[Galemp]

Egad! Two reskins!

First is the GTF Hercules Mark III, an old reskin by dear Setekh. I've completed the POF, teble entry and interface art. It combines the best features of the Herc, Herc II, Ares and Erinyes.Download the Herc 3 here.

Next is an original reskin, the GVB Bakha D.H. This is in fact a Vasudan stealth bomber, inspired by the Ptah obviously. I like it. It's not quite as heavily armed as the original Bakha, and it's shields and armor are slightly lower, but it's perfect for covert hit and run attacks. Download the Bakha D.H. here.

Both have full interface art, table entries, and glowmaps. :wink:

[deep_eyes]

i love the new herc look. but when the source guys get those fins to be modular, then were talking inovative eye candy. for now its good.

[CP5670]

That Bakha skin looks great. The Herc fins could use a little more detail, but the basic texture is good.

By the way, does anyone know of this type of elite/DH reskin for one of the Vasudan fighters? I could use that for my campaign but have not been able to find any such thing and my own efforts at it are no good.

[Nico]

hem... there's already an hercules mkIII, that has about exactly the same skin talk about wasted time

[Spicious]

hem... there's already an hercules mkIII, that has about exactly the same skin  talk about wasted time

Really?

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
First is the GTF Hercules Mark III, an old reskin  by dear Setekh. I've completed the POF, teble entry and interface art

[Nico]

Originally posted by Spicious

Really?
 

oups, my bad that's what happens when you don't read the full thread. But I'm pretty sure Woomeister already has a complete version.

[HotSnoJ]

I like the second one better. IMO the herc is suppose to be stubby/chuncky without fins, but hey nice job anyway.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

That HercIII looks a little too.... Purple.

[SKYNET-011]

Purple?

[silverwolf]

hehe i wonder what origanal features from the first herc is in the mkIII

[Liberator]

From the Herc mk1: The Name!!

From the Herc mk2: secondary payload

From the Erinyes: Primary Firepower

From the Ares: general chassis improvments over the Herc 2.

Although, pound for pound I'd take a Herc 2 over a Herc 1 or and Ares, and an Erinyes over a Herc2.  The Ares is supposed to be an upgraded Herc 2, and to that effect it does have more primaries and a stronger hull, but it is as slow as all get out!

Seems to me if you want to encourage a pilot to take something like that you need to increase the speed somehow.

[J.F.K.]

I like the Herc 3. The Herc 2 from FS2 was cool, but looked kind alike an egg... a bit too round and a bit too un-spaceshippy.

[Nico]

I take the herc1 over the herc2
6 gunpoints vs 4, well...

[J.F.K.]

Yeah, come to think of it, the Herc 1 at least looked like it could hurt something if you kamikazed it into something, the Herc 2 looks like it'd just kind of bounce off like a ping-pong ball.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Ahh, but you could club someone to death with a herc II. Hold the van thing at the bottom and then hit someone with it. the nose would do a lot of damage.

[J.F.K.]

Yeah, but if you wanna compare Herc2/Herc1, then the Herc 2 is like a drumstick but the Herc 1 is a sledgehammer. It looks like a brick.

Anyway, what is improved in the Herc 2? Speed, payload I think?

[Galemp]

Originally posted by J.F.K.
Yeah, but if you wanna compare Herc2/Herc1, then the Herc 2 is like a drumstick but the Herc 1 is a sledgehammer. It looks like a brick.

A brick with four big honkin' guns sticking out of it.

[Nico]

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor


A brick with four big honkin' guns sticking out of it.

SIX guns, that's my point. the herc2 is a downgrade of the herc1 if you ask me.

[Liberator]

The original Herc was designed by a species in crisis, they went from a 14 year war that they weren't really winning, to an invasion that they knew they probably wouldn't defeat.  Price was no object.  The original Herc had the best of everything: engines, weapons, sheilds, ect.

The Herc 2 was designed by a species in slow decline, corners were cut.  They reduced the firepower because it was felt the Shivans would probably be a long time returning and a fighter with heavier firepower would have been expensive to produce.

It is odd that the Myrmidon has six primaries, but this is set off by the lower secondary payload.  I know it will hold 80 hornets, but somehow it doesn't seem to last as long as it should.

[Galemp]

Originally posted by Liberator
The Herc 2 was designed by a species in slow decline, corners were cut.  

Literally!

Seriously, though, Liberator's got some good points. You might say the Herc II is more of a line model, whereas the original Herc  was the Erinyes of its day.