I'm back, and with a new fleet

JaffaJoke91 · Post by **JaffaJoke91** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:01 am

Hello everyone, I'm back after a several month sojourn, and i have designed a new fleet. it is still open for tweaking, so please criticize. please. i am begging you to tear me a new one here. anyway, here it is.

The Nova Security Corporation!

technical details coming soon...

Wicky_42 · Post by **Wicky_42** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:19 am

Yay! the L guy is back

Ok, firstly, I assume this is a stock balance fleet?

Designs are quite simple but the pieces generally seem to fit together well and there's no mirroring errors that I can see. The rails on the ship that has them stick out a bit far, though I can see that you were placing them on top of the circles - still makes them a tad vulnerable...

No weapon spam is always good to see, though is it just me or is the largest ship a bit empty in the middle? Consider moving the rear deflectors forward perhaps for fill some of that space.

Any reason that some of your ships have thrusters (one with FAR too many, lol) and others have none? A bit of unity here might be nice.

Some custom colour schemes would also be nice - I dunno if there's purposeful gradation here or whether it's just the ship glow, but most good fleets nowadays use custom schemes - have a look around. Also, if you've been off for a while have a look at the custom weapons threads - there's so much potential in the latest version of the editor, so go experiment (if you haven't already)

JaffaJoke91 · Post by **JaffaJoke91** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:21 am

thank you, I am actually working on refitting the entire fleet from the base up. posting soon.

Kanosint · Post by **Kanosint** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:22 am

Sorry to say, but these ships aren't memorable... They're not flawed in any obvious way, they're not exactly pretty, though, and mainly the weapons look tacked on, just a bunch of guns, as if some Orks stole some Gunz and glued 'em somewhere on those ships... The hulls are decent to say the least, not good-looking, but practical... Still, maybe a good description helps a deal already.

JaffaJoke91 · Post by **JaffaJoke91** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:52 am

Okay, here is my newest ship, I tried to change the color scheme and refit the weapons by modding smaller weapons (pod rockets W00T!)

This is the Redemption Class Cruiser.

Like it, Hate it, What?

BoVinE · Post by **BoVinE** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:54 am

Its another relatively monochrome brick.

JaffaJoke91 · Post by **JaffaJoke91** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:57 am

While i appreciate your blunt candor, I would like details as to how to improve, particularly specifics. for reference, here are some other ships that i did, which do you prefer style wise?

Droid · Post by **Droid** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:12 am

I've always liked the spindly ships. They look a lot more unique than penisbricks. I've never had any problem with the repetition on them, and its one of the few fleets that the default brown ship glow looks good on.

Post by **Arcalane** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:40 am

Oh god not again.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:17 pm

Small and simple. Just the way I like them, though a bit more color variation wouldnt hurt.

Dragontear · Post by **Dragontear** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:45 pm

Aye, small and simple indeed, although the goliath ships that are lurking around are impressive, I'd rather the smaller units. :3

I find the thruster distribution a bit odd, I'd imagine that the larger ships might need more if you plan to have them to not being guided by anti gravity or some such.

Spiffy broadside theme to the fleet, very balanced to me, uncluttered like my ships used to be. :3

The last image of a more alien, spindly craft you sent, that is my most preferred from the thread, very good, ascetically I like the style used. Practically, it's fairly well protected with what might be a physical shield to the sides.

Post by **Anna** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:58 pm

JaffaJoke91 wrote:

This is good. Small, but with a decent amount of detail, and a decent amount of cohesive internal structure to go along with the nice external shape. But for fuck's sake, start cropping your damn images more.

JaffaJoke91 wrote:

These are not good. These are flat, boring ships that I'd expect to see from a complete beginner, or at most a novice. This are just boring as hell, seriously. Nothing about them stands out. At all. Not even a little bit. It's depressing how bland they are.

Kanosint · Post by **Kanosint** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:21 pm

Anna wrote:--snip--

What Anna said.

The spindly one is slightly better, but, even though there's nothing wrong with your builds, they're just so... uninteresting. I don't feel any PASSION, see? Try to get a spark first, try to make a fleet that is more interesting to behold. Try something brave, take the path less traveled...
There's nothing we can suggest, really... That'd be doing the work for you. But don't give up, experiment, get a style of your own...
Your skills aren't lacking in the building department, for the ships you showed here are well-made, just blaaaaand.
Do something about that.

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:24 pm

The firefly is good. The Redemption looks nothing like a brick or any part of the male anatomy, but we can't see that cuz its too dark, especially the outer details. Same with the fleet, I see detail, but not without straining to see it. Welcome back, hope you keep going with this in some form.