[Hole in Head]

Presenting my latest drawing: the GTVF Chimera, found here :

This is a combination of Shivan, Vasuden, and Terran designs, hence the name of Chimera(sp?).

If you don't know what a Chimera is, it's a mythological creature that has an eagle head, a lions head, and a snake for it's tail and it has command of 3 elements: Fire(shivans), Water(terrans), and Lightning(vasudens).

Anyways, tell me what you guys think and if anyone wants to model and texture this that would be cool!

[LtNarol]

I think lightning would be more appropriate for Terrans and water for Vasudans.  Ths ship looks nice though

[Hole in Head]

Well blue is more of a terran color(look at the engine flames), and yellow is more of a Vasuden color(again, the engine flames, and their overall color scheme of ships etc.).  

Blue=Water  

Yellow=lightning

oh yeah, Thx for the comment!

[Anaz]

water=vasudan


vasudan ships are based off of vasudan fishies...

vasudans wuv fishies...

[Hole in Head]

You gotta point there Analazon.

Anyways, enough of the crapy element to species comparisons I made.  Any other comments?  Perhaps more specific?  And does anyone wanna model this?

[Hole in Head]

BTW, where is a good free place to put pics so I can use the IMG tag?

[Anaz]

I can try to model it.

I can't texture it tho...

[Hole in Head]

Sw33t!  That would be awesome!

[Black Wolf]

I believe it's Chimaera, BTW. Anyway, it's a nice pic, but will need a very non shivan texture, or it'll look too maraish.

[Hole in Head]

Actually, according to someone on the VBB(but then again, it is the VBB), either spelling is correct.  Anyways, I ment for it to look maraish.  It's the base fighter design that was modified.  For skinning, I was thinking of combinning all three races texture.  Like having a terran texture for the wings and engines, a vasuden texture for the nose and upper fuselage, and a shivan texture for the lower part of the ship.  

Oh, and before someone goes off on how fast the thing is, I boosted the speeds in my campaign.  For comparison, the fastest ship in my campaign currently is the SF Dragon which goes 180, and 330 w/AB.

[Black Wolf]

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Originally posted by Hole in Head
Actually, according to someone on the VBB(but then again, it is the VBB), either spelling is correct.  Anyways, I ment for it to look maraish.  It's the base fighter design that was modified.  

Well, yeah, I gathered that much, but you didn't modify it all that much. As long as the textures are different though, noone should get them confused in game.

For skinning, I was thinking of combinning all three races texture.  Like having a terran texture for the wings and engines, a vasuden texture for the nose and upper fuselage, and a shivan texture for the lower part of the ship.  
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I wouldn't do it like that. Have a combined set, but not in sections like that. Have a look at the ulysees and sorta the Collosus for some ideas.

Oh, and before someone goes off on how fast the thing is, I boosted the speeds in my campaign.  For comparison, the fastest ship in my campaign currently is the SF Dragon which goes 180, and 330 w/AB. [/B]

Just out of curiosity - why?

[LtNarol]

so he can fly like an insane baffoon on LSD and constantly crash into things without being able to see what they are?  (j/k)

[Hole in Head]

Actually, I did not boost the speeds of all fighters.  In my campaign, I plan to have plenty of civilian interaction, and I wanted to have military fighters out perform civilian fighters.  I thought: Hey, why not have some extra speed?  Might make the game more fast paced anyways.  Also, again for referance, if the Chimera's speed was put back to original standards, it'd go about 110.

I'll take you texturing suggestions Black Wolf into account.  You're probably right anyways.  Also I may find a different way to modify the mara.  Thanks fer the suggestions.  I love it when people are critical like this.

[Nico]

That makes a lot of chimeras now I have one, MT has one, and now you have one too lol

[HotSnoJ]

Looks like one of the Ships in the model contest page. The Mystery Fighter.

[joek]

Originally posted by Analazon
water=vasudan

vasudan ships are based off of vasudan fishies...

vasudans wuv fishies...

Curious... but um... Vasudan's homeworld was mostly desert (while Earth is mostly water).  The Tauret "was inspired by the Apsu-Hek, a creature that once inhabited the deserts of Vasuda Prime."

Wasn't the Vasudans wuv fishes a joke considering that their world is desert?

Joe.

[Hole in Head]

Heeeey, I think he's right!

[Galemp]

Vasudans wuv fishies for the same reasons we Terrans wuv Vasudans. It's something they don't have, like an exotic pet or delicacy.

[Nico]

nah, this is said just coz they have a fish face, sort of... I know, it's dumb.

[Anaz]

lol...ok...now I realize how dumb I was...blue is definetly more terran...

I guess I haven't been playing enough freespace