Hard Light Productions Forums

Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: an0n on March 15, 2004, 05:40:40 pm

Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: an0n on March 15, 2004, 05:40:40 pm: (http://www.penguinbomb.com/images/prototrans2.jpg)

Everything forward of the Access Tubes is one big detatchable cargo-pod. And it's 'official' class is a mega-freighter.

I was gonna make a start on my God Ship, but thought it best to sharpen my admittedly blunt skills before I tried that. So I'm building up the support fleet with freighters, transports and cruisers so I don't make a completely crappy job of the big *****.

Anyway, whaddaya think of it for the basic shape and such?
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Nico on March 15, 2004, 06:08:15 pm: I'm more for lenghty designs than wide ones, but that's just taste. For now, it's difficult to say anything, to be honest, unless that's the final version?
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: an0n on March 15, 2004, 07:22:18 pm: Dear God, no. I'm not that bad........At least, I hope I'm not.

This is just a "Whee, look at the layout" kinda thing.

And I might demote it from a Mega-Freighter to some kind of cap-ship resupply workbee thingy. Just hanging around to move the pods into their bays on bigger ships.

Anyway...........
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Corhellion on March 15, 2004, 08:34:15 pm: *Cough* Good guy Carrier from HW: Cataclysm *Cough*

...it looks good!
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: mikhael on March 15, 2004, 09:29:14 pm: An0n, you said the front half is a single removable unit. Could the units be lined up back to back so that there are like six or seven of them? That'd certainly qualify as a 'mega freighter'.
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: phreak on March 15, 2004, 09:41:21 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Corhellion
Good guy Carrier from HW: Cataclysm

&*(^# about to say the same thing when i saw it.

anyways, nice work an0n
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: an0n on March 15, 2004, 10:56:11 pm: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
An0n, you said the front half is a single removable unit. Could the units be lined up back to back so that there are like six or seven of them? That'd certainly qualify as a 'mega freighter'.
Which one?:

(http://www.penguinbomb.com/images/layout1.jpg)(http://www.penguinbomb.com/images/layout2.jpg)

And I'm completely redoing the actual freighter bit because, as I always do, a few hours after stopping work I've decided it looks ghey and needs changing.
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Bobboau on March 15, 2004, 11:31:59 pm: I like the one on the left
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Knight Templar on March 15, 2004, 11:57:15 pm: I like the one on the left the most, but the one on the right looks the most original.
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: mikhael on March 16, 2004, 12:49:19 am: I prefer the one on the left too. The one on the right is pretty groovy, but, resembles and idea of mine, so you can't use it. ;)

Truthfully though, my honest opinion is the one on the left is cooler.
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Nico on March 16, 2004, 01:56:21 am: Make two ships :p
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Bobboau on March 16, 2004, 02:00:24 am: the one on the right has more detail, but the one on the left just screams
"I AM A BIG ****ING MEGA FREGHTER!!!!! PHEAR MY CARGO HAULING CAPACITY"
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Grug on March 16, 2004, 05:32:07 am: yah id say left 1 too. :D

lol Bobboau.

Wonder what the scan time will be ? :p
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Stryke 9 on March 16, 2004, 11:40:37 am: Flat one? Ugh. Noncompact, looks undetailed, doesn't have the chunkitude a freighter should. Make the pods three times as thick as they are now and add a ****load of detail, or include a second tier of pods, then maybe.
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Flipside on March 16, 2004, 01:57:09 pm: Well, although the left one looks cooler the right one is far more functional in my books, after all, freighters are about hauling freight, and the right one looks like a big bastard freighter, whereas the left one looks like something from X2 ;)
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Fineus on March 16, 2004, 03:57:14 pm: The one on the left looks vaguely Star Wars like in its dimensions...the one on the right is more like a station from IWar2 on its side... I like both!
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Corsair on March 16, 2004, 05:34:31 pm: I like the one on the left. It just FEELS bigger. The other one doesn't give the impression of size....

Hm. That could apply to quite a few things.... :nervous:
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Fractux on March 16, 2004, 05:54:48 pm: I really like both of them.

I actually like the one on the right better. :nervous:
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: an0n on March 20, 2004, 12:36:54 pm: I've decided this one's a test-run.

I'l finish it, then once I'm sure I've got it looking how I want, I'll start over again to make the model more precise and less haphazard.

Anyway, small update:

(http://www.penguinbomb.com/images/prototrans4.jpg)
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Nico on March 20, 2004, 12:38:37 pm: sweet, but considering the size of the thing ( it's big, I suppose ), you'll want to scale the warning strips accordingly?
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: an0n on March 20, 2004, 12:43:06 pm: The way I figure it, the scale doesn't matter. I mean, if the thing is bigger, then you'd need bigger warnings to make sure people saw them. And all the atmospheric seals and door locking mechanics have to be kept somewhere so why not just paint that whole bit in warning stripes.

But I'll probably end up scaling it down anyway when I restart it with more detail.
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: an0n on March 20, 2004, 04:13:23 pm: Hey, and I've managed to finally get my soft-subspace onto a 3D cone without it ****ing up:

(http://www.penguinbomb.com/images/subspacetest.jpg)
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Taristin on March 20, 2004, 04:46:56 pm: Purdy...
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Knight Templar on March 20, 2004, 05:15:14 pm: Trippy...
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Tiara on March 20, 2004, 05:17:57 pm: Bluewhiteishy
Title: Meh: WIP
Post by: Taristin on March 20, 2004, 05:20:11 pm: Bluefish!