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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Sandwich on May 10, 2004, 05:47:37 pm
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Y'all just had to go and post a bunch of inspirational pictures of warships (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,23470.0.html), didn't you? :p
After seeing the stealth (?) warship(s?) on page 2 (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,23470.0.html), I thought about what would make a wet-navy ship classify as a "stealth" ship. Obviously it can't be made to blend in with the waves, so "stealth" must not be referring to visual stealth, but to something else - radar and/or sonar stealth.
So, this is my take on a wet-navy's F117, if you will. A ship with sharp angles, flat planes facing in unconventional directions, etc - something that will scatter radar waves all over the place and, if it is detected, it's radar profile certainly wouldn't look anything like a typical modern warship. :)
So here she is, the SSS (Sandwich's Stealth Ship) Unchristened, most definitely still a WIP. The most glaring omission so far is the complete lack of a superstructure. The dark areas are flat, level sections, with the 4 diamond-shaped areas along the sides dedicated to secondary gun turrets, which I haven't made yet.
Dimensions (hull only): 300x56x44 meters
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sandwich/modeling/battleship01.jpg)
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sandwich/modeling/battleship02.jpg)
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/sandwich/modeling/battleship03.jpg)
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Looks unpleasant to encounter :) It, as you have already said, needs fluff :D You want lots of pipes on a Battleship, it's something I've always noticed about Battleships is the need to build pipes everywhere ;)
I suppose if it ran out of Ammo, it could always ram the enemy ship and saw it in half ;)
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I love naval warfare :D
Looks like a very original idea, sandwich :yes:
ATM, it looks a bit like a submarine with deck guns.
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(http://www.full-metal-panic.com/images/hangar/tuatha/tuatha01.gif)
I say make it a bit like this.
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Delta that ship kicks ass. Yours does too sandwich.
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Originally posted by Flipside
You want lots of pipes on a Battleship, it's something I've always noticed about Battleships is the need to build pipes everywhere ;)
Not really, no. Look at this ship, posted by Venom in that "Warships" thread:
(http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/lafayette/images/lafayette1.jpg)
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Originally posted by delta_7890
(http://www.full-metal-panic.com/images/hangar/tuatha/tuatha01.gif)
I say make it a bit like this.
Oh! the Tuatha de Danan :)
Sandwich: a ship is actually the only thing I can imagine being made invisible from the eye with todays technology: I'm sure it must not be compluicated to create fog with that many water around :)
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Hah! :lol: Well, to be honest, I was gonna make it a hybrid dual-hull / hovercraft ship originally, but figured I'd start with something simpler. ;)
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2 things
1. nico posted that ship not venom
2. wtf is with the gay pink turrets?!!? *cough*not to mention the puke yellow barrles *cough*
ahh constructive critisism lives on! :yes:
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venom -> my old nick
Sandwich: the Tuatha is a submarine actually.
And you need stealth turrets my fellow edible friend :D
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Glad to see I'm not the only one familiar with Full Metal Panic. ^^; Now, will your ship carry mecha too?
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Originally posted by delta_7890
Glad to see I'm not the only one familiar with Full Metal Panic. ^^;
Would be a shame, FMP is pretty good.
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hay... where's Tessa :D
oh and Sandwich, quite a neat model so far :nod:
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Originally posted by Nico
Would be a shame, FMP is pretty good.
Aye, that it is. I still need to finish the series. ><;
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Originally posted by Splinter
2 things
1. nico posted that ship not venom
2. wtf is with the gay pink turrets?!!? *cough*not to mention the puke yellow barrles *cough*
ahh constructive critisism lives on! :yes:
"Constructive" my arse! The day I get my Radeon 9800 Pro, you just had to introduce me to Lemonade Tycoon Deluxe, didn't you? 5 hours, down the drain! :hopping:
Originally posted by Nico
Sandwich: the Tuatha is a submarine actually.
I meant my reply in reference to your mention of creating fog around a ship... hovercrafts do that to a certain extent. :)
Originally posted by Nico
And you need stealth turrets my fellow edible friend :D
Ahh yes, I started out the turrets with that goal in mind, but got sidetracked and forgot about it half-way through. :p
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Hmmm. Hmm, Hmm, Hmm. I like what I see so far - err, how many polies are you aiming at/do you have now?
Err... meh. Strudel it. PM sent, well, it will have been by the time you read this anyway. I assume. Err... oh look, a shiney object.
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I'm at work, so I can't check how many polies exactly ATM, but I'd guess currently, for what you see in the screenshots, something around 1000-1500. Pretty low-poly. :)
And PM replied to. ;)