[Nyctaeus]

So yeah. It's time again. New insane thing with sick polycount is going to happen. And this time I want something different, then I usually do.

I want monsters, nightmares and... Cables. Lots of cables. Deliberately thicc cables. So I picked one of my most beloved designs.

We have RGA's Rakshasa and Sathanas, so I should keep some consistency. And I do... But I also want a touch of Lovecraft :].

[Su-tehp]

You know what would make this model even scarier? It not being so glitched that it shoots through itself.

EDIT: I like how this model looks but I'm not sure about those 4 long thin claws/barbs coming out of those 2 nodules on the cables. They just seem like they're something for Shivan fighters emerging from the starboard fighterbay to crash into for no good reason. They're not part of any subsystem, are they?

[DefCynodont119]

I'm trying to shoot out the beam turrets though the screen but nothings happening ahhh


looks good, I have to say I think I like the grouping of cables, though the ship as a hole seems a tiny bit more thin then it was. .

That could just be me tho.

[Nightmare]

I want monsters, nightmares and... Cables. Lots of cables. Deliberately thicc cables. So I picked one of my most beloved designs.

We have RGA's Rakshasa and Sathanas, so I should keep some consistency. And I do... But I also want a touch of Lovecraft :].

I love this craft~

[Su-tehp]

...I also want a touch of Lovecraft :].

I love this craft~

I see what you did there.

[CapellaGoBoom]

Already looks incredible! The main guns on its prow kinda look like Nod obelisks of light. Just my opinion

[0rph3u5]

Nice

The more organic look of the cables and the additionally antennae provide a nice counter point to the segemented armour plating, like the more obviously engineered looking parts encasing something - Are you planing to reinforce the contrast in the textures too?

BTW are we going to get some additional destroyable subobject for the Ravana, just like with the Leviathan? - It would help with getting the Ravana out of the "take out the LReds"-rutt that it sometimes comes in.

EDIT: I like how this model looks but I'm not sure about those 4 long thin claws/barbs coming out of those 2 nodules on the cables. They just seem like they're something for Shivan fighters emerging from the starboard fighterbay to crash into for no good reason. They're not part of any subsystem, are they?

The 3 $bay paths should take care of that, like in the original (for illustration, see attachment)



[attachment eaten by a Shivan]

[Mobius]

I love how all those cables seem to imply that there's some sort of reactor, deep within the ship's hull, powering up the front beam cannons. Who knows, maybe that's what wanted in the first place?

[Trivial Psychic]

I would suggest accessorizing the entrance to (at least the port) fighterbay with inward curving claws to give it the appearance of the maw on one of those weird micro-worms.

[Nyctaeus]

Maps are going to be similar to Oddgrim's Demon, but yeah, I'm going to use some semi-organic patterns to highlight some areas and deepen the organic vibe.

I can include some additional, untargettable subsystems. New model is composed from tons of non-manifold objects, so I can easily separate some cables or external plates from parent object and make destroyed variants for them.

[Colonol Dekker]

* Colonol Dekker approves

[manwiththemachinegun]

I love it. Especially the re-imagining of the "cable" as a tangled, root like stalk.

[Ulala]

The Ravana is one of my favorite models, can't wait to see this one continue to take shape.

[Luis Dias]

Beautiful, go even further through nightmarish forms, I love it, the cables swirling around each other, the forms suggesting organic exoskeletons / medieval overkill armor, the weird plugs where the outside cables join the rear body.

Great work!

[Iain Baker]

Freeeky, in a good way 

Are the bottom cables going to connect to something like in the current model? I always liked how the lights flowing in opposite directions on the ravana hinted at energy, liquid, 'stuff' flowing in a circuit. 

[Colonol Dekker]

Looks like there's a waiting socket ont the current model in progress.

[Pnakotus]

Yeah, they were present in a previous version. The way they coil under the ship to attach on the underside is great.

I’m curious where the pin joints on the rear talons goes too - they have armour from the rear and give the whip a kind of front/rear symmetry.

[Nyctaeus]

Freeeky, in a good way 

Are the bottom cables going to connect to something like in the current model? I always liked how the lights flowing in opposite directions on the ravana hinted at energy, liquid, 'stuff' flowing in a circuit. 

They are now connected :]. And yeah, I'm gonna make animated texture for the braids, so they will pulse the same way as they do on Raven's Ravana.

Raven's Ravana o___O

[DefCynodont119]

I check in on this thread every few hours and literally the P3D model has more progress every time.


You are the fastest modeler in the west!

[CKid]

Vassago's Dirge is definitely going to get another play-though when this monster gets released.