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Starhawk
March 19th, 2005, 11:41 PM
Well her she is a cruiser of my new Dutchy of Anderman shipset for my mod.

Please tell me what you think of her.


(note) I'm working on the Leon and the Anderman at the same time so I can increase the speed of my mod production I am however still paying attention to the detail that I want.
Caduceus
March 19th, 2005, 11:57 PM
Reminds me a bit of a blimp... Which with the Duchy title fits I guess.
Starhawk
March 20th, 2005, 12:26 AM
Well I wasn't quite going for blimp http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif but I guess if that's what you think it looks like.
Atrocities
March 20th, 2005, 02:11 AM
Cool image. You can save it as a PNG to save on size and make it load faster. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif But your off to a good start here Star. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Strategia_In_Ultima
March 21st, 2005, 10:45 AM
The forward tower looks like a sub conning tower, and the rear indeed looks like a blimp, perhaps you could add more detail to it and make it look like the rear is a 1930s zeppelin.....
NullAshton
March 21st, 2005, 10:47 AM
I deem thee the Heisenberg!
Strategia_In_Ultima
March 21st, 2005, 10:48 AM
Heeheeheeheehee..... you create your brand new Command Carrier while the rest of the fleet contains LCs at best, and you christen her the "Hindenburg".....
NullAshton
March 21st, 2005, 10:49 AM
It's very blimpish.
Strategia_In_Ultima
March 21st, 2005, 10:51 AM
And subbish, with the conning tower up front.

One more thing tho..... subs usually have a conning tower on the central body, not the lower front.
Starhawk
March 21st, 2005, 03:47 PM
Well their ships are designed to look very "standoffish" since the Andermani's primary weapons in my mod will be a heavy missile loadout with a minimum of energy weapons available to them. Those "blisters" along the hull are in fact missile bays btw.

If you'll notice under the foward hull you'll see a MASSIVE laser cannon protruding from it.

Here is that cruiser's big brother, the battlecruiser.
NullAshton
March 21st, 2005, 03:51 PM
That looks odd... I think it has some missing polygons on that band thingie.
Starhawk
March 21st, 2005, 03:53 PM
Well actually those "bands" aren't really ment to protude off the hull that much, I may bump map them though and see how that looks.
Fyron
March 21st, 2005, 03:57 PM
Please upload png files in the future, not bmps. Thanks. Doga can export to png natively.
NullAshton
March 21st, 2005, 04:00 PM
Bumpmaps don't change the geometry of something. It appears to, however, because it alters how shadows are projected, as well as reflections.
Starhawk
March 21st, 2005, 05:01 PM
Imperator Fyron said:
Please upload png files in the future, not bmps. Thanks. Doga can export to png natively.



Sorry I could have been sure I uploaded that sucker as a png this time around.....I'll be more careful in the future.

"Bumpmaps don't change the geometry of something. It appears to, however, because it alters how shadows are projected, as well as reflections. "

No but considering that red "ring" is simply another part of the hull and is not supposed to be a seperate peice of it I hink just bumping it and making i stand off a little bit more would be suitable right now as I don't want to make it a whole new "peice" of ship.
Starhawk
March 22nd, 2005, 06:46 AM
Alrighty then here is the Anderman DREADNOUGHT!

BTW what you can't read on those flags is:
"Befreien Sie das Unterdrückte"
Which is a rough translation from german which means "Free the Oppressed"
Strategia_In_Ultima
March 22nd, 2005, 12:51 PM
"Befreien Sie DIE Unterdrückte", not DAS. Das is singular, Die is plural. What you say now is "Free the one opressed person!"
NullAshton
March 22nd, 2005, 01:32 PM
Blimps with bubbles...
Strategia_In_Ultima
March 22nd, 2005, 01:56 PM
Looks like something you would start seeing after having one too many dozen pints..... looks real good SH.
Starhawk
March 22nd, 2005, 04:51 PM
Strategia_In_Ultima said:
"Befreien Sie DIE Unterdrückte", not DAS. Das is singular, Die is plural. What you say now is "Free the one opressed person!"



Woops thanks for the correction http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

And thanks for the comments.

Oh and as I said they are going to be extremely missile heavy so those "bubbles" are actually missile bays.
NullAshton
March 22nd, 2005, 04:54 PM
In star wars, those blisters are usually filled with explosive devices. When the devices are released, it creates a minefield that is very hazardous to any fighters passing by.
Strategia_In_Ultima
March 22nd, 2005, 05:01 PM
Star Wars? Mesa no knowen thet kinda teknology. Mesa thinken yousa might be meenin' blaster turrets.
Starhawk
March 22nd, 2005, 06:08 PM
Mesa gonna whack yousa witha biga stick if yousa keep up that jar jar binska crapeh LOL http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Seriously though, yeah those blisters tend to be blaster turrets on star wars ships....but on mine as I said they are HUGE missile bays.
NullAshton
March 22nd, 2005, 06:11 PM
There's usually missle tubes in it. Or a gun sticking out of it.
Starhawk
March 22nd, 2005, 06:19 PM
Well Null the reasons I don't have "tubes" sticking out is because:

1. I like the sleeker look of the blisters without little tubes poking out of them.

2. I want a shipset that looks different "visibly tactics wise" from many of the other sets that are going into my mod.

3. Because I don't like it.