Navy of the Republic of Alesia

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:54 am

Yeah, I'm not terribly satisfied with it yet. As usual I won't call it finished until I'm satisfied, which may require chopping whole sections off. Any ideas?

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:46 am

I think it's starting to come together now.

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:38 pm

try changing the aegis color up to get different effects. also, try just using near black aegis if parts of the ship look better unshielded, but must be for balance. also, I would suggest not making these long lines of sections a key part of your ship building style. they really do look flimsy, and you can't just add a barrel to all of your ships.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:01 pm

As you can see from the last page, I r bad at making hulls with areas more than a few sections wide ):

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:09 pm

As you can see from the last page, I r bad at making hulls with areas more than a few sections wide ):

really, all you would have to do is splice on a scaled down version of those already existing arms to the outsides of the ship, and it would improve the looks a lot.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:30 pm

FIREST0RM000 wrote:
As you can see from the last page, I r bad at making hulls with areas more than a few sections wide ):
really, all you would have to do is splice on a scaled down version of those already existing arms to the outsides of the ship, and it would improve the looks a lot.

Which already existing arms? Splice them how?

FIREST0RM000 · Post by **FIREST0RM000** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:38 pm

Which already existing arms? Splice them how?

extending from the core, there are two large arms holding the Demeter launchers. repeat the existing pattern you have there to make the arm/wing things wider, and therefore look sturdier.

also, the front of the ship could use some expansion.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:09 am

I did that "splicing" thing you were talking about; does this look better?:

The engines are parented directly to the energy-beam things. I'm obviously going to have to put a lot more armor on the front.

Is a Demeter reload of 60 and lifetime of 900 too much for 36 drone launchers?...

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:33 am

I'm pretty much stuck unless I have some sort of epiphany (or someone else has it for me).

Should I scrap this for now and just move on to a new ship? (Assuming I'm not addicted to Fallout 3 for the next few weeks)