[esarai]

This was a little something I threw together in about an hour or so last night. I have no idea what to name it. It's supposed to be a little over 7 km long, and is supposed to carry enough beams that if it used them all at once, it would blow itself up big time. I normally try to keep things plausible and not overpowered, but I couldn't help it.



So... any ideas for a name?

And also, what style should I texture it in? Great War Era? Second Shivan Incursion? Post-Capella? Something Completely Different?

EDIT


After the long wait, it is here! This is the first official HLP release of the TSJ Amaterasu.  The wait is over, and the ship is ready for deployment. As this is version 1.00, I would like people to assist me in a massive bug hunt to ensure maximum quality. Just post whatever you find wrong with it here and I will make sure to fix it. Also, if you make mods/reskins of it, please feel free to post pictures. I'm sure there are many paintjobs more stunning than the one I gave it.

In other news, the Earth Defense team approached me during the construction phase, and it is official, TSJ Amaterasu will make it's first mod appearance in Earth Defense.

http://www.mediafire.com/?uq5vrg4ztyz

[StarSlayer]

Unrivaled

Indomitable

Benbow

Titan

Dominus

Cracken

Bellerephon

Chimera

Gorgon

Venerator (jk)

It has nice lines reminds a bit of the Ven.

[Wobble73]

Sword of the Stars?

Excalibur?

 

[--Steve-O--]

soverign

dominion

deliverance

providence

as far as paint jobs, i'd go unique or maybe post capella.
i like the shape of it, however for a ship 7km long id most certainly add in some more detail along the way
so far it looks pretty good 

[esarai]

I like Steve-O's names for it's class designation. I think that Sovereign and Dominion sound cooler, but if it's used the way I have planned, Deliverance Class would be the better suited name.

Excalibur and Bellerophon would be awesome names for the ship itself.

Thanks. 

I agree it needs more greeb. This would probably be a LOD for it. Only has about 1200 polys to it. The forward spires need more details, and the Beam mounts aren't finished. Could use some extra extrusions and depressions on the hull. 3DS Max time!

Hm... I realize I never designed it to have an adequate anti-fighter array... could add smaller turret mounts.

Does anyone know how to do greeb in blender?

[Ziame]

About the name- > if it's so ubergreat maybe Lonehunter?

[Galemp]

I like it a lot, it reminds me of StratComm's designs. (He's already used Bellerephon and Chimera, btw, and there are at least two Gorgons out there.) It might be interesting to remodel those thin blades at the tip into antennae, like the ones slung under the runway of the Orion.

As far as size goes, I can tell you that your ship would get a lot more use if it was scaled reasonably, maybe 2-3km in length. For texturing, I'd go with something like the Charybdis, gray hull plating with dark trim and lights that really show off the shape.

[Jadehawk]

Why do they always have to be English sounding names?

Why not something like Ise, Morgami, Yamato, Musashi, Nagato, Hyuga, Littorio, Vittorio Veneto, Richelieu, République, Liberté, Jean Bart, Strasbourg, Montana etc?

[Galemp]

They're all good names for individual ships... FS2 had the Aquitaine, the Uhuru, and the Yo****omo as ships. The class ought to be named after something mythological or abstract, though.

GTD Hemera?

EDIT: Ha. Apparently the word filter doesn't like the name Yoshi-tomo.

[esarai]

Japanese mythology. If there is such a thing... would make for awesome names. Or hell, why not call it the Kuroryu (pronounced Koo-roh-ree-ooh)? Black Dragon in Japanese. But then if it's gonna be white it would better be named Shiroryu for white dragon.

Oh BTW... I went and found an auto-greeb generator and added some surface detailing in. ...
It's dangerous, though; poly count is over 11000 without guns.

Here's a new perspective on the whole thing:



I like galemp's idea with remaking the forward spires into antenna masts. I meant to make them into Ravana or Sathanas-style beams, but that's taking it too far.

Oh right... the Bellerophon is already a ship type... saw that in Blue Planet. Dangit. I wanted that name. Although, there's nothing to keep a Deliverance-Class (just for example) being named GTVJ Bellerophon, but that gets confusing.

Oh well, the hunt continues.

EDIT:

Ooo ooo oooh! I love wikipedia! Japanese Mythology: Amaterasu,  means "That which illuminates heaven."

Or Shinigami, "God of Death."

[Tantalus53]

Reminds me of the Phoenix from Descent 3..

Deror or Philomel come to mind from that.

You said Japanese names.. heres a few.

Megumi, Schichirou, Yoshirou, Isamu, Tomoko, Noboru or Daisuke.

Hope it helps..

[Droid803]

This thing looks awesome!

[StarSlayer]

Dig it from that angle to.

I will make one last shot

THUNDERCHILD

[Retsof]

Oh BTW... I went and found an auto-greeb generator and added some surface detailing in. ...
It's dangerous, though; poly count is over 11000 without guns.

I have Blender, link to autogreeb please.

[Galemp]

It's a Python script called Discombobulate, and it's included. Select your faces in Edit mode, go to the Scripts menu and voila.

[esarai]

What Galemp said.

It's in the Mesh section of the Scripts roll-out in the scripting window. Mesh > discombobulator.

It's full of win and awesome.

Or, if you don't have it for some strange reason, go to wikipedia, search "greeble" and in the lower portion of the page you should find some links to greebling scripts for a variety of programs.

[shiv]

Good job on that model. I really like it
Is it for any non-FS universe?

[Stormkeeper]

Shinigami is kinda ... tiring. As is Yamato. So is Black/White Dragon... It reminds a bit of a sai... Lemme think about it. If you wanna limit it to Japanese mythology, there's a slew of good names, imo.

You could name it the Raijin, seeing as how lightning and such can easily be translated as beams.

But if you don't wanna limit it to Japanese mythology, Irish mythology, like the Tuatha De Danann, has some nice names.

[nvsblmnc]

If you want a Japanese name, you can't go much better than Amaterasu  - Shinto sun goddess and ruler of the plane of heaven.

The name means "she who shines in the heavens" - sounds perfect for your description of the ship.

[shiv]

Well, I see it's supposed to be FS universe ship. Cool. I suggest FS2 era texturing. Deimos maps will fit this ship the best