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Offline brugger

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My concept for a heavy troop transport. Heavily armored, slightly larger than the argo, and incredibly manueverable do to the placement of the engine pods



 

Offline karajorma

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Not bad. That big flat octagon at the back needs something though.

I'd be temped to fit a large pair of grappling arms on those sides too :D
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For some reason, I think it looks Shivan.
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It's completely Terran.
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Offline NGTM-1R

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It's probably the engine spread. That's something more Shivan then Terran.
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Offline Unknown Target

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Too basic, and too, um, straight, i.e.; there's nothing poking very far out of the sides. And it definately needs something on the nose, other than that flat octagon thingy :)

 

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personally I think it could be Vasudan, old school.
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Offline brugger

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Too basic, and too, um, straight, i.e.; there's nothing poking very far out of the sides. And it definately needs something on the nose, other than that flat octagon thingy


I agree that theres not enough detail yet but I made it long and straight so that it has a minimal profile while aproaching the dock points of larger enemey ships and that flat thing on the nose is going to be the transports main dockpoint. I don't want to put anything on the nose that would iget in the way when it tried to dock

 

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makes me think of O-R-B.
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Offline ShadowWolf_IH

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the reason that you are thinking shivan is that the engine spread is Hades, which we all know incorporated Shivan tech.  As soon as we see that spread, we see Hades.
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Offline Night Hammer

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i like everything but that front is strange, oh yeah and add somthin on the back in between the engines
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Offline Woolie Wool

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It's a Raider battlewagon from B5, only subtly different.
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It's a good model, but in this particular shot I keep imagining sparks coming out of the jets, with Flash Gordon at the controls ;)

 

Offline brugger

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I added a bit more detail and fixed the weird geometry on the lower right engine. I added a main engine on that big flat spot in the back and added some heavy armor plating and foward guns on the nose and windows inbetween the ribs



 

Offline FireCrack

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I still think it needs some kind of fin, and somthing to better secure the dock point, like two big braces
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Offline Thrilla

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The beveling can be left out.  It looks bad with the beveling, but everything else looks great.
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Offline brugger

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I removed most of the beveling becasue it did look bad and adding braces wer a good idea so I added them too



 

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Looks alienish.
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Offline Striker

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Yeah it looks like something I'd expect to latch onto my skin and start sucking. Although seeing as its a troop transport (and therefore would stick to the "skin" of a target ship), it isn't such a bad idea. And the back legged engines are just...egh...try pulling em in a little more, connect them more to the ship, and maybe remove one or two.
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Offline Woolie Wool

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It still looks like a Raider battlewagon, and the front bit looks sort of Shivan.
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