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Title: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 01, 2013, 02:36:29 am
I'm not really sure why I decided to make this thread, but, lately, I've been wanting to find more tall spaceships. Tall or just vertical spaceships are pretty cool, and I'm disappointed that there aren't more of them. I mean, EVE Online has quite a few!

So uhh, yeah. Go ahead and post pictures of tall spaceships.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: S-99 on December 01, 2013, 04:41:55 am
Homeworld has the main big bad vertical mothership.

EDIT: It does make me wonder why the borg never had rectangular ships, let alone pyramid shape.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 01, 2013, 04:59:46 am
Of course! And yeah, the lack of a Borg rectangle confused me. Anyway I'm finding pictures for this since I accidently hit "Post" before I was done, so uhh  :nervous:
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: headdie on December 01, 2013, 05:13:11 am
Of course! And yeah, the lack of a Borg rectangle confused me. Anyway I'm finding pictures for this since I accidently hit "Post" before I was done, so uhh  :nervous:

there is a rectangular recon ship in Star Trek Armada, but I am not sure how "canon" that would be. 


Also
btw, if somebody wants the blender model files or uncompressend and higher resolution textures of the ships, you know who to ask

and more lego:
(http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/64901/1372045930m_DISPLAY.jpg)
(http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/64901/1372045887m_DISPLAY.jpg)
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/363104
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Patriot on December 01, 2013, 06:04:57 am
http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120115155841/starwars/images/5/5b/Bwing_negvv.jpg

Yeyuuhh!!
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 01, 2013, 06:45:33 am
http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2012/094/d/6/eve_online_oracle_by_commanderalchemy-d4v0h78.png
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080927214102/eve/images/f/f7/Naglfar3.jpg
http://evepics.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/epmyrmidon.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-10l-ZVpvtLI/TtlRTYy9bII/AAAAAAAAARw/x8ugZBD36Xs/s1600/2011.11.29.20.37.51.jpg

Well, here are some EVE Online tallships  :lol:

Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: An4ximandros on December 01, 2013, 07:21:24 am
Didn't nexus the Jupiter Incident have those massive Vardrag ships? and the Great Dar- Locust mothership? And the Noah frigate (and cut corvette that's in the files)? The Noah bombers were also tall. As were the Ghost ships. I'll stop now :p
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 01, 2013, 07:25:17 am
Yeah, the Vardrag ships were pretty cool in that regard. Although the Locust mothership isn't very vertical or tall, just... long.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on December 01, 2013, 07:47:15 am
For those who haven't played Nexus:
(http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100605142057/starships/images/e/e9/Vardrag_Cityship.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: StarSlayer on December 01, 2013, 10:48:49 pm
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100426191658/firefly/images/e/e7/IAVDortmunder.jpg)

Six gerslters crammed right under every cooling drive so that you strain your primary artery function and you end up having to recycle secondary exaust through a bypass system...just so's you don't end up pumping it through the main atmofeed and asphyxiating the entire crew. Now *that's* junk!
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 02, 2013, 01:37:49 am
Ah, how could I forget the Alliance's buildingships? And how could I forget the lovely AD Odigitria?!

(http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/images/Odigi.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: yuezhi on December 02, 2013, 02:13:59 am
Quote from: dictionary
tall spaceship

  • a large sailing ship in space with multiple masts and rigged sails, usually used as a training vessel in space.
(http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/images/Volitionbravos.jpg)
Arrrr
im iz in ur thread piratin ur shipz :P
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Droid803 on December 02, 2013, 02:23:57 am
There's one in the Machina Terra modeldump IIRC, some Sol destroyer.

(http://puu.sh/5zGgg.jpg)
TFD Demogorge

Has a pretty cool shape despite its age and low-poly-ness.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: watsisname on December 02, 2013, 04:06:52 am
(http://i.imgur.com/0nbUMMo.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 02, 2013, 04:52:10 am
Nice job, watsisname. You get a internet cookie.  :P

(http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/images/Eadlindos.jpg)

Anyway, I'm not sure why when I said buildingships, I somehow managed to forget the Lindos of all things.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Husker on December 02, 2013, 03:25:12 pm
The Star Wars Hammerhead cruisers. The Hammerhead, Tharanta, and Scythe cruisers are all tall ships.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: StarSlayer on December 02, 2013, 03:49:42 pm
Geometry Attack!

(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110407235822/aboveandbeyond/images/3/3b/Chig_fleet.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Nuke on December 02, 2013, 07:25:56 pm
*nuke lols at your monoaxis gravities*

i liked the sphere on prey, since every possible direction, as well as several impossible ones, was down. the concept of tallness kinda went out the window at that point.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Hobbie on December 02, 2013, 08:36:38 pm
(http://www.markkane.de/gallery/minbari_fleet.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 02, 2013, 10:34:26 pm
I find it a shame the Sharlin appears to be the only tallship the Minbari have.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: deathfun on December 03, 2013, 02:13:20 am
Are these ships tall...
...or just incredibly wide?!
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 03, 2013, 04:04:09 am
Perhaps both?  ;7
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 03, 2013, 11:19:23 pm
Dunno if there's artwork for this

(http://d3d71ba2asa5oz.cloudfront.net/60000297/images/mgp3577.jpg)

Come on, no Bwing?

