Good thing to keep in mind

[+Spillone104 553]

http://home.sprynet.com/~drawlins/AI_aircr...I_aircraft.html

 

http://www.ai-aardvark.com/modeling/LOD_101/aia_LOD.html

 

This is a tutorial for Flight Simulator but I think it's good for SF serie too.

Edited July 11, 2009 by Spillone104

[+PureBlue 71]

Now that is some really good information, thanks for the links

 

I'm pretty new to modeling. Working on a few basic buildings and vehicles...

Guys looking into getting their feet wet might want to also check out Google's Sketchup program. Most of the models you see in Google Earth are done with this program and shared here: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

The application is very easy and fun to work with. Once you get your model created;

It's fairly easy to export in 3DS format and import back into 3dsMax, clean it a bit and use the TW plugin to make LODs.

It could be a starting point, I'm in the process of converting some buildings from there, low poly and looking decent..