cool-to-be-evil

	Story At some time , about august 2001, i came to a point where i realised that if i was to improve my 3D Skills, i would have to indulge in a larger project. Always, having been fascinated by Robert A Heinleins Starship Troopers I decided to develop a story where man is threatend by an insectoid race from outer space and to render a video to some music i have made years ago.
I knew, that would be a hard task to tackle,but since the projekt would involve lots of organic modeling and animation as well as developing the C.I of the two races, it would bring along a lot of practice. In the final movie not all of the models i build for this projekt, were used. All the the models are shown below
One of the most exiting aspects of the project was the task to develop the C.I of the bugs What would technology look like if created by insects ? As the son of my girlfriend, a seven year old boy saw the pic of the bugdropship, he called it a " Spider U.F.O. " There i realised that i must have done a fair job.
	What it took About 200 hours of modeling About 100 hours of motion studies and animating the models About 60 hours story and scenery development About 250 hours CPU time for rendering on a 433 celeron About 30 hours of video cut and sound design About 50 bottles of Pino Grigio Alot of patience

	The Trooper This model took longest to build Must have been 20 hours lol It is a trooper in his battle armour, carrying his raygun
	A.T.S.R. All terrain surveilance rover. Very agile, but slow vehicle for scout missions
	Mining unit Typical station for exploiting resources
	A.T.T. All terrain tank Light armoured but agile attack vehicle
	Wolverine Mark1 Hover tank Standard attack vehicle
	U.P.Challanger (U.P. = United Planets) Flagship of the human forces Heavy weaponry , it also carries the Barracuda fighters
	U.P Starraider A typical Dropshipcarrier Carries 6 Dropships as well as the hovertanks, into the orbit of the attacked planet.
	A.P.A.T All purpose armoured transport The dropship that carries all groundforces into battle zone
	Tigershark Mark1 Oldest fighter in the human spaceforces
	Tigershark Mark 2 Next generation of the Tigershark series
	Barracuda Mark1 Standard fighter of the human forces
	Barracuda Mark II Most advanced model of the barracuda series

	Bugsoldier A bug soldier in its battle armour Its only purpose is to serve the hive advanced reflexes, with an instinct to kill makes it a deadly weopon
	Worker bugs These bugs are least dangerous Their only porpuse is to serve and nourisch the other bugs and to raise the offspring.
	Pilotbug They are the pilots of their race Usually they are attatched to their ships and drones via neural interfaces
	Bugqueen It produces the offspring and is the central intelligence of the hive
	Bug attackdrone Basic unit of the bug spaceforces
	Attackdronecarrier Holds up to twelve drones and carries them through deepspace
	Bugdropship Landingvehicle of the bug groundforces Carries the bug soldiers into battlezone
	Bugmothership It carries the queen and the dropships with the groundtroops It is escorted by attackdrone carriers
	Hive The home of the bugs A typical bug colony

	Some troopersbeeing surprised by a soldierbug while securing a hive
	Troopers securing a bug tunnel
	The inside of an A.P.A.T Dropshipcockpit
	The hangar on board the U.P Challanger
	Barracudas being released into launchtubes