Ghost Syndicate

Tsakara · Post by **Tsakara** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:31 am

And so begins the formation of my newest fleet of vessels, The Ghost Syndicate, so far its small, but I have ideas to expand it. In this image, we see the Valkyrie class carrier flanked by Slicer type fightercraft and Boomer type light bombers.

Armed with a compliment of 6 particle wave cannons and 4 electron supercollider arrays, not to mention an impressive amount of ablative armor and ADS weaponry, the Valkyrie is well suited to extended periods in hostile territory, while still maintaining the ability to get out of dodge thanks to its quantum relocation drive, capable of jumping it into and out of harms way with relative safety.

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well, opinions, flak, etc? hopefully this is the beginning of a new period of not-sucking for me and my ship designs.

Krishach · Post by **Krishach** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:38 am

um... Not sure about this one. I've never seen a copy of a sea-based carrier class ship redone for space. It looks like a decent replication, but pairing that with space fighters makes it seem.... incongruous.

If your going for the retro look, I'd do it all the way, and make some ships that look like old F11's or something.

Isu · Post by **Isu** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:40 am

Krishach wrote:um... Not sure about this one. I've never seen a copy of a sea-based carrier class ship redone for space. It looks like a decent replication, but pairing that with space fighters makes it seem.... incongruous.

I second that.

Noctis · Post by **Noctis** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:42 am

Its an alright replication but as per if it was a good idea, thats questionable

SHAD0Wdump · Post by **SHAD0Wdump** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:42 am

A runway?I presume you made the sprite yourself.

Although you used outlineing all over.I feel without it this thing would come out quite bland,and using coloring might have messed with the 'wet' look.Pretty damn awesome.

Isu · Post by **Isu** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:05 am

Yeah, I think it looks really good. Its just that a seaship remade as a spaceship is kinda weird... yknow? Still very cool though. Mehlikes.

AidanAdv · Post by **AidanAdv** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:10 am

Despite it's repetition and blockiness, I like it. It's what I was trying to do with the old Warhal in the GiF encounters, build a wet navy carrier in space.

The only thing I thing is odd is the turret near the front which is depthed over the runway.

Isu · Post by **Isu** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:11 am

AidanAdv wrote:The only thing I thing is odd is the turret near the front which is depthed over the runway.

??? I don't see it.

Post by **Arcalane** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:22 am

AidanAdv wrote:Despite it's repetition and blockiness, I like it. It's what I was trying to do with the old Warhal in the GiF encounters, build a wet navy carrier in space.

The only thing I thing is odd is the turret near the front which is depthed over the runway.

Those are either ship deployers or a bomber, you numpty.

As for the carrier; not bad, but for the love of all that's unholy, turn off gradients and make the main deck brighter. It looks awful.

Still, plus points for actually using outlining properly; but only on the conning tower itself. The rest is incorrect outlining use. Negative points for retarded technobabble. It's not stellar - the engines are bland and there's quite a bit of repetition in the turret mount areas.

Isu · Post by **Isu** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:26 am

Oh wait, now I see it... Doh! >.<

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:46 am

that runway is awesome, I have been waiting to do a ship like this. A wing comander carrier is now totally possible.
I'd dump those fighters and go for something slightly smaller. And maybe have a section that slides back to reveal another fighter on an elevator, like real carriers have!. If you are feeling really innovative you could even have it taxi!

Bad Boy · Post by **Bad Boy** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:32 am

A lot better then your last ship, although the repetition could be cut down on, but it doesn't stand out too much so it still looks good.
The shape is great, very (what da ya know) aircraft carrierish without looking exactly like modern ones.

Good job being the first to do it, I was working on something similar to this a while ago, but then the new version came out and made it obsolete.

natan_j · Post by **natan_j** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:49 pm

Arca: Aidan's talking about the dark grey plasma blaster straight below the upper ship deployer, overlapping the edge of the runway.

As for the ship, the runway bugs me, not aesthetically, but due to the fact that it wouldn't work in space at all, much less have a point. The sides also have some repetition going against them, but I suspect it's just because the ship is too big for the amount of detail you put on it. Perhaps if you made a heavily scaled-down model, it could look better.
Then again, maybe not. Definitely a unique ship you've made, good job.

Verminator · Post by **Verminator** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:50 pm

This is pretty good. I'd add a little bit of colour in some places just to unbrick it a little.

X-14 · Post by **X-14** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:03 pm

This is a nice idea whit the shiplauncher.