Alternate product

 So, the Lightning Sword is going back for some changes. It won't be product #2 for Blender Market. Last night, I thought of a good candidate for a quick turnaround: My Traveller-related Type-S Scout Ship, although it will need a name change to ensure that I completely dodge the possibility of IP infringement.

Improved UV maps. Not perfect, but it's a lot better. I look forward to seeing how much better my textures end up. Before worrying about that, I'm cleaning up and rebuilding sections. The aft landing gears are new and the front gear will be reworked. Also, the vernier thrusters, some of the back-plate details, and those blocks on the end of the top surface look messy because they stick out too much.

I'm aiming for submission tomorrow or Monday at the latest.

New Machine

Well, it looks like it failed its 24-hour burn-in. I hope this isn't uncovering something caused by incompatibility. Or maybe they spotted the 5090 is missing ROPs (Render Output Units), which a small number of 50-series cards contain silicon that's missing these pipeline elements. No great rush, this is still a good week before they said they'd be building, so it's all good so long as they can sort it out.