Navy of the Republic of Alesia

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:16 pm

you could play with the backs of the largest wings a little bit more

this is the important part of my post, not the part with the engines, alright. no engines.

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:28 pm

Presumably if you added engines you would scale the size of however many you put down to fit that many...

and the only real repetition I see are the 4s, which are necessary to achieve the effect. I like the two wings and rounded bump on each side. It works.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:13 am

Ok, well for the sake of Science I edited the backs of the wings to make them look less blocky. I'm now completely satisfied with it and as such will call it the final version.

http://www.wyrdysm.com/battleshipsforev ... dFinal.zip

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:14 am

I like the style. are you considering doing a fleet around it? (or does it belong with those other ships in your first post?) I'd like to see some more ships of this quality.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:55 am

Until I decide otherwise, all ships I make will be part of the navy of the Republic of Alesia (hence RAS). I'd make up some RP bio crap if I felt like it, but right now all I have regarding the Republic's identity is a flag:

So even if my style drastically changes (unlikely!), all these ships will be a part of the same nation and, more broadly, the same universe.

antisocialmunky · Post by **antisocialmunky** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:10 pm

I'm not sure why, but the awesomeness/something/whatever of your flag hurts my eyes when I look at it. And I mean physically - I think its those two white lines...

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:52 am

antisocialmunky wrote:I'm not sure why, but the awesomeness/something/whatever of your flag hurts my eyes when I look at it. And I mean physically - I think its those two white lines...

Don't worry, they hurt mine too.

It looks better shrunken down. And probably as a physical flag too.

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:59 am

is it just me, or is the flag too long to be a normal flag. looks out of proportion a little bit. shouldn't be hard to crop a little though.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:07 am

FIREST0RM000 wrote:is it just me, or is the flag too long to be a normal flag. looks out of proportion a little bit. shouldn't be hard to crop a little though.

It's 2:1, which is the same proportion as the flag of the United Kingdom. It probably just looks longer 'cause of the bars; I think most simple flags like that are more around 3:2 or 5:3.

This is probably also a good time to mention that I consider myself a vexillographer (flag designer) and will occasionally design flags in my spare time; though usually the idea is that it'll be used so it's not like I'm just pumping out flags at a mile a minute only to have them sitting around on my hard drive or somethin'.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:13 pm

Oh and uh, about that RP bio crap...

Squishy · Post by **Squishy** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:21 pm

Am I the only one making a connection between the two white lines on the flag and the two white beams that would emerge from that ship?

One hurts eyes, and one hurts ships.

I think this theme garners exploration.

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:26 pm

very nice back story. I do hope to see much more expansion on it.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:26 pm

Squishy wrote:Am I the only one making a connection between the two white lines on the flag and the two white beams that would emerge from that ship?

One hurts eyes, and one hurts ships.

I think this theme garners exploration.

Oh noes! You're right! :O

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:27 am

Kiruna-class carrier. Obviously not finished. And yes, the sides are parented to those 21s and 5s. Should I have some aegis protecting the white sections, add more pieces, or just up the HP of the forward sections? It's supposed to just be fire support anyway; if it goes one-on-one with a battlecruiser with good point defense then it's pretty much toast.

Venator · Post by **Venator** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:47 am

See, this ship is quite schizophrenic. The inner layer looks coherent, but that's just because it's repetitive as hell, while the outer section is a horrible jumble of parts.