[AndrewofDoom]

So, here's to my progress in becoming a better artist! For those of you who haven't been paying attention to my art thread, this time I decided to remake the ships of Sword Fleet from Thunder Force V with a dash of my own creative interpretation and license. Why? Because have you ever seen anyone do space swords before? Amongst all the bricks, fish, and bugs, I feel  this should be a breath of fresh air.

Original from Thunder Force V:



From the original

My version:

Saber-class




Quarterstaff-class




Gotta thank Droid803 for helping me with the shine and glow map for the Saber-class. Afterwards I finally learned how to make a shine map properly in GIMP to which I  celebrated joyously.

Without further ado, I present you with The download Link. Does not include tables. Go be creative and make your own, because I'm too lazy to make them right now.

[Trivial Psychic]

Almost demands the creation of a mini-campaign... "The Blade Itself"
>runs<

[Akalabeth Angel]

So why do they call it sword fleet?


Just kidding. Pretty good stuff. Never heard of this, I assume it's from an anime though forgive me if I assume the wrong reference.

[Droid803]

So why do they call it sword fleet?

Just kidding. Pretty good stuff. Never heard of this, I assume it's from an anime though forgive me if I assume the wrong reference.

tis from a shmup, bro.

[Commander Zane]

These are certainly different, but in a very good way.

[AndrewofDoom]

I'm thinking of eventually making more of the sword fleet ships that appeared in Thunder Force and related games.

Judgement Sword (command ship of Sword Fleet):


This one will be a pain to do, but may be worth it, because it actually has scale to it to match FS's (I had to double the size of the Saber and Quarterstaff so they were of decent size for FSO).

Sword Fleet from Thunder Force VI:


These poor guys get their asses handed to by the ORN in Thunder Force VI. I might do something like the ship in the background (the one that's got the green glow to it), but the foreground one it's been turned into AKCS Iliaster by Droid803.

Then there's the concept art of Sword Fleet from the fan game Broken Thunder:




I may not end up doing anything like this as it's a way too literal interpretation of a sword as a ship. =p

I've also thought of making some original designs based off of bladed weapons, namely a dagger. It would a fightercraft so that the fighterbay on the Quarterstaff isn't pointless.

What do you guys think?

[Commander Zane]

I think seeing a fighter for the ships would be pretty awesome.

[Trivial Psychic]

THUNDER
THUNDER
THUNDER
 

[Hellstryker]

Because have you ever seen anyone do space swords before?

I've been modelling space swords for a long time now, albeit not for FS.

[RVR72G]

Make both (or maybe four) RVRs and my wet dream came true.

You sir, are the boss.

[starlord]

that is a DAMN good idea, sir!

[Vengence]

I have vague memories of Thunder Force IV. Damn that was so long ago. 1996 I think was the last time I played it? I recall how wacky some of the weapons were. My all time favorite was "Freeway". Basically firing missiles, guns, and lasers in all directions seeming randomly from what my memory tells me. I can hardly remember a thing from that game, cept that I kept loosing  .

Now you're making me wish I still had the game! These models are neat 

[Maverick]

Oh dear god yes! Now start working on the RVR fighter series!!! XD

[AndrewofDoom]

The RVR series may come later. Though, I have a contact who has made the Gauntlet and the Vambrace in the past and I asked him about getting me those models. He's still digging to find those. I also have been falling very behind on my schoolwork too, so....that may be a while.





You'll forgive me if I get this optimized and converter into FSO right? Don't get too excited Vengence.

[Vengence]

Urrrgh you bring back memories sir. I remember that design quite distinctly.

[AndrewofDoom]

Also known as Vasteel. Now...who wants to texture that lovely beast?

[AndrewofDoom]

So now that I'm done with that, I have something else in the works.



 

[Rodo]

wow, that looks quite good

[AndrewofDoom]

Finally finished modeling and UV mapping it. Now all I needs to do is texture. God this thing is going to be tiny compared to everything in FS (From my best guess the Gauntlet is around 8-10 meters long. For comparison, the SF Dragon is 12 meters long, the Rynex is 13 meters long, and the Vambrace is about 14 meters long).

[Spoon]

Cool stuff Andy