I've been working on the sections... FINAL UPDATE

[TheShipwrightArms]

First off, a big props to all the guys who contributed to the new SM version(s). I was just getting used to the old version when you dropped that particular near-c planet buster.

Not that I'm complaining. I've been working on custom sections. The pack isn't ready for release yet, but I've slapped together some sections, smeared on a load of aegis glow and called them ships - just to give myself an idea of whether the sections are working it.

Decided to try some of that fancy blueprint stuff as well.


Gunship, stayed fairly coherent thanks to it's small size.




Light Cruiser possibly, started with the outriggers and then tried to build something funky inbetween. Failed.


Front started out as the back and vice versa, still not sure which should be which.


Really ought to plan the ship out properly before spamming but like I said these are just test cases for the sections so they'll never be released. I've not bothered to arm, parent or design them properly, nor have I altered the base Hestia stats.

TSA

[Water_and_Wind]

My jaw has dropped to the core of the earth. Damnit how am I going to get it back?

[BizzarreCoyote]

*cough*

Failed?!

That is absolutely amazing.

[Blackhart]

I love these ships!

I think I see a holy ship coming.

[TheShipwrightArms]

Ah!

So you will be able to find use for these sections then?
I wasn't sure tbh. I am sort of losing my will to BSF.

[SHAD0Wdump]

*cough*

Failed?!

That is absolutely amazing.

Seconded,WTF are you talking about man?

[Arcalane]

so i herd u liek faux aegis?

[Elias_The_Crimson]

Even though these ships does have a tendency towards looking like rave party-boats rather than alien spaceships, that is still some DAMN original and cool creations.
You may just have introduced a brand new engineering style branch =)

[lightstriker]

Failed.

...you think THIS is failure? :/
jesus... what'd you do, throw that in there just in case I didn't have enough of an inferiority complex about my shipmaking skills ALREADY?
These ships are just... win
Epic win.

[Kaelis]

Freaking hell, man... i wish everyone on this planet would fail the way you do. World would be such a nice and pleasant place. Seriously, insta-holy-ship material. And don't even think about acting surpsied about all the praise youve recieved / will receive

I started writing a little 'review' of whats so good about these... err... ship is not an appropriate word anymore, so... works of art, but ive quickly noticed that it would be too long, so ill just make a list

- I can die happily now.
- At last. Someone does awesome custom sections, and not just a few of them for a specific ship. Not only that, but youve made such brilliant ships with them. !!!
- Brilliant use of lights/glow/whatever it is that you might have used there. Custom sprites for the 'glow' to not spill over from the opaque ship parts and have a clearly defined shape? Damn, youve put so much work into these. It all really makes the ships... alive.
- Please fail more.
- Colors, oh sweet colors. To think i never thought such color scheme (green + orange) could work.
- Depthing and brightness variations. It is perfect, they look almost 3d.
- We are not worthy, we are not worthy.
- Big ships are every bit as good and interesting as the small one, a rare feat.
- Bonus points for the presentation of the gunship.
- I need a cold shower.
- Tasty, tasty curves. And the general shapes. And the way things merge. And all those little details. And...
- ... by now i realized i would have to list EVERYTHING. So ill just stop here.



Not only that, but you have FIFTEEN POSTS. You are (relatively speaking) new here. Thats your second thread, and simultaneously second Holy Ship award. In short, best newcomer to ever grace this Wyrdysm, and instantly one of the best shipbuilders around. Absolutely amazing, gloriously orgasmic and devastatingly humbling.

[Himura.Kenshin]

Well done.

[jwa8402]

pure awesomeness! Am I seeing correctly that you used transparent hull plates over the detailed/glowing innards? They do in fact look 3d, and I would love to get ahold of those sections, not to mention be able to pull off that style! These are probably the only new-version ships besides the mini fleets which I would take the time to download!

[Arcalane]

*nerdgasm*

Reminds me of the time Eri showed up, except perhaps turned up to 11?

[Sponge]

Good stuff. Really, really good stuff. The custom sections are perfectly made, and the ships are perfectly assembled. My only nitpick(and this is pretty minor) is that the first two ships are very similar (I'm a huge fan of continuity), but the third has a vastly different hull shape. Perhaps this will even out when you get more ships done, but the difference in construction is a bit strange. Otherwise, these are flawless. Can't wait to see more.

[Skrim]

Good grief. Once the praising started, it just spiraled away in a vicious circle.

IMHO, I like the ships, but not the colors. Yellowy-Orange and Green. And fuzzy glows. Eh.

Can we have armed versions of the second and third ships?