Samael [WIP]

Kagu · Post by **Kagu** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:33 am

Sorry 'bout only a single ship up for review, but I don't think the rest of the fleet is polished yet. Anyways, I need criticism on the aesthetics of this little guy. The only thing that I refuse to change is the blockyness. Sure, I could smooth some of the corners out, but in the end, I still want it to look like a brick. A very stylish brick. The thing I need advice on is the colour, at the moment. I used orange for accents, but it does look cluttered and breaks the feel of it up. Suggestions?

Weapons aren't completely finalized yet, but I have a few (modded) pulse guns and blasters. There are two drivers mounted on the aegis'd area for projectile protection; otherwise, two not-uber-wank point beams and two impeders that can handle 3 projectiles each. The Frosch doesn't really fit in right now, probably going to nuke it.

The engines were inspired by Anty's, so credit for the idea goes to him, I guess.

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:15 am

Those engines kick ass. I don't like the rest of the ship though, it seems neglected next to those engines.

Kagu · Post by **Kagu** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:23 am

Yeah, the engines take up, what, half of the total mass? I could expand it widthwise a bit to give the rest of it more volume, I guess. Either that or try and make it a broadside ship. Or I could try and make some sort of actual weapon bays, methinks. [idea]

Water_and_Wind · Post by **Water_and_Wind** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:53 am

Looks like the propulsion system of a titan to me. What you have so far is excellent, but the engines are way too big for the current hull. So, make it a brick. A titan brick of doom.

Scorpia · Post by **Scorpia** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:56 am

Water_and_Wind wrote:Looks like the propulsion system of a titan to me. What you have so far is excellent, but the engines are way too big for the current hull. So, make it a brick. A titan brick of doom.

I'm gonna agree with that, make the hull bigger.
Do you mind if I use the engine design for my Mirage III?

Droid · Post by **Droid** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:56 am

Indeed. The ship looks like it can be three to four times as long.

Kagu · Post by **Kagu** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:19 am

@Scorpia Nope, not a problem. Do you want the actual engines in a .sb3?

As for the titan idea, I have absolutely no clue how to make it a titan and lack experience in building large ships. I don't think the individual section colours would fit a titan, so I'd probably have to make areas coherent and outline them, right? I suppose I could build huge decks/stabilizers/armor shields to either side, but I have no clue what to do with the front. Expand past the Aegises and build more ablative armoring? I can't think of any function for the expanded bow besides cluttering it up with more weapons. Any suggestions? I'll start building soon...

Scorpia · Post by **Scorpia** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:21 am

Kagu wrote:@Scorpia Nope, not a problem. Do you want the actual engines in a .sb3?

Yes please! That would be perfect!

Spoot Knight · Post by **Spoot Knight** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:24 am

Those are some uber engines.

Scorpia · Post by **Scorpia** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:27 am

Spoot Knight wrote:Those are some uber engines.

Yeah, perfect for an aircraft. Preferably the Dassault Mirage III.

Spoot Knight · Post by **Spoot Knight** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:29 am

Just one thing, the Mirage III has one engine.

Scorpia · Post by **Scorpia** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:32 am

Spoot Knight wrote:Just one thing, the Mirage III has one engine.

I know.

I'm only using one.

As you can see here: http://www.wyrdysm.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2227

Kagu · Post by **Kagu** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:35 am

I added some small weapon bays on either side to go over the future hull, now starting to construct hull.

@Scorpia: The engines are roughly symmetrical anyway, just shift around some of the armoring and you'll have the desired single engine.

Scorpia · Post by **Scorpia** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:36 am

Kagu wrote:I added some small weapon bays on either side to go over the future hull, now starting to construct hull.

@Scorpia: The engines are roughly symmetrical anyway, just shift around some of the armoring and you'll have the desired single engine.

Yep, I'm doing it right now. Thanks a lot.

EDIT: I'm really sorry, but the engine won't fit onto the Mirage. The Mirage is on a different window, so I can't import the engine into the other window.

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:42 am

Kagu wrote:@Scorpia Nope, not a problem. Do you want the actual engines in a .sb3?

As for the titan idea, I have absolutely no clue how to make it a titan and lack experience in building large ships. I don't think the individual section colours would fit a titan, so I'd probably have to make areas coherent and outline them, right? I suppose I could build huge decks/stabilizers/armor shields to either side, but I have no clue what to do with the front. Expand past the Aegises and build more ablative armoring? I can't think of any function for the expanded bow besides cluttering it up with more weapons. Any suggestions? I'll start building soon...

Best way to build a titan is to start off with a frame.