[beatspete]

The 'super carrier' is on hold for now, I've been working on this.
Its a high speed bomber, basically desigened for bombing juggernauts.  Carries 8 helios, one gun mounting (very limited range), very heavy armour, very poor manouverability, max speed 80m/s. Its designed as a dive bomber, so it would have huge boost reserves, and a boost speed of about 160m/s, making it very effective at delivering a pair of bombs to a large ship through heavy anti fighter fire, ie sathanas.

At the mo, this is the first image, i was drawing some engine glows last night cause thats what i'd done the detial for at the time.
http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/beatspete/xerxesbomber.html
What do you recon for the end version, just wanted to clear this up now, and let you get an advanced preview.

The main differences are:
White: Slight distortion.
Blue: More distortion.
Red: Distortion, blured.
Green: No distortion, just a smooth glow.

The colours can be changed, it was just for demonstration.
Any other suggestions?

I'll have some more stuff up soon.

[Hudzy]

I like the blue. Firstly because I like blue and secondly because blue always seems to work well with Terran ships.

[beatspete]

The colours aren't the actual colours, they were just for demonstration.

Update: more images available now, http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/beatspete/xerxesbomber.html

[Hudzy]

Oh I see. Well, the green then.

[mikhael]

White or Red. I can't decide.

[Ulundel]

Heh, I don't know if it's just me but it kinda looks like X-Wing

[Knight Templar]

The blue or the white engines.. but I don't like the nose at all.. it looks like an elephant trunk.. flattened.

[beatspete]

I'm not sure what to do with the nose.  I want to keep it long, or atleast the profile of the ship not too wide, otherwise it would loose the impression that its a fast bomber.  Maybe making the engines deeper, nose shorter. hmm.

[Knight Templar]

Make it gradually come up to the cockpit and then have the back of the cockpit connect to the engine section.

See X-wing/Z-95

[beatspete]

Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
Heh, I don't know if it's just me but it kinda looks like X-Wing

see update, 4th image:
http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/beatspete/xerxesbomber.html

[Knight Templar]

The nose isn't too long, (well maybe.. does it serve a perpose?) but you should raise the back box connecting th engines so its almost as tall as them and then raise the cockpit to meet or be 3/4 as tall as the box.

[beatspete]

I quickly banged this together, is it roughly what you mean?
http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/beatspete/xerxes_image_pages/kts_nose.html



...the purpose of the nose, other than for looks, is some sort of storage for something... dont know what.  Fuel for the boost? A heavy ship like this would need a lot for the speed it does and time it can.
Dunno.

[Knight Templar]

errr... sensors.. that's the one Sensor suite and targeting trajactorial extrapelators...

Yeah looks better IMO; I guess those engines are just huge

[Setekh]

I like the red. I think it ought to be a little brighter/harsher, though... engines are like that.

[Sesquipedalian]

The white engine glow is best, imo.  The fighter itself though, I must admit, seems more like four big blocky engines stuck together with a little cockpit than it does like a ship which has big engines.  More substance and volume for other parts of the ship would help make it more artistically cohesive, as well as providing storage space for secondary ordnace, which currently seems rather lacking.