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Archives for ships and fleets. 'nuff said. Most of the ships here are very very old and will not work in current versions of BSF or SM. You have been warned!

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Post by dgms17 »

I think it doesn't look great, it looks marvelous! :D
Maybe the wings/arms/guns are too thick, I don't know.
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Post by LactoseTolerant »

Adventures in asymmetry.

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Post by Jokarun »

No, I don't think that works, It looks like 2 damaged ships that docked together, not 1 nice Asymmetric ship.

You could try to make the upper ship into something nice, but this didn't work...
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Post by Kiltric »

I think the problem is that the main piece is fairly symmetric. It doesn't look like it was built to have the struts to the other section, more like it was just stuck on.
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Post by Cycerin »

The ship isn't that bad, but why have you shaded it inside-out?
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Post by Silverware »

Also there arn't enough shades of grey, Inverse shading can work in places, my Corvettes I place up ages ago were rather inverse in parts.

Sometimes it works and other times it doesn't.
I think this is the latter case.
This ship would be improved by being symmetrical probably, as your style screams out to be symmetrical.
But with this one at least you have two different ships you can break off of this. =P
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Post by LactoseTolerant »

Kiltric wrote:I think the problem is that the main piece is fairly symmetric. It doesn't look like it was built to have the struts to the other section, more like it was just stuck on.
That's what I kind of felt too, when I first tried asymmetry :? . I appreciate the comments!

@ Cycerin
I remember that Arcalane said something about shading, that the sections get darker as you approach the rim of the ship. Or am I mistaken?
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Post by Raul »

Thats right. i think whats throwing them off is that you've got white sections on the edge lower than the dark sections. The majority of that ship could be midtone grey, with the outer pieces dark grey, maybe the outrigger too. Then the middle and highlights of teh ship could be white. then you use the green or whateer fleet color you want in highlights through the ship
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Post by Arcalane »

Yes, but you've got bright on the outside and core, and the center parts are all quite dark.
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Raul wrote:Thats right. i think whats throwing them off is that you've got white sections on the edge lower than the dark sections. The majority of that ship could be midtone grey, with the outer pieces dark grey, maybe the outrigger too. Then the middle and highlights of teh ship could be white. then you use the green or whateer fleet color you want in highlights through the ship
Ah, I think I need to take highlights into more consideration with shading.
Arcalane wrote:Yes, but you've got bright on the outside and core, and the center parts are all quite dark.
Let me try with a higher shading difference, then.
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Post by LactoseTolerant »

WIP:

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Post by Raul »

I really like the curve of the rear wings, and with some shading the forward parts could look very 3d, but the section work along the middle is a bit strange. it has promise though
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Post by Silverware »

Currently it looks like two ships docked together.
Need to thicken the middle unless thats the look your after
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Post by LactoseTolerant »

WIP... back in progress.

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Post by Droid »

Something about those two front lobes bother me, but I can't pinpoint what.
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