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Offline Qent

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Performance is definitely part of design.

 

Offline Mars

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The discussion is about aesthetics though; however ambiguous the title.

 

Offline Qent

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Perhaps the original one was. But in here:
Personally, my favorite is the Orion for its ability to project power, in  Terran fashion of course.
That's not aesthetics.

 

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You can project power aesthetically.
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You can project power aesthetically.

and oh baby do i

 

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Okay now that we settled on this thread being about ship aesthetics, and that tutta projects a sphere of influence with his Adonis-like masculinity...

most purdy ship GO GO GO.
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I actually love the design of the Hecate. I don't now why everyone likes the Orion so much to be honest; I guess I just never really got the 'block of rock' thing that everyone likes to say here. It never looked particularily powerful to me. Meanwhile on the Hecate, everything is inflated in a way; sorta like that Typhoon/Hurricane thingamagig that got released recently. The engines, the turrets, everything is almost cartoonishly bulging with power. If only it wasn't tabled to be ****E.
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I like many FS1 designs. The Apollo, Valkyrie, Athena, Herc 1, Fenris, Aten, Anubis, Seth, Dragon, Scorpion, Lilith and Lucifer come to mind. Especially the Apollo and Scorpion. The Scorpion just looks so frighteningly alien.

Of FS2 designs, I hate the Herc 2. Despise it. I also hate the Pegasus, although that's probably more a symptom of playing Transcend than anything else, but I do like the Perseus. And Moloch.
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I actually love the design of the Hecate. I don't now why everyone likes the Orion so much to be honest; I guess I just never really got the 'block of rock' thing that everyone likes to say here. It never looked particularily powerful to me. Meanwhile on the Hecate, everything is inflated in a way; sorta like that Typhoon/Hurricane thingamagig that got released recently. The engines, the turrets, everything is almost cartoonishly bulging with power. If only it wasn't tabled to be ****E.
The Hecate honestly looks like a made-from-scrap randomly assorted ship, it doesn't look intimidating at all, it just looks like a fat, blown-up-like-a-balloon target to shoot, it even has bull eyes on the front!

Why does it look like a scrapyard heap? Because it looks like it's made out of sections which don't even go along with each other it's got elephant ears, fins, a skull, and some random lego blocks for engines, it's ugly, at least IMO.
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I don't now why everyone likes the Orion so much to be honest; I guess I just never really got the 'block of rock' thing that everyone likes to say here. It never looked particularily powerful to me.

I never really liked the Orion for a while either, but it grew on me over time, don't know why, maybe the HTL model.
Anyway, fav ship is definitely the Lucifer.
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I actually love the design of the Hecate. I don't now why everyone likes the Orion so much to be honest; I guess I just never really got the 'block of rock' thing that everyone likes to say here. It never looked particularily powerful to me. Meanwhile on the Hecate, everything is inflated in a way; sorta like that Typhoon/Hurricane thingamagig that got released recently. The engines, the turrets, everything is almost cartoonishly bulging with power. If only it wasn't tabled to be ****E.

I like the frontal part of the Hecate, but the rear... that's just ugly.
Too much but IMO :p
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Offline Marcov

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At first look Shivan ships might be scary. But they're really more of abominable insects and pointy critters if you observe carefully.

I think my favorite ship would be the Orion, and then Ravana.

Orion for its fortress-like shape and Ravana for its rather scary appearance (but it does look just like another franken-critter).
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Offline Liberator

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Favorite Capital Ship:  GTD Orion and PVD Hatsepshut
Favorite Corvette: GVCv Sobek
Favorite Cruiser: GTC Aeolus
Favorite Non-Combat: GTSC Faustus
Favorite Fighter: Tied GVF Serapis & GTF Erinyes
Favorite Bomber: GVB Sekhmet
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Offline Pred the Penguin

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Aesthetically the Typhoon will always be my favorite.

 

Offline Marcov

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Favorite Bomber: GVB Sekhmet

Well for me I don't like it much. Looks like a salvaged Nahema or something :( (Come to think of it, isn't it strange that the HoL already had something that looks like the Nahema when the SB Nahema was encountered only in 2367?)
And even the Nahema I don't really like to see. It looks like a bloated monster. Following your format,

Favorite Capship: GTD Orion ONLY (it's a classic space skyscraper), and SD Ravana as a second
Favorite Corvette: I somehow prefer the GTCv Deimos over the Sobek. Moloch falls in the last of the three, but I don't think the Moloch looks bad either.
Fav. Cruiser: GTC Aeolus. The other two Terran cruisers look too bloated (well, maybe they're okay as gunships)
Fav. Non-Combat ship: GVFr Satis, if it weren't flying upside-down :(
Fav. Fighter: SF Astaroth (it looks like a fierce bat, and is the most fearsome-looking Shivan strikecraft. It's easy to kill, but looks can scare you off the logic :) )
Fav. Bomber: GVB Bakha - its smooth shape looks makes it look like it's designed for elite pilots to fly on the most dangerous missions, as excellently portrayed in Bearbaiting. Though I'd rather fly an Ursa in that mission.
« Last Edit: January 07, 2011, 09:01:35 am by Marcov »
With the rapid increase of FS fan-made campaigns, we're giving the GTVA a harder time with more violence and genocide.

~FreeSpace: The Battle of Endor (voice dub)~
Part 1/4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9K9-Y1JBTE
Part 2/4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtQanXDRAXM
Part 3/4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoBLKYt_oG0

Old (original) videos:
Part 1/4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ygskaoUtE
Part 2/4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0uoPTksBlI

 
Hmm, aesthetically, I like :

Fighters :        Mara, Serapis, Dragons, f***ing dragons !, Scorpion

Bombers :       Nahema/Sekhmet, Seraphim, Zeus, Bakha

Cruisers :        Aeolus, Mentu, Aten, MVP Lilith

Corvettes :     Moloch

Destroyers :   Ravana, Demon, Hatshepsut

OMG ships :    Hades, Sathanas

Others :          Hygeia, Nephthys, Mjolnir, Isis, Ma'at

 

Offline Mars

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The Dragon is a fighter that truly deserves the attention of a skilled modeler. What was done to the Ulysses should happen to the most terrifying fighter of the great war.

 

Offline TrashMan

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Hm...

I do like the Hecate aestheticly..It's just a poor design functionally. With better textures and a table-fix job some of hte issues cna be solves.

But yes, Orion is better, since it has both.
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