[BrotherBryon]

Sitting at just a little over 8000 pollys right now.
Suggestions, thoughts?


By brotherbryon at 2008-10-31


By brotherbryon at 2008-10-31


By brotherbryon at 2008-10-31


By brotherbryon at 2008-10-31

[Droid803]

Nice
I like what you did with the connecting spars.
Kinda looks (more) like the Nebulon-B frigate now.

[Galemp]

For the most part, it's really really nice! The big vertical brace on the front, though, needs an overhaul.

I'd suggest making the edges of that section open girders with cross-bracing, then having elevator tubes, ducts, and other mechanical paraphernalia inside. Sorta like I did with the Faustus, where the head joins the neck.

[Zacam]

Sweet jimminy cricket, that is hot.

[Hades]

I'm speechless.

So I'll tell you that it's very good.

[Hellstryker]

Would you mind telling me how the hell you get the edges flat like that in sketchup, so I can do my HTL Shaitan? 

[Capt_Thunder]

Well done. It's beautiful. Architecturally marvelous. kudos also on choosing what may be considered a minor ship to upgrade. Most persons would have chosen the ship with the biggest guns or their favorite fighter. Could you post the others you have done? I would love to see them.
However I do have one thought, and correct me if I am wrong. But from  practical point of view. A medical base or camp in times or war never has enough beds or supplies. Especially if the battle is is going bad. But there is only so much you can prepare for. With that in mind. Would it be possible to upgrade a transport ship to perform dual functions. To transport goods and personnel under normal circumstances, but can docked with the GTM Hippocrates, cleared out, beds be placed in and make an extra ward.
No one likes hospitals. So this kind of talk would scare most people. But it is something you have to do in  times of war.

[Goober5000]

Would it be possible to upgrade a transport ship to perform dual functions. To transport goods and personnel under normal circumstances, but can docked with the GTM Hippocrates, cleared out, beds be placed in and make an extra ward.

[Retsof]

For some reason I find that rather comical.

[Droid803]

There's also the Medical Faustus for medial research, and the Medical Chronos for carrying medicines and liver transplants.

[Mars]

I think they can probably grow new livers in 2364

[Droid803]

I was talking about 2335 - they don't use Chronos anymore in 2367.
And the liver was meant as a joke.

[BrotherBryon]

For the most part, it's really really nice! The big vertical brace on the front, though, needs an overhaul.

I'd suggest making the edges of that section open girders with cross-bracing, then having elevator tubes, ducts, and other mechanical paraphernalia inside. Sorta like I did with the Faustus, where the head joins the neck.

I like that idea, I'll play around with it and see what I can come up with. That part of the ship was bugging me a bit.

@Hellstryker, What do you mean exactly about the edges. I've been playing around with sketch up for well over a year now and If I have some how stumbled across something that can be helpful to you I'll gladly share it.

@Capt Thunder, I really haven't done all that much game wise, this and the Poseidon are the only ones so far and neither one of them is near completion.  I still need help from a texture artist and some one experienced at moving models from development to game. I've posted a few other models while learning how to use sketch up in the fan fiction and art boards. I sadly lost most of those when I lost the drive they were on a few months back.

Seriously begins to think that Goober knows about everything that pertains to Freespace, even things nobody would have thought of before.

[Mobius]

I was talking about 2335 - they don't use Chronos anymore in 2367.
And the liver was meant as a joke.

They're used in training modules as "Advanced Amazons", though.

[Snail]

They're used in training modules as "Advanced Amazons", though.

Advanced Amazons were also included in FS1.

The only difference is they have no turret and have a slightly different skin...

[Mobius]

I don't understand why they're called "Advanced Amazons", though. They should have been better fighter drones or something.

[Snail]

I don't understand why they're called "Advanced Amazons", though. They should have been better fighter drones or something.

*shrug*

We're off-topic anyway.


Which is better, this Hippo or Axem's?

[Mobius]

Link to Axem's?

I fail to understand while people create alternate versions of the same HTL models while MANY retail ships remain low-poly...

[Hellstryker]

@Hellstryker, What do you mean exactly about the edges. I've been playing around with sketch up for well over a year now and If I have some how stumbled across something that can be helpful to you I'll gladly share it.

All those little lines that look like simple triangulation are actually holding the model together 

[Raven2001]

Great job overall

Only thing that bugs me is the upper neck... I'm not enjoying it being cylindrical. Other than that, its all in the right track IMO