Yeah I know you all hate me, but..

Zoid Crusader · Post by **Zoid Crusader** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:18 pm

Alright two more ships, a frigate and a cruiser, The circles spin around the first ship.

Silver Swordsman · Post by **Silver Swordsman** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:10 pm

Good. These are the best hulls you've made in this thread so far. For once I recommend taking off those circles but that's completely my opinion though.

Kiltric · Post by **Kiltric** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:47 am

These are an improvement. The circles on the Frigate are iffy. As long as they have a legitimate purpose beyond "oh hey, this would be cool" then I suppose they work. Though, they should probably all be the same color.

Your ships do suffer a bit from split syndrome. That is, they look like one good shot would break them in half. Generally, there should be some substantial hull connecting in most areas so that it's not too flimsy.

You are progressing well, keep it up.

As a side note, unless it's really necessary, turn of parenting lines for screen shots. They clutter the view and make it harder to evaluate your ships.

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:36 am

I have two suggestions for the circles. You could go the D&D way with lots of glowy aegised orbs floating around your ship to block fire, all set on a rotating section. Or you could make each one a point defense platform set at different distances from the ship, each one linked to a point defense driver. It works pretty well cuz they fly towards incoming fire and intercept it. Very WSKR style.
I like the second hull though it looks very aquatic in my mind, the first one is ok but needs alot of filling in unless your going to leave deliberate gaps.

Zoid Crusader · Post by **Zoid Crusader** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:15 pm

Thanks everyone, Im not sure about my newest ship, I don't really like it.

Edit:

this one is also new.

Gottfried von Manhausen · Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:41 pm

The second ship is quite nice looking, reminds me of a Hecate crossed with a dried leaf.

Zoid Crusader · Post by **Zoid Crusader** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:07 pm

Does anyone know where I can find the mecha parts?

Kiltric · Post by **Kiltric** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:24 pm

http://www.wyrdysm.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

also, the search function, it's your friend.

Doogie12 · Post by **Doogie12** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:30 am

An idea for the one that has circles around it. you could get a tesla beam, give it a really short range, increase burst to say, 11, and make its deviation like 200, and then you have a "lightning mine"
put one on each of the circles and theres an interesting ship

Zoid Crusader · Post by **Zoid Crusader** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:25 am

A frigate.

LactoseTolerant · Post by **LactoseTolerant** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:41 am

Better, but the ship stills feel wafer-thin. The frigate needs more sprites at the front. There's a contrast of depth on the frigate, as behind the two mecha sprites on top, there's 4 sprites under it. However, in front, there's only one. (Well, double the amounts, if you're taking mirroring into mind).

If you're looking for the wafer-thin look, here's a good example:

http://www.wyrdysm.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4865

(Scroll down for the ship TSA-styled ship)