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Imperial Design Discussion

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[Tue 01] [18:29:11] <HorseMonster> So, if you don't like my Lopsided spaceships with gigantic guns on one side idea, do you have any of your own ideas as to what we should do with imperial spaceships?
[Tue 01] [18:32:32] <~Arcalane> big, imposing, majestic, shiny... these things need to look GOOD for parades, as well as ominous, dangerous-looking, and stuff like that
[Tue 01] [18:33:24] <~Arcalane> the Imperial Navy was basically there as a safeguard since they'd long ago established there were no other sentient/sapient species on their layer, but they couldn't get rid of it because of the economic impact
[Tue 01] [18:33:59] <~Arcalane> so instead they make awesome shiny ships and send 'em on parades occasionally, or sometimes use them to 'pacify' unruly outer planets
[Tue 01] [18:34:24] <~Arcalane> where the sight of a gleaming white behemoth slowly entering atmosphere is generally enough to make most people reconsider their rebellious aspirations
[Tue 01] [18:36:55] <~Arcalane> Sure, life in the Navy is boring, but hey, it's a steady job and you get to travel a lot. See the universe. That sort of thing. Sometimes they let you shoot at rogue asteroids.
[Tue 01] [18:38:35] <Squisho> You want fucking majestic ships of pure white, pearly hulls and extravagant gold trimmings?
[Tue 01] [18:39:08] <Squisho> With redonkulous laurel patterns of silver and platinum?
[Tue 01] [18:39:08] <~Arcalane> something like that!
[Tue 01] [18:39:29] <Squisho> We'll need some fancy sections methinks.
[Tue 01] [18:40:10] <~Arcalane> if you guys can get a good idea of what sections we need, I could talk to Kaelis
[Tue 01] [18:40:33] <~Arcalane> if he's willing to lend coding support I imagine he could be persuaded to lend us some of his spriting abilities.
[Tue 01] [18:40:58] <Squisho> We still going for blockish feel right?
[Tue 01] [18:41:24] <~Arcalane> fairly blockish, mm, but don't feel you can't work a few elegant curves in
[Tue 01] [18:44:51] <~Arcalane> can't have the kids getting cuts from sharp corners on the scale model toys <_< >_>
[Tue 01] [18:53:13] <Squisho> ah
[Tue 01] [18:53:44] <Squisho> Cause we should decide on a 'motif' for the empire
[Tue 01] [18:53:51] <~Arcalane> motif, hm?
[Tue 01] [18:54:02] <Squisho> reoccuring shapes or colours associated with them
[Tue 01] [18:54:45] <Squisho> You'll look at the post-collapse ships and see, 'look at those sad excuse for imperial ships'. Then you glimpse the real thing and think, ' fuck that I'm getting out of here'.
[Tue 01] [18:55:10] <Squisho> recognizable elements, so to speak.
[Tue 01] [18:55:18] <~Arcalane> right. hm.
[Tue 01] [18:59:43] <Squisho> take out ms paint, make some shapes we can apply as symbols and patterns on the ships. If it proves to be an annoying hindrance then we'll just stick with the colours.
[Tue 01] [19:01:46] <~Arcalane> you mean like the faction badges, and how it's meant to be a fancy [+] kinda shape?
[Tue 01] [19:01:59] <~Arcalane> (although I'm willing to hear other badge suggestions)
[Tue 01] [19:03:30] <Squisho> i suppose the imperial faction badge should share visual cues with their ships and other pompous propoganda.
[Tue 01] [19:04:30] <~Arcalane> mmm
[Tue 01] [19:04:48] <~Arcalane> THE SWORD OF THE EMPIRE no that's probably too cliché
[Tue 01] [19:05:10] <Squisho> GREATsword of the EMPIEYAH
[Tue 01] [19:05:30] <Jokarun> cliché's are good for old fallen empires
[Tue 01] [19:06:24] <~Arcalane> BASTARDSWORD OF THE EMPIRE
[Tue 01] [19:07:02] <Squisho> two syllables of bastard don't flow well smoothly enough
[Tue 01] [19:07:08] <~Arcalane> (any excuse to use the words "bastard sword" is a good excuse to use the words "bastard sword", 'cause you can say bastard and it's totally legitimate!... and I just realized that's sort of a pun.)
[Tue 01] [19:08:28] * ~Arcalane doesn't expect most of you to get it though.
[Tue 01] [19:08:45] <Squisho> Very few folks are capable of appreciating such subtle humour.
[Tue 01] [19:11:34] <~Arcalane> truly
[Tue 01] [19:33:16] <HorseMonster> [18:40] <Arcalane> if you guys can get a good idea of what sections we need, I could talk to Kaelis
[Tue 01] [19:33:17] <HorseMonster> Kaelis' sections blow gigantic chunks, if I need some sections I'd rather make them myself.
[Tue 01] [19:33:27] <~Arcalane> or you can do that I guess
[Tue 01] [19:33:46] <~Arcalane> just a suggestion, jeez >:Z
[Tue 01] [19:33:49] <~Arcalane> >:| even
[Tue 01] [19:34:00] <HorseMonster> "Hurr how does I light source"
[Tue 01] [19:35:15] <HorseMonster> From every direction other than above apparently.
[Tue 01] [19:38:41] <HorseMonster> Which is the only direction that makes sense in a top-down game.
[Tue 01] [19:39:08] <HorseMonster> Did I mention already that kaelis sucks at SWA sections?
[Tue 01] [19:40:50] <Squisho> We get it, now maek some sprites and churn out some glorious imperials
[Tue 01] [19:42:24] <~Arcalane> ^
[Tue 01] [20:01:33] <HorseMonster> I think I'll actually give it a shot using HorseMonster_Realistic
[Tue 01] [20:07:06] <HorseMonster> "Ivory and gold" is what I am thinking of.
