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Spoot Knight · Post by **Spoot Knight** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:08 pm

jwa8402 wrote:Nice micro fighters! Very interesting ship, and i see your picking up Spoot Knight's mantle...

What do you mean by mantle?

I like the Dreadnought, looks sleek.

Master Chief · Post by **Master Chief** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:31 pm

Spoot Knight wrote:
jwa8402 wrote:i see your picking up Spoot Knight's mantle...
What do you mean by mantle?

I'd hazard a guess at the level of proficiency with regards to creating starship blueprints with blue as the predominant colour. Your old mantle, Spoot.

DeathsHand · Post by **DeathsHand** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:18 am

Along came an imperial dreadnought...

Well, I decided to finally resurrect my old incomplete terraformer, and I'm rather delighted with the results. My apologies if the photo stretches the screen somewhat, I can zoom out/downsize no more without significantly losing detail.

The AIF-ID-Morríghan Imperial dreadnought. Some color details and of course the weapons are wholly WIP, they'll be fixed by the time I release the sb3.

Exethalion · Post by **Exethalion** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:34 am

Fabulous job. Only nitpick is that the aegis'd sections are a bit naff IMO. Very reminiscent of Spoot's Crusader. More please...

TheBlueEcho · Post by **TheBlueEcho** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:49 am

This is a very nice job, DH. Ditto on the Aegis'ed Sections however.

The Cebalrai is good also.

Bad Boy · Post by **Bad Boy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:27 am

I have to agree with everyone else who's posted about the Morrighan, that is it looks awesome, but the aegis look weird.
I must say though, it looks and feels even more like the next incarnation of Spoot's ships then your other ones.
Well done, I look forward to the final product.

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:53 am

Awesome ship but I can't help but feel like it would look so much better with a variety of colors...The freighter is awesome and reminds me of something AD would make for VSE...

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:56 pm

Use more color. I can't tell the details at that zoom range neither.

DeathsHand · Post by **DeathsHand** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:01 am

Ok, I've changed the outlining color from sky blue to light gray, the low depth superstructure is now a mix of steel-blue/purple and the section 21 internal armor bits are a darker RGB-128 gray. As well, disregard the current weapons and the aegis, they'll be removed.

The following photograph has been slightly altered in brightness to allow easier viewing of internal structure, even with glow turned to black, it still functions slightly, and the picture was taken in one of it's "off" moments.

::edit:: Nacelle color not mirrored, fixed

Color worse? Should I modify the color further to make the blue a minor color rather than the overall color? Hmm...

flabort · Post by **flabort** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:11 am

i prefered the colors before. it's... worse now. yah.

DeathsHand · Post by **DeathsHand** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:59 am

flabort wrote:i prefered the colors before. it's... worse now. yah.

Yeah, I figured that. I'll be playing with different color settings today, might find a good combo there.

TheBlueEcho · Post by **TheBlueEcho** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:33 am

Try out a Gold-like (orange-ish) contrasting color on one part of the ship and see how it looks. You could also try using a wider variety of blues as well (if the prior go's southward).

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:43 am

I most definitely like the effect of multiple colors, its a 50% improvement. I guess if you can find colors that look better though, like TBE said, it would be even better.

Any chance of a firing shot or should we wait for dl?

Venator · Post by **Venator** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:20 am

Colour variety - good.

Seeing how section-spammy it is? Notsomuch.

lightstriker · Post by **lightstriker** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:23 am

yeah, like venator said, having color variety would certainly be nice. However, I doubt that you could do it in such a way as to avoid drawing attention to the less fortunate parts of the ship (the section spam). Would it be nice? yes. Is it possible? not sure.

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