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Title: I need help designing a ship
Post by: blowfish on May 26, 2008, 12:50:09 am: I've been trying to design a ship. Its supposed to be somewhere between a destroyer and a juggernaut, ~4000-5000m long, and in the style of StratComm's Terran Fleetpack. The problem is, I've had trouble coming up with the general shape of the ship. I have a few concepts that follow the general shape of a battlestar, but I have my doubts about that, simply because it would look too much like a battlestar. So I need help coming up with a design. Any ideas?
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 26, 2008, 04:31:34 am: Don't be afraid to be derivative, just also don't be afraid to go back and screw with it a lot later.
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: colecampbell666 on May 29, 2008, 08:37:37 pm: Add wings or some middle projection to your corvette in the other thread.
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: DarthWang on May 30, 2008, 04:07:16 pm: Make it like a dagger with discs at the end
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: blowfish on May 30, 2008, 11:05:28 pm: Quote from: DarthWang on May 30, 2008, 04:07:16 pm
Make it like a dagger with discs at the end

:rolleyes: Grow Up
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: Droid803 on May 30, 2008, 11:59:08 pm: Why not make it Raynor-shaped back, and give it a Sideways Chimera head? (but DO add broadside cannons.
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: colecampbell666 on May 31, 2008, 08:31:43 am: Quote from: blowfish on May 30, 2008, 11:05:28 pm
Quote from: DarthWang on May 30, 2008, 04:07:16 pm
Make it like a dagger with discs at the end

:rolleyes: Grow Up
What? He was making a serious comment.
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: Stormkeeper on May 31, 2008, 11:38:40 am: My designs always look good on paper, but are incredibly irritating to model. On the bright side, I succesfully built one out of lego pieces. :lol:
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: DarthWang on May 31, 2008, 04:11:13 pm: Quote from: colecampbell666 on May 31, 2008, 08:31:43 am
Quote from: blowfish on May 30, 2008, 11:05:28 pm
Quote from: DarthWang on May 30, 2008, 04:07:16 pm
Make it like a dagger with discs at the end

:rolleyes: Grow Up
What? He was making a serious comment.

No I wasn't

:drevil:
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: Thor on May 31, 2008, 06:42:51 pm: I made a nice design out of a broadsword..... :nervous:
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: Droid803 on May 31, 2008, 06:49:04 pm: Its funny how there's more comments on a joke suggestion than actual suggestions >.>
Title: Re: I need help designing a ship
Post by: Stormkeeper on May 31, 2008, 07:29:09 pm: Quote from: Droid803 on May 31, 2008, 06:49:04 pm
Its funny how there's more comments on a joke suggestion than actual suggestions >.>
We like to have fun. :lol:

Anyway. When I design a ship, I tend to take into consideration how i want the ship to fight and its combat role. Do I want it to slug it out ? Do I want it to rain long range fire? Do I want it to have heavy forward ordnance? Or do I want it to be able to wade in deep and take on all comers? Once I figure that out, I start designing the ship in a way that makes in best suited for its role.