New Range of Ships

[hydraneth]

This is hopefully the first in a range of ships depending on general feed back from everyone.

Im rubbish at back stories but will give it a go.

The Koumari Federation is a new empire steadily working its way to glory. Like most empires it has a need for ships to claim and hold new territories.

Federation Alpha (Speed)



Federation Alpha (Assault)


This ship has a dual purpose, quickly striking distant colonies out of nowhere and forming the main battle line in an assault. As a result it has a modifiable weapons array and two distinct forms which it can change between for any confrontation.


All CnC taken, will don flamesuit if neccessary.

[god froggy]

the sectionwork on the second one is.. cluttered and repetitive. You really have used the same section too much, on both ships. Most of the sections don't go well together, but the general shape is good, especially on the second one.

[hydraneth]

Thanks for the advice, i was trying to get "wing" looking sections for the ship. Both ships are transformed versions of the other

[god froggy]

don't worry about it. Are you going to change them or make more ships first?

[hydraneth]

Ill try changing the wings first, any suggestions of parts would be appreciated

[god froggy]

do you mean the nacelle things or the furthermost parts of the body, because the nacelles are fine but the latter bits are too repetitive. And Sorry but I can't suggest any parts. Just use a variety of parts that go well together.

[Silver Swordsman]

You need more color variation. Why it looks cluttered and repetitive is partially because you're using the same color for 90% of the time. Try this: Higher places have a lighter shade, and lower places have a lower shade. Set for yourself a "focus point" for your ships, and try to make that part stand out as much as possible (more contrast). Use as many ways as you can.

If Cycerin won't kill me for this, I'd like to use his ship as an example:


Notice that all his spikes point towards the center of the ship, and the most glows and thingys appear in the core region. That place NATURALLY draws your eye there.

Hope this helps.

[god froggy]

Yes because that ship has such a variation of colours and glows the repetition of sections works really well.

Make the whole thing lighter as well, dark ships look flat.

[hydraneth]

Not quite in line with the previous range, but it needs to go somewhere

Corvette Class With two distinct modes:
Flight Mode


Combat Mode


No weapons as of yet.

[LactoseTolerant]

The holes in the wing sprites are no good. Bit of overlap on the center two sprites. And it could use more layered sprites, feels kinda flat right now.