Yes, another "Newbie ship" theme.

Masluk · Post by **Masluk** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:09 am

something like this?

Also i don't know why, but when i outfitted it with META stats weapons it was able to fight on par with Alliance cruisers. Two of them thrashed Sekhmet-class cruisers with ease. Is it overpowered?

Post by **th15** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:48 am

Is that a truly giant quad blaster on the first ship?

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:37 am

th15 wrote:Is that a truly giant quad blaster on the first ship?

I think it is. Holy shit, that would be so awesome!

Masluk · Post by **Masluk** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:11 pm

Um. Well, when it was designed in the first place i thought of something like that. A huge blaster thing that shoots small suns. But at the moment it is just a big plasma generator for a ship. with a big beam emitter of course.

By the way another atrocity coming right up!

It is big and strange. And yes. The colorscheme sucks right now.

25000st · Post by **25000st** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:00 am

Hmm... Not the most consistent ship but I'd say it looks ok. It could me more coherent and perhaps a bit less repetitive?

Masluk · Post by **Masluk** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:39 pm

Yeah, I know. I had a headache when i was building it. I will remove most of its blue parts. I wanted to build a battleship, but somehow it became this. I don't want to start it from scratch because grey and white parts look more or less consistent to me.

Masluk · Post by **Masluk** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:23 am

Oh hai... I made a ship. *sigh* Somehow it turned out to be an USS Penisbrick!

v_v *sigh*
C&C please? Yes, I know that design sucks, but I wanna know if my section usage improved or not.

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:09 am

Hmm, I think it really needs a habitation bubble on either side at the back

Seriously though, your sectionwork certainly isn't sloppy. You obviously put some thought into where you put each section, but now try concentrating more on making the overall design interesting and functional.

Only things I would say right away is that I don't like th3 pieces you used for the nose, give it more of a hammerhead feel perhaps? Something interesting...

Theres also visible split line down the middle that you might want to break up the way you did with the big square piece. Even weapon mounts will accomplish this nicely.

Maybe add some sort of projections off to the side in the middle. Not wings persay, but something to break up the...ridgedness of it.

Also, its rather hard for me to tell with the sw sprites, but did you give it any shading to simulate depth?

Verminator · Post by **Verminator** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:54 am

I think changing the sections at the very front and adding something interesting on to the sides will make it look less like horse cock.

zackfire · Post by **zackfire** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:11 am

Perhaps try to make the ship stand out without the little glowy plasma balls on all of your ships? They needn't be stuck onto every ship you make.

Masluk · Post by **Masluk** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:24 am

Which one is better?

This one?

Or this one?

Or do they both suck?

Post by **Anna** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:29 am

They both suck.

You asked.

Masluk · Post by **Masluk** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:43 am

Where exactly? Color scheme, form, design? Explain it.

EriErin · Post by **EriErin** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:47 am

Anna wrote:They both suck.

You asked.

You could've at least told him why. Jesus, I didn't expect you to stoop to the level of unconstructive one-liners.

@Masluk: The section usage you've got going in the middle of the ship is decent, but you need to try making the shapes of the nacelles and the engine block more flush with the ship. Currently, the nacelles don't look like they belong there. Change their shapes to something that matches more with a penisbrick hullform.

If you don't know where to start, I'd suggest ripping off the Battlestar Galactica's nacelles for this one.

Post by **Anna** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:10 am

EriErin wrote:You could've at least told him why. Jesus, I didn't expect you to stoop to the level of unconstructive one-liners.

Where the hell do I fucking start? There's less good than there is bad on these ugly piles of excrement. The very middle core bits are pretty much the closest thing on the ship to good, but they're flat, bland and repetitive. The nose is... actually, the nose isn't bad. The rest of the ship is covered in way too big sections that are completely lacking in any detail. See those big, flat, boring sections? Don't fucking use them. Not unless you're making a really big ship and use them to fill space or for large armor plates or some shit. They don't look good. They don't look even a little bit good. They look like crap.

The blue is... too blue, in my opinion too. But that might just be me.

Happy? Or do I need to draw him a fucking manual? I'm sick of explaining this shit. It's tiresome and nobody fucking learns.

Pro-tips, new kid: 1) Internal shape and flow is just as important, if not even more important, than external shape and flow. 2) Details are good. I mean, you don't want to abuse the shit out of them, but if you can add detail without messing things up, you should do it. 3) Stop with the glowy plasma balls. You're not doing them right and so they look like ass. Learn to make a good ship without glowy bits before trying to use them.