The ARC (Amaterasu Dreadnaught and KKM)

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Better???

Poll ended at Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:43 am

Yes
5
33%
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Other (include post)
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7%
 
Total votes: 15

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Post by ianfreddie07 »

What happened to the wings? They look like thin, overstretched human legs.

But the colors are better.

Suggestion: Make the edges on the sides round. Square edges makes it look like a carved brick.
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Post by Danny420Dale »

Main hull is ok. Colors are better, but a bit too primary-colors for my taste. JPEG compression sucks in the pic.

But you FUCKING BLEW IT with those wings!! WTF is your major fucking malfunction?! Why not just park those pods right on the flats on each side instead of attaching them to such hilariously painfully fragile, awkward, flimsy AFFRONTS to good engineering and warship design you call 'wings!?' :roll:
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Post by Exethalion »

It's just a huge spade with flimsy wings...

I highly suggest you consider starting a new ship design scheme, and making your ships considerably smaller will help loads.
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Post by Swamp Fox »

IBurn36360 wrote:Here is the next update:
I'm hoping that this means it's not finished yet. For the love of cheese, please tell me it's gonna change, because yes, your wings need fixing. Also, personal something: your engine block doesn't look right to me.
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Post by Anna »

Zero improvement. I'm not even going to waste time pointing out what's wrong with it, 'cause it has all the problems of your old ships, except now instead of really dark, ugly colours, you have really bright ugly colours. I have ceased caring. You're a lost cause. Have fun making your... "ships".
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Post by Atherealprime »

It looked pretty nice untill I actually put it in the sandbox and there was these superfugly white pilliars for wings....wtf?ftw? What happened?
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Post by ianfreddie07 »

Zero improvement. I'm not even going to waste time pointing out what's wrong with it, 'cause it has all the problems of your old ships, except now instead of really dark, ugly colours, you have really bright ugly colours. I have ceased caring. You're a lost cause. Have fun making your... "ships".
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Post by IBurn36360 »

Danny420Dale wrote:Main hull is ok. Colors are better, but a bit too primary-colors for my taste.
Thanks, I'll release the SB3 so that people can recolor it, My color sence is not in any form good. I hope that another can do better so that I could copy the scheme.
Danny420Dale wrote:But you FUCKING BLEW IT with those wings!! WTF is your major fucking malfunction?! Why not just park those pods right on the flats on each side instead of attaching them to such hilariously painfully fragile, awkward, flimsy AFFRONTS to good engineering and warship design you call 'wings!?' :roll:
Ok, the wings were in progress, hence "Wing Connectoin" not "Wings.
The side cannons werent even on.

I'll post a finished version soon.
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Post by Magick »

IBurn36360 wrote: *snip*
I'll post a finished version soon.
I don't know what you think, but this version is VERY FAR from finished. So unless you haul ass and psychically predict what we think about your next version, i don't think it'll be finished by your next post.
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Post by Noctis »

I dunno about how it looks but it sure does burn really pretty

Image

Thats your cue to make sure this one is well parented ok?
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Post by Danny420Dale »

IBurn36360 wrote:
Danny420Dale wrote:But you FUCKING BLEW IT with those wings!! WTF is your major fucking malfunction?! Why not just park those pods right on the flats on each side instead of attaching them to such hilariously painfully fragile, awkward, flimsy AFFRONTS to good engineering and warship design you call 'wings!?' :roll:
Ok, the wings were in progress, hence "Wing Connectoin" not "Wings.
The side cannons werent even on.

I'll post a finished version soon.
Oh just stop making excuses. I for one have never seen another shipbuilder with such an 'interesting' build style as you, especially with regard to WIPs.

Here's what you did wrong: you showed the hull with just the wing spars before fleshing them out at all whatsoever. Result: Nobody paid much any attention to the newly-completed hull which, while the colors blow ass, the shapes actually seem to have improved.

Here's what I would have done: I'd have taken that screenshot immediately before building the wings and called it the main hull. ONLY THEN would I have commenced laying the wing spars and pods. After that I'd simply not release a WIP shot of the naked wing spars, but wait until the wing shape is essentially DONE. As for the colors, I'd vary the shading a bit darker and darker red as I worked my way out, possibly going to a nice steel blue-gray around things like weapon mounts and other hardware. I'd have also made the core hull blue-gray to match instead of BRIGHT FUCKING BLUE like my balls after a five-day Road Trip!

Here's what you did right: you're starting to figure out what sections fit well together and in okay configurations. In fact, I'm impressed enough with this turkey I've half a notion to shiprape it when you post the SB3 because I see some actual PROMISE in that hull. Don't expect any damn wings with the sidecandy, however. :lol:
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Post by IBurn36360 »

Bump!!!!

Well, after a LONG period of rebuilding it, the Amaterasu is getting yet another hull.

Things I've deleted:

The orriginal wing spars
ALL of the lower internals

Things I'll be doing:


Finishing the internals
the reactors will be deleted
Redoing the firepower
Reworking the colour

Pics so far:

Image
Image
Image
Image

In order:

Full view
Nose
Wing Area
Engines

Is what I am doing with the internals am improvement? (No colour issues please, those will be done later)

(Yes this is a work in progress)
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Post by SHAD0Wdump »

Those wings are going to die unless you've enough health on them.

They are also very repetitive.I've found alternating between 2's and 3's with 4's as fillers works very well.

Yeah 2-3-4 sounds stupidly unimaginative.But it works,and is easy to work with.

Engine glow isn't distinctive enough,not many will notice or pay attention enough.
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Post by Noctis »

Image

I think you should scrap this entirely and work on smaller ships.

Honestly, its a big brick. Just put this on hold and work on other things. Come back when you're a bit more experienced.
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Post by IBurn36360 »

I tried to do the section 3's in a way that made a sort of "outer shell". I may end up reworking it.

Thank you



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What exctly do you mean?
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