Long time lurker shares his stuff, mini update 12/31

XEALMOX · Post by **XEALMOX** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:58 am

Wuggels mind telling me how you manedged to make those shields

i myself am trying the same thing for a station and it keeps on failling/crashing

Wuggles · Post by **Wuggles** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:32 am

Blackhart: Yeah it was intentional, I thought it looked cool
Squishy : One part, I didn't know how, Two parts, I want to polish em a bit, One part, I want to finish the fleet = My explanation

XEALMOX: Uh, all I did was take a section, rectangular or one of the wings, make it very skinny, and place them right next to each other either 3 or four "clicks" apart.

Well, I finished two smaller ships and working on a large station at the moment. I'll probably have those up tonight, and have download links for the others later.

Again, thanks for the feedback guys.

Wuggles · Post by **Wuggles** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:46 pm

Broken Links

Ixranin · Post by **Ixranin** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:54 pm

The section usage on your ships is pretty good.

The last station seems eh though. (The Testudo.) It just seems too... random in the placement of its limbs.

Dr. Strangelove · Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:44 pm

I absolutely love these ships. The Aspis is just plain old beautiful. Put a couple of conventional weapons on the bulwark and they will be PERFECT.

Wuggles · Post by **Wuggles** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:54 pm

Shameless lil' bump for new ships

Blackhart · Post by **Blackhart** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:42 pm

Nice! Your new ships look really awesome, especially the bulkhead.
Keep up the good work.

Venator · Post by **Venator** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:51 pm

The Assent, Bulwark, and Longbow are the only ships that really stand out to me; the others aren't bad, but they don't grab me.

The stations are another matter - I love those things! The asymmetrical construction and shield arcs are fantastic.

Ingens Remus · Post by **Ingens Remus** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:37 am

Your ships and stations are excellent. My only concern is the floating shield sections, you still made those look good. I also love the way you and others make your ships have these nice layers and wedges for weapons, etc.

Well done, sir.

Exethalion · Post by **Exethalion** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:56 am

Interesting section usage there, and some nice innovative ideas going on. The stations seem the best and most inventive to me, keep up the good work!

Himura.Kenshin · Post by **Himura.Kenshin** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:33 am

Noo, the problem is in the mirroring. Look at the purple and red outlines - one of those sections is above the green outlined section, while the other one isn't.

Wuggles · Post by **Wuggles** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:06 am

Ah shoot, you are right Himura.Kenshin. Man, I hate messing with depths, maybe I'm just a little dumb, but they always confuse me and they take forever.

Well working on the mothership/main station now. Haven't quite decided which yet, considering it could go both ways.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

...And Now, for your consideration....The Praefectus

The Praefectus is a moving space station with the sole purpose of eliminating entire fleets. Taking its power from two, hyper dense, man-made stars, the Praefectus is capable of speed, turning, and acceleration only seen in the nimblest of fighters. Its armaments launches swarms of rockets, and its main cannon can pierce near any hull.

I'll probably edit it, as I am not completely satisfied with it, but I just thought I'd share for some feedback on making it better. It is my flag ship after all.

TheShipwrightArms · Post by **TheShipwrightArms** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:32 am

You've hit upon a very effective colour combination, and there are some interesting construction concepts in there too.

Very nicely done.

Venator · Post by **Venator** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:21 am

Ehh. It's imposing, but there's a bunch of areas with poor layering/section placement choices. Besides... it's just flat out ugly as hell.

I do like the blue "mini-sun" cores, though.

ArcaneDude · Post by **ArcaneDude** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:06 pm

It better be automated if it's that maneuverable. Otherwise you're gonna have mashed crewmen for dinner.

It's okay, but as Venator sais, some of the layering is quite sloppy. The two aegised 21's don't really fit in either. I suggest you replace them with something smaller.