Ships, Updated Tuesday 15th

Ggngunner · Post by **Ggngunner** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:57 pm

the Shipwright sections, and like every other man and his dog, tried using them, although, I couldn't figure out where to put any colours...
So 'ere they are...
http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo25 ... reenNC.png
Top left: LBD-Flurry
Top right: LDD-Cover
Bottom: MBD-Duel
http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo25 ... een021.png
ABC-Barrager:
http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo25 ... een023.png
http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo25 ... een022.png
(Whoops, zoomed in, it’s the same size as the other one)
LMDP
LADP
Sentinel:
http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo25 ... een069.jpg
http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo25 ... een053.jpg
Action Shots...
So, yah, feedback needed, especially where to colour.

lightstriker · Post by **lightstriker** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:33 pm

use image tags, they make the images show up in your post, looks quite a bit nicer.
at the start of the url for an image, put [IMG] and at the end put [/IMG]

Post by **Arcalane** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:01 pm

Well, they're exactly what they say on the tin. Emphasis on generic.

My advice is to drop these and move onto building something more adventurous and generally more interesting.

You should also make allowances for colour when designing them in the first place, rather than trying to tack it on afterwards.

3D1L<>k · Post by **3D1L<>k** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:39 am

I like the look of the space station. An advice from another newbie, in the medium battle destroyer, try to rearrange the cannons so that they get align at a 45 degree angle but perpendicular to a quadrant of a circle.

Ggngunner · Post by **Ggngunner** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:59 pm

Had another try two tries, better, or worse?
http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo25 ... een029.png

Silverware · Post by **Silverware** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:42 pm

Better, the top one needs to have the color tinkered with more though, but the bottom one is really neat.

Ggngunner · Post by **Ggngunner** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:20 pm

With the top one, does it need more depth colour, general colour, highlights, a whole new colour scheme, or what?

praetors · Post by **praetors** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:16 pm

how can I make these trails?

Ggngunner · Post by **Ggngunner** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:32 pm

They're made of a fraxy sort of thing that has a shrinking animation, 1 speed, 20ish range. Then have force fire set to frames elapsed at 1. Give the gun a high refire and it should work
and
More ships.

Ggngunner · Post by **Ggngunner** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:42 pm

An update, well, in a sense.
Couple of smaller ships here.

And a larger one.

Feedback/Criticism would be appreciated.

Post by **Anna** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:01 pm

Well, this is... inconsistent. Some of these ships look quite nice and others look... like so very much ass. I'll go one by one.

Small. Simple. Over all not too bad. Flows together fairly well. I'd shade it a bit differently, but otherwise it's pretty sweet.

This is... boring. The nose part doesn't mesh with the rest of it. The side bits are squared off and don't look right. Too much stretching on it in general.

These two both look pretty damn awesome, really. They're coloured well, unlike the other ships in this post, and they've got interesting and unique shapes that flow together nicely.

This thing is vile and ugly on so many levels that it's very difficult to know where to start. The repetition in some places feels nasty. The use of large, flat sections is bad... it doesn't flow well at all. Not even a little bit. Nothing about it looks good. I'm sorry. And those sidepods. Jesus Christ what were you thinking, man?

The two ships before that one, and this:

Make more stuff like this. When you want to make larger ships, look at how the more skilled people like cycerin and Eri and the like make larger ships. Pick up some pointers from that. Don't replicate their styles completely, but just... take the elements you like and try to incorporate them, and remember that internal shape and flow is important, and that inconsistency looks nasty.

parameciumkid · Post by **parameciumkid** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:21 am

I disagree. It isn't perfect, but the "larger one" is definitely not a bad ship. You just need to improve in the area of making what you do look more like you did it on purpose, so those sidepods, for example (assuming you really want them like that), should be accented by putting them out on struts or making the rest of the ship's body follow the same motif or something. Also, the glowy stuff is a good idea, but the execution is not all there.