New B5 Ship Page

[Triple F]

Decided to add to this rather than starting a new thread.
(I really need to spend more time on the net)

Now that I have a better idea what broad band users can handle, IÆve increased the size and slowed down the animations slightly, added a pile of new (clearer) graphics and sections to it, coded it so other browsers can read it, and extended the content to include all ships from the films crusade, lotr, etc. There will be 130 odd canon ships on it, plus a section for some concept art.

The layout has been a real big problem, but have decided (probably) to keep the scroll look with a load of extra buttons (went all galaxy with maps for a while).

At least thatÆs what will be on it when itÆs finished û be a couple more months though û finding time, as usual, is the problem.

The main reason for typing this though, is that I know some people have book marked the site, and those hosting it are moving, itÆs off-line right now (but should be back in a few days) but it may have a new address, so IÆll be postiong any changes that might take place.

[jal]

a very good site, got you stickied for further viewing.

[WorkerCaste]

Ijust popped out and took a look. Very nice and impressive.

[I love Lyta]

Man! That's really awesome! One hell of a job...

[Triple F]

It was, it just started off as pulling models of the net and displaying them in very small jerky animated gifs. The coding for building the page was (initially) easy enough to pick up (used to be a PC programmer in a former life).

But then I got it into my head that all I was doing was repeating what others had done, just in a different way. So then I started to learn the basics of model building to do the ones that where missing and re-doing some of the less nicer ones. Ended up making something like 34 of the Bàà things. Then improving the display, then adding the stats, and I broke my DVD player searching for the images lol.

Some time in the future IÆll add crusade, etc, and tie in a whole pile of other stuff thatÆs missing like race info as I textured a whole pile of planets like Narn, Minbar & the Streib home world. And I never got round to using any of the Alien fonts I picked up.

[DGTWoodward]

Totally spectacular!

How much work did you put in to that??? Hours and hours I'd wager.

Well done, it show a true labour of love

[Triple F]

In all honesty it is my first attempt at a web page and modelling. The problem is it did take a fair bit of time.

IÆm not familiar enough with a few of the shows mentioned on here (Scotland based), though I have just been handed the complete series of Fire Fly about half an hour ago, so as IÆve hear good things about that and looking forward to watching it.

I was really concerned about the speed of the page, as the Flash files are pretty big, and I donÆt have Broad Band so have no idea how they load. IÆll probably move on to Crusade, etc and finish of the set as it where, at some point though.

[SpooRancher]

So far, the images load up pretty quickly. A little bit of a pause when I switch from one to another, but nothing irritating.

Well, since we are discussing them on other threads, how about a Battlestar Galactica and/or Firefly/Serenity page? <please,please>

If that's your first attempt at a web page, then, dude, YOU ARE THE GUY!

[Towelmaster]

Veeeeeeeery nice.....

[Triple F]

Thanks, I take it, since no one has mentioned it, that things are loading up fast enough. I have to ask, because believe it or not I donÆt have Broad Band (not on the net enough) and canÆt actually fully view my own site lol.

I was basically persuaded that bigger animations would be better, so went with flash as it had the best size/quality ratio as I found most of the video codecs could be a bit harsh.

[cornholio1980]

Just one word: Awesome.

You've been bookmarked - which is something I rarely do.

[Triple F]

This is turning out better than I thought as it is my first attempt at a web page and I only started trying to build models a couple of months back.

When I get Crusade on DVD and if I can ever find a copy of The Legend Of The Rangers then IÆll probably add to it. Like I said in some of the Blurb on the front screen, I was trying to come up with a comprehensive list (limited to the series and films listed) so again, if anyone knows of any ships IÆve missed out, let me know.

As for other Sci-Models, Star Trek and Star wars have been done to death as far as I can tell, and no other TV series really has the numbers or depth of ships that can even come close to B5.

Cheers.

[Satai Delenn]

Very Nicely done

[Laiden]

Its FRAKKIN SWEET!! Can't Wait to see more

[koshcakes]

Thumbs up

Just got home from work and checked out your images Number6 , all I have to say is great job. I must admit I am extremely jealous because my skills are totally lacking and I havent got the ability to complete a work of art like that.

So thanks for cheering the day up.
Ever thought of recreating other ships from other series . Although I have always thought the Babylon 5 ships have been the best designs I have ever seen.