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Title: UEC Custos
Post by: Darius on May 27, 2011, 04:51:53 am
Download (http://www.mediafire.com/?aag59jmbf2srozh)

The UEC Custos - Too small and useless to be much use in the current conflict, but Sanctus losses and a scarcity of hulls means that these are becoming employed more and more in front-line operations.

Model credits to Cadius for his X3 ship mod with some minor editing by myself (but we know Noah shipyards are the ones we should all thank for the first inspiration of the model. Thank you Noah colony).

It's got LODs and a sorrowful excuse for debris but it's ready for those who want to use it in FRED!

(http://blueplanet.fsmods.net/E/pics/Custos.png)

Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Destiny on May 27, 2011, 04:58:48 am
Congratulations on getting it done so fast and efficiently!
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: starbug on May 27, 2011, 04:59:07 am
Nice very nice!
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 27, 2011, 05:07:22 am
I always <3'd the shape of Nexus Destoryers and Cruisers. I hope you get an "Avalanche" inspired vessel too later on down the line. Props to you all.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: TrashMan on May 27, 2011, 05:36:01 am
That looks like a slightly elongated ships for Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Hades on May 27, 2011, 05:57:20 am
That looks like a slightly elongated ships for Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.
Uh, yes. That'd be because that's almost exactly what it is, even stated by Darius in the first post.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Nyctaeus on May 27, 2011, 08:32:13 am
Tiling factor for main textures is a bit too small, textures are a bit strained but it's not a big problem. Very nice model, good work :yes:. Good source of inspiration :).
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Commander Zane on May 27, 2011, 08:39:07 am
Oh my god the Noah Destroyer, I loved that damn ship. :D
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Darius on May 27, 2011, 08:51:47 am
Later revisions will get a nameplate, better LODs and debris and (hopefully) UVmapping.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Commander Zane on May 27, 2011, 08:54:45 am
 :yes:
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: PeterX on May 27, 2011, 09:36:05 am
Looks dangerous and sexy :yes:
Peter
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 27, 2011, 12:30:19 pm
Looks dangerous and sexy :yes:
Peter

I've had the same said about me :p


They all love it :D

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Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: IronBeer on May 27, 2011, 12:36:28 pm
Still a good-looking ship. Nice work!
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: PsychoLandlord on May 27, 2011, 12:56:36 pm
Excellent. Congrats on the release.  :yes:
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: AtomicClucker on May 27, 2011, 10:38:09 pm
Love this sucker, it also reminds me of the Excalibur from Wing Commander 3.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 28, 2011, 08:02:54 am
I spend too much time on facebook I was looking.for.the like button on the previous post/comment lol :*
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Darius on May 28, 2011, 08:24:32 am
I always <3'd the shape of Nexus Destoryers and Cruisers. I hope you get an "Avalanche" inspired vessel too later on down the line. Props to you all.

(http://blueplanet.hard-light.net/sendai.jpg)

Accepting orders now. Where would you like yours parked? :P
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 28, 2011, 11:26:18 am
You gorgeous sexy bastard. I always preferred this over the battleship. It just feels MEANER :)
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: mr.WHO on May 28, 2011, 11:32:25 am
Don't forget about Noah Battleship (Cadius Nagoya) and Carrier (Cadius Saitama) :)

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f75/chobit-389/Cadius%20Ships/Cad21.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f75/chobit-389/Cadius%20Ships/Cad10.jpg

Those could be UEF previous generation dedicated Combat Destroyer and Fleet Carrier/ carrier destroyer (well this might be not so good considering that there is no need for Carrier in Sol).
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Nyctaeus on May 28, 2011, 11:35:32 am
Don't forget about Noah Battleship (Cadius Nagoya) and Carrier (Cadius Saitama) :)

Those could be UEF previous generation dedicated Combat Destroyer and Fleet Carrier (well this might be not so good considering that there is no need for Carrier in Sol).
Yeah, I want the Saitama! :D
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: mr.WHO on May 28, 2011, 11:40:09 am
BTW this one could be UEF fighter logistic ship (coz if I remember UEF still use Centaurs):
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f75/chobit-389/Cadius%20Ships/Cad14.jpg
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Commander Zane on May 28, 2011, 11:42:15 am
That looks far too large though.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Nyctaeus on May 28, 2011, 11:47:05 am
It would be a good replacement for ugly Kadmoses.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: General Battuta on May 28, 2011, 11:47:45 am
BTW this one could be UEF fighter logistic ship (coz if I remember UEF still use Centaurs):
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f75/chobit-389/Cadius%20Ships/Cad14.jpg

That ship was actually in War in Heaven at one point, but was pulled because we couldn't find the original modeler to ask for permission at the time.

The UEF does have a new support ship for R2.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: PsychoLandlord on May 28, 2011, 01:01:17 pm
I could see the Noah Cruiser (I think its the Sendai in Cadius' mod) floating around somewhere in the UEF armory, but for some reason the Colossus (Saitama) and Battleship (Nagoya) would just look out of place anywhere in FS, in my opinion. A bit too...curvy, I guess? Just my two cents though.

And now I can't decide if this is making me want to play X or Nexus. Dammit. :mad:
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: bigchunk1 on June 16, 2011, 05:00:31 pm
This release is missing the Warhammer#custos weapon. Can we get an update or if not, how would just having normal warhammers instead work?
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Darius on June 16, 2011, 06:58:58 pm
They're pretty similar in power to Warhammer#Sanctus
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Darius on July 16, 2011, 07:20:26 am
 :bump:

Updated (http://www.mediafire.com/?aag59jmbf2srozh) download with a resmoothed pof, and table changed to have a less ridiculous explosion radius. It now uses Warhammer#Sanctus, which means you can just add it into the mod without having to create the weapon or edit the table entry.



It would be a good replacement for ugly Kadmoses.

The ugly Kadmos is getting a replacement, along with a few civilian ships like the Florence, Demeter, etc.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Commander Zane on July 16, 2011, 08:30:07 am
(http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/SpootKnight/FreeSpace/Texture1.png)

(http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/SpootKnight/FreeSpace/Texture2.png)

I don't remember if this was on the previous download but the glow in these areas don't seem like they're meant to be there.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: StargateSpankyHam on July 19, 2011, 06:51:05 pm
 :eek2: Awesome ship!

Honestly, I'd download this and include it in my mod...but unfortunately, I really don't have a need for anymore terran warships.

Really like the Noah colony starships though. Only thing better would be a FS2 Angelwing - or those awesome jumper-ships from the Bridgehead mission.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: LordPomposity on August 23, 2011, 10:36:30 am
Download link appears to be broken, could somebody please repost?
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: Darius on August 23, 2011, 11:08:39 am
Whoops, forgot to update the first post with the new link. I fix.

I don't remember if this was on the previous download but the glow in these areas don't seem like they're meant to be there.

That's a result of texture substitution from the original. It'll eventually get UV'd and those areas will be sorted out.
Title: Re: UEC Custos
Post by: LordPomposity on August 23, 2011, 11:29:55 am
Thank you, Darius.