[Axem]

I was messing around with a variety of functions in Wings3D that I've rarely ever used, and came up with an incredibly spikey thing. Shivan was my first thought and crappily tile mapped it and quickly put it ingame to see how it would look. The whole model and mapping is still very rough, so its still very open for suggestions (that's what I'm looking for too).

I'm imaging this thing as a non-combatant ship. Instead of most Shivan ships with spikes protruding forward for offense, this thing has its spikes bent backwards over the hull for defense.

So what do you think?

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[NGTM-1R]

Looks very Shivan (or even possibly B5 Shadow) but the real problem I forsee with this model is deciding what in the hell it's supposed to be. 

[Unknown Target]

Looks cool, but a bit more form would be nice, imo; the shivans do have hull plating

[Turambar]

its t3h sh1v4n ressurecti0n ship!!

[Taristin]

Doesn't look Shivan to me. Sorry.

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

A bit crude.  Nevertheless, this Zephyrus flying model collector is interested.  Wanna put that up for download when you're finished with it?

[Axem]

Actually, now what ngtm1r mentions it, I think it's more B5 Shadow than Shivan. Shivan stuff is more erractic while Shadow stuff is more smooth.

[AqueousShadow]

I think with better mapping it could be made to look more organic and the spikes have more of an obvious purpose for being there. Honestly, I think FS needs more ships like this for a race we know very little about.

Up 'til now, all the Shivan ships we've ever really had fit into general ship classes that we had, such as warships, recovery craft, freighters, etc. I just think that as aliens, there'd be a lot more liberties taking concerning what exactly they use their ships for, (also considering that the Shivans must have crossed several hundred galaxies and would have come across very different resources, environments, blah blah blah, and developed technology to use it or deal with it. Same thing sort of applies to the Vasudans...

[Nuke]

dont put an eye out with that thing now

[Shiku]

It looks almost like a transport ship to me.
I can kinda see it as a fast moving troop transport, maybee for crossing distances between Galaxies? (unless Inter-Galactic nodes exist)

Actually, my first thought was a space to ground assault ship, that just flies right into a planet and begins releasing Shivans for ground combat. It has a perfects shape for it, like a arrowhead, and it would probably create quite a crater from the impact, shaking up any non-shivan defences in the area.
Too bad Shivans don't put enough priority on actuall planets to make it neccesary.

[Prophet]

I know what that is!!! The Ravana has two "spikes/towers" on it's back, right? Aplly rubber band in between and shoot that thing trought any hecate who tries to menace you. Quaranteed to pierce any armour!
 

[Goober5000]

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

  .......Quaranteed.  Hee hee.

[BlackDove]

Spear of Shivan Longinuss anyone.....

Though it doesn't look Shivan exactly, shivans have blocky shapes as much as they have spiky ones.

[Solatar]

Looks pretty interesting, but...

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[Shiku]

How big is the ship right now? It looks like it might be prety intimidating if it were large enough.

Put it next to an Orion or something for scale.

[Bobboau]

a part of a shivan knossos

[Turambar]

if it were planet size, that'd be rediculously awesome and fear-inspiring

[Janos]

It's a hedgehog okay?

And also, I'm sorry but.

It is Shivan. To even stop and think about reasons of their existence is comparable to treason. The biggest duty and responsibility of any Allied citizen is just to kill Shivans.

The Shivans have no right to live. From now on the word Shivan means to use the most terrible oath. From now on the word Shivan strikes us to the quick. We shall not speak any more. We shall not get excited. We shall kill. If you have not killed at least one Shivan a day, you have wasted that day ... If you cannot kill your Shivan with a missile, kill him with your guns. If there is calm on your part of the front, or if you are waiting for the fighting, kill a Shivan in the meantime. If you leave a Shivan alive, the Shivan will destroy a Terran planet and kill a Vasudan. If you kill one Shivan, kill another -- there is nothing more amusing for us than a heap of Shivan corpses. Do not count days, do not count kilometers. Count only the number of Shivans killed by you. Kill the Shivan -- that is your grandmother's request. Kill the Shivan -- that is your child's prayer. Kill the Shivan -- that is the Alliance's will. Do not miss. Do not let through. Kill.

GTVA Ministry of Truth

[WeatherOp]

How did you rip out the backbone of a Sathanas? Pliers or a chainsaw.