First time showing a ship

Jokarun · Post by **Jokarun** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:08 am

Hello,

I am quite new to this game and after completing the campaign, I decided to build some ships in the creator.
I was pleased with my work, until I dropped on this site by accident...
Well, lets just say that I decided to scrap all my "Capitol ships" and start with something smaller...

Thus here we are, my first ship is a carrier of drones

The control ship

This is my first attempt at creating a carrier class ship.
It has no offensive weapons, only Point defence.

~Okay, Updated this ship a little.
~Removed the drone spawn thingy and changed it with demeter drone launchers.

The drone
Okay, i have officially scrapped the drone, I just simply can't get Anything to look nice even to me...

The corvette

Here you can see the effect of me trying something more complicated.
it is small... But I like small ships that pack a punch*.

This is a broadside corvette, mostly used as a low cost escort ships that can still survive battles with larger vessels.

*(Mostly because I simply can't create nice capitol ships)

(Here you can see exactly how small it is, Look at how even that pirate gunship is bigger)
So let me know what you think, and let the flaming about my noobieness begin.[/u]

bien4500 · Post by **bien4500** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:12 am

Okay, so I'm not insulting you or anything. But both ships are butt ugly, if you want that much PD, I suggest you mod some of them and delete the rest. The second one though, I don't know. I suggest you scrap it.

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:14 am

Control ship's a bit spammy. Try trading weapons count for clipsize, and you'll still be able to put up your wall of flak. The drone could use at least a small amount of armor (or a shield arc) on the front, otherwise it'll die quickly.

I, on the other hand, will simply use particle rifles, plasma cannons, and various beams to defeat it.

Elias_The_Crimson · Post by **Elias_The_Crimson** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:20 am

Hmm, not much to comment on

I like the shape of the carrier, but it's made from far too few parts in my opinion, and the point-defense guns makes it look like an hedgehog.

Jokarun · Post by **Jokarun** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:59 am

Okay, Updated my Both ships...

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:59 am

ADDITIVE BLENDING! DO YOU SPEAK IT!?

Da_Higg · Post by **Da_Higg** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:59 am

Try using the "Small" core for the fighter. It'l look less ugly.

Malahite · Post by **Malahite** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:01 am

A bit overarmed, but I like it in it's simplicity

Aaganrmu · Post by **Aaganrmu** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:03 am

The colour scheme could be expanded on, it's really flat right now.

Also, isn't the control ship a bit small for these kind of drones? They're almost as big as the controler is! It's a bit like launching 747's out of a carrier now. Demeters are (in my opinion) more fitting for this class of ship.

Jokarun · Post by **Jokarun** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:06 am

Danny420Dale wrote:ADDITIVE BLENDING! DO YOU SPEAK IT!?

No, I don't... sorry...

lightstriker · Post by **lightstriker** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:06 am

The command ship is... pretty good actually. Go for a bit more variation in color scheme next, and lighten up the weapons The drone however, is... bleh. Remember to use additive blending on shields. And, when making fighters, PLEASE shrink the core and place sections over it? 9 times out of 10 it'll look better that way, and it's a LOT easier to do well.

Aederrex · Post by **Aederrex** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:31 am

It's a bit small to be a ship carrier. Maybe remove a few point defense guns and the ship deployer and add some demeters? your "drone" is half as big as the carrier. also, when you use the shield sprite, go into the effects tab and find the blending box, set it to additive.

Jokarun · Post by **Jokarun** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:27 pm

Okay, new version of the carrier is up.

Hmm... I should start building something bigger to spawn the drones...

~~Another edit: Added a new ship

Jokarun · Post by **Jokarun** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:05 am

First time trying a station...

A Stargate with powering station/Shipyard.

Well, The yellow parts are Generators & Energy conductors as the Stargate needs Massive amounts of energy.

The defence is focused around the Shipyard, because it would be a pain to keep attacking the Stargate that has quite a few nano repair thingies and Tons of HP. Maybe I might add some PD on the Gate...

also in the picture you can see a slightly modified corvette class ship that just came from the Stargate...

Well, that is all for this station...
Now, Flame Away! ( I am sure that you would all have done that anyway even if I didn't say this

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