(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120115155841/starwars/images/thumb/5/5b/Bwing_negvv.jpg/1000px-Bwing_negvv.jpg)

Most Renegade Legion Leviathan ships:

(http://web.295.ca/danabbott/tog/tog_shiva.gif)

(http://indigo.ie/~ngilsena/Images/shiva.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on December 03, 2013, 11:37:52 pm
Come on, no Bwing?
http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120115155841/starwars/images/5/5b/Bwing_negvv.jpg

Yeyuuhh!!
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 03, 2013, 11:55:44 pm
Come on, no Bwing?
http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120115155841/starwars/images/5/5b/Bwing_negvv.jpg

Yeyuuhh!!

Ah my bvad. Just scanned the iamges not the links.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Mongoose on December 04, 2013, 01:46:23 am
Man, how'd I not link this yet?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Starship_Titanic_box_art.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 04, 2013, 01:55:29 am
I was thinking about that just then

You beat me to it   :lol:
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: The E on December 04, 2013, 02:36:35 am
Dunno if there's artwork for this

(http://d3d71ba2asa5oz.cloudfront.net/60000297/images/mgp3577.jpg)

Ha, I played that game

(It's a Grigori-class Cruiser from Fading Suns: Noble Armada, a miniature space combat game based on the Fading Suns RPG)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: StarSlayer on December 04, 2013, 09:03:40 am
(http://atlmomsonthemove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/saturn-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: JCDNWarrior on December 04, 2013, 09:22:59 am
Man, how'd I not link this yet?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Starship_Titanic_box_art.jpg)

I'm surprised to see someone else than me knowing of this game (Or at the least the box artwork). I ran into it among other games for 1 euro in it's original huge box at a local annual market about five years ago and must say it was a really neat game for it's time, though I didn't get really far into it. Some unique ideas, there might be a let's play around if others are interested to see what that's like.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: LordMelvin on December 04, 2013, 09:29:20 am
[saturnV]

Heh. Good one.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: headdie on December 04, 2013, 12:12:42 pm
[saturnV]

Heh. Good one.

except by direction of travel its long not tall
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Lorric on December 04, 2013, 12:19:58 pm
Starship Titanic, eh? Ha ha, who'd name their ship that? Could be a good name for an alien race to name a ship though.

Imagine, FS1, before the Egyptian naming convention kicked in, the PVD Titanic jumps in... :)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Mito [PL] on December 04, 2013, 01:18:35 pm
... And KA-BOOM! Crashes with a nuke mountain :P
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Lorric on December 04, 2013, 01:23:22 pm
You could do such a thing in reverse. Have the Vasudans/other aliens react in horror to the name of a Terran vessel, due to an alien namesake having met with a terrible fate. The aliens don't want to be anywhere near the ship with that name.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 04, 2013, 02:40:51 pm
Ha, I played that game

(It's a Grigori-class Cruiser from Fading Suns: Noble Armada, a miniature space combat game based on the Fading Suns RPG)

Yeah the ships are back in print via Mongoose Publishing, who has adapted it to their Call to Arms series. Additional ships are available as well.

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/noble-armada.html
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Mikes on December 07, 2013, 04:04:07 pm
Up Goer 5: http://xkcd.com/1133/ :)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Dragon on December 07, 2013, 05:56:09 pm
The most Kerbal description I've even seen. Gotta include this when somebody ask me to configure a Saturn V for KSP. :)
Slightly less tall, with a bit worse record, but with more liftoff thrust and a more interesting staging sequence.
(http://www.enjoyspace.com/uploads/news/novembre_2009/chute_mur/n1-rockets.jpg)
I'd love to see XCKD describe this one...
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: jr2 on December 07, 2013, 11:45:12 pm
Thor Dark World Dark Elf mothership

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sH3yQxO3Ewo/Un0p6wooPoI/AAAAAAAAHeU/_CDbZP0pY1g/s1600/60ThorMovie24.jpg)

Found this whilst searching for that:  (steampunk?)

(http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/267/a/a/mothership_by_jambi20-d6nq2yv.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BengalTiger on December 08, 2013, 04:08:41 pm
(http://paulburton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Sail.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Piemanlives on December 09, 2013, 02:05:19 am
Right, first off, the a fore mentioned homeworld mothership!

(http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060126172937/homeworld/images/c/c8/Mothership_concept.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: heretic on December 11, 2013, 01:41:15 pm
There's a serious lack of Naglfar in this thread
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Shivan Hunter on December 11, 2013, 02:20:18 pm
There were some Eve pics (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=86201.msg1722106#msg1722106) a while back! Easily missed since they were linked rather than embedded.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 11, 2013, 02:31:53 pm
Yeah, the pics were a bit big, so I decided not to embed them. Although I guess I could....
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: whitearrow on December 11, 2013, 06:26:22 pm
You forgot this:  :D
(http://blog.hiddenharmonies.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/megamaid-spaceballs.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: Mongoose on December 11, 2013, 09:46:37 pm
SUCK, SUCK, SUCK!
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: StarSlayer on December 11, 2013, 10:24:42 pm
She's gone from suck to blow!
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 12, 2013, 02:33:00 am
Of course, how could I forget Megamaid? The best part of Spaceballs imo.
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: yuezhi on December 12, 2013, 03:40:26 am
I suppose humanoid figures do count.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Unicron-idw.jpg)
Title: Re: Tall Spaceships Thread!
Post by: BritishShivans on December 12, 2013, 04:48:24 am
Yeah, Unicron certainly would count since he can...well, fly in robot mode.