Project Title: Homeworld 2 Hiigaran Interceptor

Date: August 2012

Tools: 3ds Max, Photoshop CS5, XNormal

Poly Limit: 10,000 tris

Poly Count: 6,228 tris

This project focused on hard-surface modeling, specifically something large and mechanical. The poly limit was 10,000 tris. I’ve always loved space and science-fiction as a genre, so here we have a Homeworld 2-inspired piece: an unused design for a Hiigaran Interceptor. This particular craft’s concept art was conceived by Jon Aaron Kambeitz at Relic Entertainment. I built the base and high-poly models in 3ds Max, baked the highpoly normals onto the base, and textured the diffuse, specular, bump and opacity maps in Photoshop CS5.

Swipe Between Wireframe and Color

Interceptor Render Sheet and Textures

Interceptor High Poly

Homeworld & Homeworld 2 © Relic Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment