[Ace]

I'm sorry, but that latest one you have looks to me like some form of destroyer.

How? Easy, fit on large guns on the tops and bottoms of those wings, similar to the guns on homeworld's heavy cruiser, also give the bottom section a single "stick" poping out similar to the bottom forward array on the Orion. (i.e. have such an array portrude from the bottom)

Then on the underside at the rear, have a single engine array which comes out similar to the Deimoses' (i.e. a small "box" with the engines within it replaces the round thrusters you have)

I'd make it a little larger than a Deimos, and smaller than an Orion, say 1.2-1.6km?

I hope you could do up a version based on this idea.  

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[Martinus]

No need to apologise  
If I get time I'll see what I can do though I wouldn't hold my breath.

Jeeze, this thing is turning out to be everything but "fighter looking" if you know what I mean.  

[KillMeNow]

i prefer the original - pointed version looks wrong - if you dont think its fighter enough though put 2 turrets on it turn it into a high speed bomber

[Jabu]

Name=taken, BTW  

But I'm sure he doesn't mind.

[Martinus]

Taken? By who, I thought Greywolf had checked that out. Unless he's going on "GTXF" Excalibur.

[Grey Wolf]

Taken? The only "Excalibur" I've seen in archives, campaigns, or sites was the GTXD Excalibur, which was according to the story the first Orion class destroyer with beam weapons, not a new class. Or are you talking about the B5 ship from that spinoff?

[Nico]

That's not important. the bad luck made that I used 2 names already used for my 2 first shivan models: chimera and scylla. I feel, like these names fitted perfectly for those ships ( the chimera monster even was a basis for the ship design with its 3 heads). If they're nou used in the same campaign as their homonymous "friends", what's the pb?

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[Sushi]

I agree that the old nose looks better- the basic hull looks fine, it just needs more features of SOME kind to look like a fighter.

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[aldo_14]

Maybe a tail in the shape of a V, like the F-117(?) Stealth fighter... or put some big cannons / missile pods poking out form under the wings... just an idea.

[Martinus]

I like the model a great deal so I'm going to build another from scratch and keep this one for something else.

Unless this will do:
Cyclone Mk. 5
 

It's an old model I've never used.

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[Nico]

Good idea, coz this model is really nice. give it shark jaws, that would be funny   (like on that torpedoes on the other thread)

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[Grey Wolf]

Double this one's length and repost it. We might be able to use your other as some sort of high speed transport . . .

[Martinus]

You people are taking the shark thing a little too literally  

I had planed to use a rather unconventional texturing scheme, you see there'd be no windows on the cockpit, all outside visuals would be provided for by cameras on the hull and the hull would have an interesting armor type of look, hence the "heavy set" appearance. The guns were going to be textures as opposed to actual model parts, keeping the streamlined look.


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[Grey Wolf]

Also, one thing: please send me the original in 3DS or DXF format! I want to try something w/ it . . . (my Rhino3D and 3DExploration demos ran out. Anyone know of a different 3D model converter that can do double-sided faces? I'm running 3DWin righ now and it can't do that.)

[Martinus]

You mean like this:
 

I'm going to keep the original model for something else.

[Shrike]

ooh!  neato!

[Grey Wolf]

That new one looks perfect. Much better than my original, and better suited to the job than the last one. (no offense)  

[Martinus]

No offense taken   I'm glad I had something that could do the job. Actually I have to commend you on a good call, I'd never even considered lengthening the ship, it looks much better.

[Grey Wolf]

That little cannon will be perfect for the Thor cannon.

[Shrike]

Looks starlancer inspired, actually.