How do you build?

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How do you build?

Start from the core and work outwards.
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Build an substructure in the general shape and work off of it.
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Create an outline of the ship and build to fill in the shape.
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How do you build?

Post by LactoseTolerant »

Well, how do you?

Edit: For those of you who want to know, I do method 1.
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Post by Danny420Dale »

Used to do 1, now I do 3.
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Post by hazelwooder »

i used to do 1 as well but with my tanks i made before xmas/new years i changed to 3 i designed a background in the shape i wanted and then built layers on top of each other filling in the shape i want.
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Post by Rugdumph »

1. Except it tends to be random. I just go with whatever takes me till something stands out.
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Post by Chiiro »

I find 2 gives the best results, most of the time. 1 has a tendancy to get haphazard and random, 3 is a bit more organized but I like the understructure 2 has.
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Post by Lizzie »

2 for the larger ships. 1 for the smaller. They're too small to have a substructure.
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Post by vVhorpax »

Doing asymetrical ships most the time, I would say 2 fits the most for me.
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Post by AidanAdv »

The vast majority of my ship are built with #1, but I also do #3 sometimes.

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Post by Squishy »

i do substructures, but usually end up removing most of that near completion.
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Post by Water_and_Wind »

#1, used #2 for one ship. I never have any idea of the final shape until the end, just build what looks good.
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Post by Nutcase »

1.
I think of the basic shape I want first of course.
Usually.
Though I'm thinking about trying 2 eventually.
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Post by 25000st »

I generally use 1. I sometimes have a shape in mind but I most of the time don't. I have used 2. for a few ships though.
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Post by Bad Boy »

Usually 1. For some of my recent-ish ships I've done 2. Basically never done 3.
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Post by Bentusi »

when i create a new ship i make first a simple body and i work on it (2), but on the big homeworld ships i use the "3"
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Post by Impwarior »

always 1 for me.
i just can't change my way of working...
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