Aztec Shipyards (Sparrow Trashed, Stratobomber fixed)

Kestril · Post by **Kestril** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:28 am

I have a lot of quality to make in a little amount of time so I'm scrapping and starting over. (March 30th)

March 31st: Accidentally deleted some of those old ships, so they won't be on here anymore, but I did make a new one.

April 2nd: Update on the longbow, and brand new, can't-figure-out-the colors-craft. The Sparrow.

April 4th: Surprise! New craft, as well as some updates to the longbow and the Sparrow.

April 5th Not much, just fixed some errors with the stratobomber.

TI-84 Fire Support Platform Rating: Better.

Armament:
(pending)

Longbow Beam Destroyer. Rating: Good. Gettin' there.
"Has Potential" --Arcalane

Armament:
2 Wing mounted Medium Beam Emitters.
3 Body mounted Light beam emitters.

The Longbow uses a generator placed in the aft section of the ship to drive it's five beam emitters. The generator is poorly protected and robs the ship of maneuverability. Needless to say, the ship relies on offensive firepower to destroy the enemy threat before the enemy has a chance to shoot back.

B-250 Stratobomber

Armament:
X6 Anti-Fighter Pulse guns.
X1 Anti-fighter Lazer Turret
X8 Heavy Anti-Material Torpedoes (HAMTs)
X1 Electro-Magnetic Pulse gun.

The only craft that can turn YOUR battleship into an asteroid belt. The stratobomber boasts firepower, and comes equipped with an EMP to leave the enemy defenseless while it closes in for the kill. Be careful though, It's only a threat when it gets close, from far away, it's target practice.

Marble defense grid.

Armament:
X4 Medium beam emitters.

A stationary satellite equipped with four MBE. Good for a stationary, cheap defense in a hurry. A rotational drive gives all beams a chance to fire for maximum firerate.

TRASH BIN:
The Albuquerque Class Carrier. Rating: Fail.

J-88 Sparrow Multipurpose Frigate. Rating: Alright.

Post by **Arcalane** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:52 am

BUBBLE SMASH.

SWACS;
Mirroring error on the thruster. Rather bland design. Alignment issues with the circular section and the turret. It looks more like an unmanned probe with a gun to me.

Thunderbolt;
Ew. Simple, sure, but butt-ugly. Way too large for a gunship in the ASC as well.

Smokehead;
See above. It doesn't look much like a strikecraft, and is far too big for such.

Warpman · Post by **Warpman** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:27 pm

I like the first one. except for the "sticks" that look a bit opened (create a custom sprite with closed end.
Btw. Adding plasma to tiny ships results in rather funny neo-style battles

Kestril · Post by **Kestril** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:23 am

I'll try that sometime. Sounds fun.

Arc, I really appreciate the honest feedback I don't like to be pampered into shipbuilding, and I realize that I have a ways to go.

I'ma starting fresh with this ship here, the zenith. I'm unsure what armament It'll have, or to put it as a fighter or a bomber role. (Maybe a small corvette? Escort Craft? Gunship?) Basically, I'm not sure what a ship of this size calls for:

Arrowhead interceptor

Yucca Corvette:

Kestril · Post by **Kestril** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:47 am

Update: See Top post for description.

Warpman · Post by **Warpman** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:06 am

Looks better than before, although the wing beamers are GREEN while they are attached to 100% GREY sections. Add some GREEN doodads nearby to make the impression of beamers being part of the ship, not alien parasite on wing.

Still something tells me that this ship is a bit powerless in 1x2 and 1x3 battles. His guns are 100% forward and he will lose to 3 pathetic tiny fighters with 10 hp.

Kestril · Post by **Kestril** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:45 am

Yup The Longbow is a shoot once ship. If it has to shoot twice, something is wrong.

Here's one I've been workin' on:
The Albuquerque Class carrier

blackrider123 · Post by **blackrider123** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:28 pm

pls... your cruiser looks horrible, especially the blank spaces. The design is quite bad and the color is wrong. The parts used were also bad! Try another style, this doesn't fit you well!

SHAD0Wdump · Post by **SHAD0Wdump** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:44 pm

That is a very unorthodox shipbuilding style you have there...

At least by my standard method.

blackrider123 · Post by **blackrider123** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:31 pm

may i also know whats ur style of shipbuilding? whatever it is, search the internet on it and try making the nice looking ships you found, you might be able to create wonderful ships!

maarten · Post by **maarten** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:16 pm

blackrider123 wrote:may i also know whats ur style of shipbuilding? whatever it is, search the internet on it and try making the nice looking ships you found, you might be able to create wonderful ships!

blackrider123 wrote:pls... your cruiser looks horrible, especially the blank spaces. The design is quite bad and the color is wrong. The parts used were also bad! Try another style, this doesn't fit you well!

This is it you can say what you want about me but this is just not right! You can have your criticism but this is rude and not helping him.
And how the fuck is he supposed to look this up. I am sick and tired of these stupid posts of yours, if you are banned stop doing this shit.

Sorry for the offtopic comments on this guy, ships look great IMO but the guns on the longbow should have a slightly darker colour.

Warpman · Post by **Warpman** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:44 pm

owch. the carrier looks very unstable and unrealistic. Although it looks like Aztec vehicles from Rise of legends.

SHAD0Wdump · Post by **SHAD0Wdump** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:47 pm

Do be aware he said that the carrier is a WIP,my comment was about how he is building the ship.Am I right to presume those dots and doodads are markers for future section placement?

Post by **Arcalane** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:05 pm

They look more like runway guide lights for strikecraft launch/landing to me.

Either way, it's bloody ridiculous.

The Longbow maybe has potential, with a bit of work, but those green guns and the front sections just don't 'work' right now, I think.

Kestril · Post by **Kestril** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:55 am

^Yah^ I was trying something new there, but I guess I'll stick to the smaller craft. I figured I might go over the top or nothing at all, looks like I went too over the top.

@ Maarten, Thanks for the defense, but I realize that people like to voice their opinions stronger than others. Anyways, thanks. It's not like I'm going to cray about it or anything:p

New ship: No Doodads added:
Sparrow Class Frigate

I need some darn help on coloring, dangit. It looks fine all green, but I just can't seem to get the colors right.

TI-84 Fire support Platform

And a minor update on the longbow.

I'm still trying to think of how to make the front look a little more attractive, but I think adding a few doodads and toning down the guns helped.

Either way, it's bloody ridiculous.

<--- Thinking of 'sigging' that.