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Title: New alien race
Post by: Krackers87 on October 08, 2003, 11:28:39 pm: Im thinking about naming them the prophets but im not sure.

This is the second ship ive done so far for them:

(http://hades-combine.com/mods/Me/Portfolio/Clam.jpg)

Right now its called the clam. I need a better name. for the ship and the races.

This thing is 16 km long. Is a mothership of sorts and the symbol on the top signifies the end of the universe.

It has 14 beam cannons, 6 placed evenly on the rim and 8 in the brown center part a la Sajuuk and the dreadnought from HW2.

Thats all im revealing cuz its for a campaign of mine.

Thoughts?
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Post by: Starks on October 08, 2003, 11:39:12 pm: How about Xenoans for a race name.
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Post by: Bobboau on October 08, 2003, 11:55:31 pm: wow... mars atacks!
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 09, 2003, 12:53:12 am: It looks like a (poorly) textured m&m, especially for it's supposed size. Just for reference, it shouldn't look flat from the top view if it's 16km in diameter and not flat..
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Post by: Nico on October 09, 2003, 01:34:59 am: well, if it's a new race, seems odd to me that it uses shivan, terran and vasudan maps, no?
it's too fat, also.
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Post by: Black Wolf on October 09, 2003, 03:19:23 am: Quote
Originally posted by Venom
well, if it's a new race, seems odd to me that it uses shivan, terran and vasudan maps, no?
it's too fat, also.

Agreed. Custom maps own. No matter how alien you make a ship model, it's always going to be either streamlined, boxy or spiky enough to make people think it's Vasudan, Terran or Shivan (Unless you make it bulbous I suppose, and I don't mean like this, exactly - more detailed). Anyway, I'd demonstrate by showing the only public image of one of TIs new species but I don't want to threadjack, so I wont.

Anyway, yeah, go custom texs, and a more detailed model.
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Post by: Liberator on October 09, 2003, 10:05:30 am: I agree, it needs new textures. If there supposed to be ancient, maybe something along the lines of a stone wall kind of setup with light coming through the cracks?
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Post by: Nico on October 09, 2003, 10:11:50 am: mmh, I'd suggest a look ala thirdspace gate as seen in the eponym babylon5 movie.
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Post by: Flipside on October 09, 2003, 10:28:49 am: Looks slightly Bentusi to me, but a nice model nonetheless. I'd suggest bits on the top and base of the model, i.e. Pods, nodules and other sticky up and down bits, otherwise flying across the ship is going to skew your perspectives a bit :)

Flipside :D
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Post by: Woolie Wool on October 09, 2003, 10:39:00 am: Get some new textures for that thing and add more greebles to the top and to the middle. And where are the engines?
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 09, 2003, 01:18:39 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Woolie Wool
Get some new textures for that thing and add more greebles to the top and to the middle. And where are the engines?

That recessed bit probably. though you don't necessarrily need to have recognisable engines........
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Post by: Unknown Target on October 09, 2003, 01:22:22 pm: Bleh, looks sorta like a ID4 saucer.
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Post by: TrashMan on October 09, 2003, 06:54:49 pm: I suggest greatly increasing the texture tiling.
Once you fly close to that thng you won't see nothin'n!
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Post by: StratComm on October 09, 2003, 07:02:23 pm: Says the master of the overtiled ships...
I say leave the tiling low, unless you mix up the texture you are using. You can offset the blurring of textures by using super-sized texture maps.
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Post by: Hippo on October 10, 2003, 08:44:18 pm: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14

That recessed bit probably. though you don't necessarrily need to have recognisable engines........

except volition got all dumb and put thruster glows onto the demon and lucifer in FS2 when they were absent in FS1...
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Post by: Setekh on October 11, 2003, 03:13:17 am: Do something about those textures, mate. Something, anything. Search the net for a new set that suits your vision for the new race, just... don't leave em' Shivan. ;)
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 11, 2003, 01:53:10 pm: Yup. I got the original Nightmare textures off a website, as a matter-of-fact.
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Post by: TrashMan on October 11, 2003, 04:58:01 pm: Quote
Originally posted by StratComm
Says the master of the overtiled ships...
I say leave the tiling low, unless you mix up the texture you are using. You can offset the blurring of textures by using super-sized texture maps.

I do not overtile ships!
I just make them look huge!*Are you jeloaus?*
His ships is 16km long! It won't be good if it looks smaller than the Collossus.:D
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Post by: Falcon on October 11, 2003, 05:07:47 pm: A name hmmm.... How about the Iconians?
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Post by: Liberator on October 12, 2003, 12:04:17 am: If you really want to, go for it, but that is one of Picard's many mythic, dead races from the first couple of seasons of ST:TNG.

More specifically, from the episode Contagion.
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Post by: Starks on October 12, 2003, 12:37:55 am: I suggested Xenoans.
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Post by: Krackers87 on October 12, 2003, 01:34:54 am: Xenoans sounds good. I like using original FS texes but ill take a look at some other stuff.
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Post by: Ashrak on October 12, 2003, 02:10:35 am: w000t its a huge broken food plate :nervous:
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Post by: Nico on October 12, 2003, 03:35:59 am: the booleaned part for what is, I guess the engines, isn't regular :doubt:
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Post by: Black Wolf on October 12, 2003, 06:59:29 am: Quote
Originally posted by TrashMan

I do not overtile ships!
I just make them look huge!*Are you jeloaus?*

Dude... No.

Just No. :doubt:
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 12, 2003, 01:53:58 pm: Quote
Originally posted by TrashMan

I do not overtile ships!
I just make them look huge!*Are you jeloaus?*

:lol: :wtf:
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Post by: Hippo on October 12, 2003, 03:29:36 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Venom
:dount:

:p you misspelled donut...

'tis the only drawback of the quick reply box... no smiliy list...

:doubt:
Title: Umm Krackers?
Post by: Star Dragon on October 12, 2003, 10:44:54 pm: Hi, Can I steal that for the Robotech2Mod? Since it's a clam and the Invid use Clamships for assualt transports (holding a few hundred of mecha), I think it would work well..? sound ok?
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Post by: Gloriano on October 13, 2003, 07:29:26 am: Quote
Originally posted by Ashrak
w000t its a huge broken food plate :nervous:

:lol:
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Post by: Hippo on October 13, 2003, 09:04:32 am: Donut!
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Post by: Falcon on October 13, 2003, 08:29:50 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Hippo
Donut!

Where!
[starts to drool]:D
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Post by: Krackers87 on October 13, 2003, 10:32:46 pm: sure you can use it after i finish modelling it. unless you want it half turreted.