New Section Submission

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:51 am

Inspired by Bluhman's piece. Has an '80s cheesy chrome-scifi' feel to it.

Bluhman wrote:

LOVE IT! Not goona touch it because it's that perfect

EDIT: Because the more I look at it, the more those antennas bug me.

Post by **Arcalane** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:05 am

Nice.

I updated my post with the sorting options a little. I'm not sure how hard they would be to make but I'm sure the ship editor would benefit from them, especially if a lot of custom parts are added. Because quite frankly, who wants to spend five hours clicking through a list when you can pull up a sheet and select the part you want?

Nice football too.

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:09 am

Yes, i know there's another piece like this, but I just had this idea kicking around since I first saw the thread.

Wind Tempest · Post by **Wind Tempest** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:40 am

Is there a time limit to when we can submit parts? I can't work on one for another 6 hours

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Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:46 am

Wind Tempest wrote:Is there a time limit to when we can submit parts? I can't work on one for another 6 hours .

I don't think so. I think they'll likely go into SM 3.0, but I'm not th15, aka The Dev.

Post by **Arcalane** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:49 am

I doubt it too. 3.0 is probably a little way away yet, and I'm sure it's more a case of ongoing submission, not a short "competition" like thing. If it was, I think someone's already stolen the gold medal.

Cerebrus · Post by **Cerebrus** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:07 am

I'm making mine in Paint and saving it as a gif, is it normal for there to be a bunch of black dots all over it, or am I doing something wrong?

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:12 am

Cerebrus wrote:I'm making mine in Paint and saving it as a gif, is it normal for there to be a bunch of black dots all over it, or am I doing something wrong?

www.irfanview.com is what I use to save GIFs. MSPaint's GIF converter is wowsy

EDIT: Oi vey, what's with the typos lately!?

Post by **Arcalane** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:22 am

I think you want Irfanview thar.

I'm using the GIMP, myself. Paint sucks.

My first submission, a central fuel tank block;

Will make some external fuel pods in a moment.

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:27 am

AWESOME, Arcalane!

Post by **Arcalane** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:31 am

Thanks! I love adding detail to things, and spotting details on things others have made.

Another one, an external, compartmented fuel tank;

I might make some tweaks to it later. Be nice if it could be made to explode violently, eh?

The first line of pixels on each pipeline is designed to be overlapped onto other sections so that the "arms" meet the hull of the ship. It's intentional.

Cerebrus · Post by **Cerebrus** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:32 am

Geez, you people are making regular works of art.

I feel inadequate somehow.

Bluhman · Post by **Bluhman** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:35 am

Cerebrus wrote:Geez, you people are making regular works of art.

I feel inadequate somehow.

That's a cool one! It's not bad at all. Very true to the BSF Style.

*Watch this Space...*

Danny420Dale · Post by **Danny420Dale** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:47 am

Cerebrus wrote:Geez, you people are making regular works of art.

I feel inadequate somehow.

Ooh, nice hull plate! Perfect emulation of the BSF style too.

Post by **Arcalane** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:15 am

Updated the central fuel tank. I realised I had (erroneously) made it an uneven width, when most parts have even widths. This has been fixed. Also the backgrounds have been filled in, as black I assume is the transparency colour, and the template only has white/dark grey/black as colours.