my first partly finished fleet

25000st · Post by **25000st** » Mon May 18, 2009 5:44 am

My first official half(or maybe less) finished fleet of the southern galactic territories.

Highness the Mothership

Ardor the Gunship

Dignity the Bomber

Brutality the Heavy Bomber

I'm also making a website for it. It's not done but click the following link to go to it. http://southerngalactichq.jimdo.com/

Isu · Post by **Isu** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:37 am

Um... just a nitpick:

North and south are things that only occur on planets. They are caused by the magnetic poles of a planet. Since space is hardly a planet, there is no such thing as "south" in space.

(only a rough definition, don't slaughter me)

Wicky_42 · Post by **Wicky_42** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:58 am

Isu, ever heard the term 'Galactic South'? I dunno, I might have just made that up, but hey, why not use points of a compass to mark directions on a 2-d representation of a galaxy? What's wrong with continuing to use Naval terminology for more than just the vessels or 'ships' that ply space?
This nitpick is full of fail :/

Back on topic, don't you think that your ships are a little big for what would traditionally be classed as a 'bomber'? I mean, I'm just going from the background grid size here, but you gunship looks more like a destroyer, and the bombers frigates. Perhaps that's what your terminology was implying? Just a little bit confusing to fly against the convention in ship designations, heh.

Section usage on the gunship isn't very neat - for example the rear is awkward, especially compared to the other ships, and the lighter grey sections on the extremities look raised due to the shading and layering, but it looks like they should be lowered, again as it is with the other ships.

Other than that, there's nothing particularly bad about this lot, other than, apart from the mothership, nothing really stands out - it's all a bit generic, especially when it's compared to some of the stuff being made by AD and Eri, for example. Not your fault, and it's a hell of a lot better than the vast majority of past constructions, but try to add some zest, some quirk to make things more interesting. Or at least, that's what I think I should do to my ships, heh.