[z64555]

I like the left-half of it... the right half reminds me of a salt crystal.   

[lostllama]

What makes those fly? Is it some intrinsic property of the rock it's made of, or is it by some other means?

[Unknown Target]

It has something to do with the bits of machinery poking out of it. Other than that...

[z64555]

It has something to do with the bits of machinery poking out of it. Other than that...

Spoiler:

Probably involves honkin helicopter rotors on top of it.

 

[Thaeris]

I see you popped up on the X-Plane forums, Unknown Target. I had no idea you were even a member...

[FreeSpaceFreak]

What makes those fly? Is it some intrinsic property of the rock it's made of, or is it by some other means?

Unobtainium

[z64555]

What makes those fly? Is it some intrinsic property of the rock it's made of, or is it by some other means?

Unobtainium

What ever happened to upsidasium?

[Unknown Target]

Could I get anyone to volunteer to do a website for this? PM me.

[Wildy]

Pm'ed

[bobbtmann]

Those rocks look like cubist work. Maybe they're not made of rock, but rather brock.

Pun intended;)

[Nuke]

i broused through here and i see a lot of burt rutan-ish aircraft in there. maybe you all need to have a look at the scaled composites inventory for some more inspiration, lots of badass planes in there. and the coolest thing is they all fly.

http://www.scaled.com/projects/
http://www.air-and-space.com/Rutan.htm
http://factoidz.com/the-aircraft-designs-of-burt-rutan/

[starlord]

are there any news regarding that concept? it seemed quite interesting!

[The E]

Well, I still want to work on it, but RL and my other commitments keep getting in the way Don't worry though, it will pick up steam again; the background provided by Swashmebuckle just is too interesting to go to waste.

[starlord]

excellent! way good news!

[swashmebuckle]

I sent The E a somewhat more tonally consistent edited version of the background stuff very recently actually, so there has been a bit of progress on that end since the last posting.  I've also made my hands chase each other around while making propeller and machine gun noises on no fewer than three occasions, which is progress of a kind if you can dig it.

[Mobius]

I like the left-half of it... the right half reminds me of a salt crystal.   

Or Pyrite.

Do you guys know the game Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier? There are many interesting scenarios and designs them you may wish to look at. There's a place called Far Drop where you can see huge crystals near a city... inside a cave!

[PsychoLandlord]

This thread made me reinstall Crimson Skies after reading a few pages. Now I really wish I had my Joystick with me.

In any case, this looks great. Have fun with your project guys.

[GT-Keravnos]

Much as I played Crimson skies and enjoyed it, when it was out, there is one thing I seriously dislike about your concepts and I think I need to speak about.

Flying mountains? Whatever is this? How is this supposed to work? Are you making an avatar with propeller driven aircraft?

I respect the works of your imagination and will probably play what you create, if this comes to a playable conclusion, because there are some imaginary concepts in there I like a lot, for example that flying aircraft carrier. Still, there really needs to be some plausibility in there. A detail like this, of the "flying mountains" variety, is just false.
Ok, rant done, mind spoken, returning to lurker status.

[The E]

Ahem. The flying mountains are UT's idea, not mine. There is no such thing in my Free Skies project.

[GT-Keravnos]

Upon reading the post, I thought as much. It seems I was mistaken. Good to know that you won't include "flying mountains" in Free skies.