They aren't powered up there, you can even see the terminal things that the energy beam comes out of in the other ref in that picture (angled in the correct way to be cross shaped).
that :poly124: actually that was awesome use of it on the Ark. I've yet to use the new ndo fanciness, but the tools look powerful! The two main ships came out very nice!
Well, the Flak Cannon is really a huge industrial power-tool turned into a huge shrapnel launching death machine. I can't imagine more of a phallic projection than that!
Have you tried adding a texture in the Specular Power slot? It will gloss things up a bit. Make it seem more wet, and partially take the metallic look away! :)
Useless? It was actually quite powerful in its time, however, its not being developed anymore, and one should pick up modern renderers like MR and VRay these days.
Here are some of the props I worked on recently. Mostly bathroom stuff, along with a set of power boxes and plugs. Here's how it all looks together right now:
New video tutorial, UDK Landscape Basics, a brief introduction to a powerful tool [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beEbEp7Isvc"]UDK Landscape Basics - YouTube[/ame]
Thanks @BIGTIMEMASTER ! I played around with making the actual laser beam. I added a power button and some fingerprints, and I changed some wear in some places.