[Nico]

there's that shivan bomber, with his magasupalong name, it has a big beam, it's even used in ibnferno if I don't say crap.

[aldo_14]

Ta da!

 

Venom told me this looked like a Drakh(?) fighter, whatever the hell that is, but screw it - I'm happy.  

350-400 polys, including the turret.  Actually about 70m long, basically a mini cruiser pretending to be a bomber.

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[Ace]

 

The above is a fightercraft with a light beam cannon assembly which forms the lower section of the ship. (as well as forms the main reactor drives)

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[Alikchi]

Grabualsa!

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Ace:
   

The above is a fightercraft with a light beam cannon assembly which forms the lower section of the ship. (as well as forms the main reactor drives)

made by me by the way

[Ace]

Yups, its tha Venoms!!!

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[IPAndrews]

I like both of those. The Terran design does indeed look like a Vorlon Fighter. Then again. These days it's difficult to make a ship that doesn't look at least vaguely like something else. Actually Aldo's model is in my opinion a bit nicer than it's Babylon 5 counterpart. What do all those scary looking arms actually do? It's nice to be able to ask someone else that for a change  .

The Vasudan (?) design is seriously neat. A fighter that really does have a sting in it's tail. I'd love to see a few of those whizzing around slowly but surely dicing a Fenris.

[aldo_14]

 

Originally posted by IPAndrews:
I like both of those. The Terran design does indeed look like a Vorlon Fighter. Then again. These days it's difficult to make a ship that doesn't look at least vaguely like something else. Actually Aldo's model is in my opinion a bit nicer than it's Babylon 5 counterpart. What do all those scary looking arms actually do? It's nice to be able to ask someone else that for a change    .

The Vasudan (?) design is seriously neat. A fighter that really does have a sting in it's tail. I'd love to see a few of those whizzing around slowly but surely dicing a Fenris.

Arms are laser / secondary points.  Left & right 'middle ones' are the lasers.    To be honest, it is absolutely nothing like my original idea, but what the hell   .  It's big though - 80m.

I really like the Vasudan thingymebob.... it's VERY wierd looking, but incredibly original and superbly mapped... a bit like an idea I wanted to do for an Ancients fighter when I first started modelling.-
 http://uk.geocities.com/aldo_futbol/ancient.html

Very old, before I even learnt to model properly and use planar mapping.  It was s'possed to look a bit like a shrimp / ammonite.

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[Nico]

The design is not mine. It's from Dark, a model he never released, I suppose (but I think some,people have it anyway).
Anyway, I had to make it from scratch, and the original was blue.
I'll post a pic of it, when I have some free time. otherwise, Acey can post it too if he has the oportunity before me  

[Setekh]

Hey Venom, that's a real nice ship...  

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
Hey Venom, that's a real nice ship...  

thanx  

[Woomeister]

 
Darks original-Venoms new one

Personally I prefer Venoms, it looks more Vasudan.

[Ace]

Actually when I asked Dark to originally design that ship and a few others, they weren't meant to be Terran, Vasudan, Shivan, or even Ancient.  

The designs did however seem good as Vasudan craft, and this fighter is the "little fighter that could" since it's faced so many redesigns due to problems with files, such as corruption or just plain losing it.

Now the originals were panned when I decided to revamp the plotline of my then secret campaign which has evolved into The Babel Effect which is still almost entirely secret  

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[Anaz]

Ok, just for kicks, I churned this one out based on a drawing I did at school. It follows the warthog design theory, and is un-textured (I suck at texturing):

 

Tell me what you think!


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[DragonClaw]

that just put a thought into my head:

Why do the terrans have wings on their fighters??? Even vasudans have some ships with wings... They aren't needed in space, no air!

Ah well...

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[Anaz]

Hmm, for one a ship with wings looks better than a ship without them. Two they form handy mounts with lots of surface area for guns/missiles. Third, what if you want to use it in the atmosphere? Also it is good for landing. Also, docking clamps have an easier time on winglike surface.

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[WraithHost]

fourthly
IF the thrusters are mounted far away from the center of Mass then they get better leverage.

So stick the engines out on the wing tips to get better maneuverability.

Not really a good ide with bombers though as the stress on the wing trying to accelerate the very large mass of a bomber could break the wings.

[Nico]

but... almost none of the winged ships have seapons on the wings, none have engines. plus I never heard the ships were able to fly in atmosphere anyway.
the only thing left is just for nice design, and it's probably the only reason.

[Anaz]

Well, my wings have weapons on the ends.   I still want to know what people think about my model, though.

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[LAW ENFORCER]

I have some with weapons some with engines, but most can fly in air too! (at least if I get the Red Faction MOD done)