make a long story short, thanks to projects like D2X/ReBirth I was able to relive those awesome memories. After beating both Descent I and II, I was so overtaken with nost...