[Tue 01] [20:11:11] <~Arcalane> works for me
[Tue 01] [20:12:17] <HorseMonster> I'd reserve judgement if I were you.
[Tue 01] [20:18:40] <~Arcalane> well given what you've made so far without my presence I'm not holding my breath :P
[Tue 01] [20:21:23] <HorseMonster> Meta 2 imperial ships will look bizarre if it's the last thing I do!
[Tue 01] [20:21:37] <~Arcalane> it may well be the last thing you do
[Tue 01] [20:21:41] * ~Arcalane grabs a butcher's knife.
[Tue 01] [20:28:52] <HorseMonster> WTF do I put on the front?
[Tue 01] [20:28:59] <HorseMonster> I never know what to put on the front.
[Tue 01] [20:30:01] <~Arcalane> painted on sharkteeth
[Tue 01] [20:35:38] <HorseMonster> You're going to Hate this so much xD
[Tue 01] [20:40:46] <~Arcalane> I hate you anyway >:C
[Tue 01] [20:42:13] <HorseMonster> FFFFF I don't have any sections that look like a bridge.
[Tue 01] [20:42:19] <HorseMonster> Oh well, forget the bridge
[Tue 01] [20:42:58] <~Arcalane> that's okay, I imagine the Empire was pragmatic enough to use internal bridges rather than external, easily blown up ones
[Tue 01] [20:43:49] <HorseMonster> You know how a spaceship can look..."horsemonster-ey" Yeah, I think this loooks too horsemonste-ey.
[Tue 01] [20:46:34] <HorseMonster> In your mind replace the big white sections with more ornate versions that I haven't made yet.
[Tue 01] [20:46:37] <HorseMonster> http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/9461 ... onster.png
[Tue 01] [20:47:11] <Verminator> What's that meant to be?
[Tue 01] [20:48:02] <HorseMonster> a spaceship
[Tue 01] [20:48:20] <Verminator> Obviously.
[Tue 01] [20:48:23] <Verminator> But what kind?
[Tue 01] [20:49:31] <~Arcalane> yeah, that's too horsemonstery
[Tue 01] [20:50:03] <~Arcalane> interesting background though, you got a version of that in blue-grey?
[Tue 01] [20:50:15] <HorseMonster> I have it in blue and red
[Tue 01] [20:51:18] <HorseMonster> Also I can't help it, when I make ships I make them horsemonstery.
[Tue 01] [20:51:25] <HorseMonster> GUESS WHY
[Tue 01] [20:51:54] <HorseMonster> Hmm.
[Tue 01] [20:52:15] <HorseMonster> What if, I change the back to have a more normal engine setup?
[Tue 01] [20:52:16] <~Arcalane> because you're a horsemonster
[Tue 01] [20:52:18] <~Arcalane> ehhh
[Tue 01] [20:52:29] <~Arcalane> I dun' think so
[Tue 01] [20:52:46] <HorseMonster> You're no fun.
[Tue 01] [20:53:31] <~Arcalane> neither are you
[Tue 01] [20:55:03] <HorseMonster> Jesus christ that looks nice in red.
[Tue 01] [20:55:10] <HorseMonster> Although it needs something on the top.
[Tue 01] [20:57:11] <HorseMonster> Hmmm.
[Tue 01] [20:58:33] <HorseMonster> Not quite long enough either, the body ends too early.
[Tue 01] [21:16:08] <HorseMonster> I don't know what it is that makes HorseMonstery things so generally unpopular. I figure it's just too hardcore for some people.
[Tue 01] [21:18:16] <Squisho> You mean the alien stuff?
[Tue 01] [21:18:21] <Squisho> or the realistic stuff?
[Tue 01] [21:18:40] <HorseMonster> The realistic stuff. The stone stuff would have been a more clever pun though.
[Tue 01] [21:19:19] <Squisho> people don;t know how to use shit right, ignore them. I used some realistic for a space scaffold and I think that looked pretty good.
[Tue 01] [21:19:37] <Squisho> They make for great gritty internals as well
[Tue 01] [21:23:35] <Verminator> I like the realistic design myself. It's fresh compared to all the dickbricks and shit that float around too much.
[Tue 01] [21:49:20] <HorseMonster> Was that an ace combat reference in the front mission evolved trailer?
[Tue 01] [21:55:08] <HorseMonster> Nope? Nevermind.
[Tue 01] [22:02:07] <HorseMonster> http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/4949 ... tastic.png
[Tue 01] [22:02:19] <HorseMonster> For shits and giggles
[Tue 01] [22:02:43] <HorseMonster> I think it looks a bit like a fish.
[Tue 01] [22:03:36] <Verminator> Is it a freighter or something?
[Tue 01] [22:04:00] <Verminator> Tell me tomorrow, got to go
[Tue 01] [22:14:57] <HorseMonster> It's the same as the last one more or less with the sprites replaced with other ones :/
[Tue 01] [22:25:44] * HorseMonster is now known as HorseLobster
[Tue 01] [22:53:06] <HorseLobster> Hey Arc, did you see http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/4949 ... tastic.png ?
[Tue 01] [22:55:56] <~Arcalane> yes
[Tue 01] [22:56:13] <~Arcalane> the "huge engine at the end of a long, thin spike-like thing" looks bad
[Tue 01] [22:56:29] <HorseLobster> I do it as a reflex.
[Tue 01] [22:57:00] <~Arcalane> also; are those meant to be fuel rods? nobody uses fuel rods anymore
[Tue 01] [22:58:03] <HorseLobster> PROPELLANT TANKS
[Tue 01] [22:58:05] <HorseLobster> Or
[Tue 01] [22:58:10] <HorseLobster> really fucking massive RTGs
Derf. Should have posted this earlier.
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