ReBoB preview thread

[TerranC]

I've been on the fence regarding my latest project, ReBoB, which was envisioned to be a modern reimagining of my favorite shipset so far, the BoB set.

when I say that I've been on the fence, I mean to say that with the impending release of Se5 and what I percieve to be an eventual wrap-up of all things se4, I had questioned whether it was worth it actually making a full-fledged shipset out of it and releasing it to the public or just to make pretty pictures out of them and keep it to myself.

Now, after some time tinkering with ReBoB, I have decided that I have enough time and imagination on hand to finish the set and release it to you folks.

So here it is: I am officially acknowledging ReBoB as an active project of mine, and it will be completed and released within one month.

The shipset is to be Dark Nova 4 Mod compatible, which means this is to comprise of many, many more pictures than your usual set.

Whatever news that comes up, you will see it here.
Whatever preview that is released, you will see it here.

Speaking of previews, Here is one, hosting courtesy of SpaceEmpires.net:

http://www.spaceempires.net/sy/rebob/

Stay tuned, and thank you for your attention.

[Dizzy]

WOW. That is awesome! Best of luck to getting it finished in a month. Bet all that took a long time. This one is super sharp!

[Kevin Arisa]

Wow, those are great! I eagerly await the completed set!

[Black_Knyght]

Must....pick....jaw....up....from...floor....

[dogscoff]

Official launch? Will there be a party? Will there be a free bar? Mine's a vaxin absynthe, don't bother with the glass.

[Atrocities]

Outstanding news. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Caduceus]

I'll echo everyone else and say "Great work!"

[Puke]

yowza!

[TerranC]

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[narf poit chez BOOM]

Giant robot sumu wrestling?

[dogscoff]

Somebody tell me what to do with this.




Just give me the keys, I'll take care of it for you.

[Caduceus]

Stomp on Tokyo!

[Fyron]

Does that thing have a... tail?

[Puke]

its a coat tail, for formal occasions.

sorry, just joking. its actally the escape-slide.

the leg joints are very interesting. What inspired the difference between the legs and the arms?

[Urendi Maleldil]

That's a small troop if I ever saw one. Can't wait to see what the large one looks like.

[TerranC]

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[Puke]

nuke mines. but nothing when compared to naked-singularity mines.

[TerranC]

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[narf poit chez BOOM]

...That'd make an interesting-looking gun.

[TerranC]

I like big drones I cannot lie
All you other brothers can't deny

http://www.spaceempires.net/files/albums/wip/Drone.png

[TerranC]

Whoa, this thread fell to the third page. Can't let that happen now, can we?
http://www.spaceempires.net/files/albums/wip/Ohnoes.png
http://www.spaceempires.net/files/albums/wip/Destroy.png

The fabulous guns and turrets courtesy of JAFisher.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

My, what big teeth you have!

[Ragnarok-X]

Like it. Even though im wondering about one thing:

While the ship looks like a capital one, the guns are so big it degrades the ship to a corvette or something, because of the comparion. I would add about a douzen of those turrets, but make them smaller, actually a LOT smaller.
Unless of course, that ship is no Dreadnought but barely a corvette or cutter or whatever.

[Atrocities]

I don't really like the blue light ring. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif Other than that, nice turrets, perhaps make them a bit smaller as not to make the ship look so small.

[PvK]

Assuming those are typical human-sized windows on the supertructure, it looks like those aren't particularly big ships, which would sort of go along with the turret size (which would still seem a bit big). It'd be neat to be able to tell the relative sizes of the ships in the fleet by keeping the turret sizes relatively constant... so ships with this turret-to-hull size ratio would be the smaller ones, and the huge ones would have more turrets but they'd be smaller compared to the hull. Just a(n obvious) thought.

[Black_Knyght]

Atrocities said:
I don't really like the blue light ring. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif Other than that, nice turrets, perhaps make them a bit smaller as not to make the ship look so small.



I have to agree with <font color="red">AT</font> on this point. Not to be critical, but the blue light ring seems to take away from the appearence of the ship, not add to it.

Other than that, not bad at all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

The top one seems to have shiney skin on the bridge.

[TerranC]

Narf: That's just the light.

AT: Maybe I should get rid of the glow rings.

PvK: I use the bridge for size reference; for example, the escort would share the same bridge size-wise as the battleship, more or less.

Rag-X: No. Honestly, that would just look terrible. On any ship, whether it be Destroyers or Dreadnoughts.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Er, yes. But the light wouldn't reflect off a non-shiney surface.

[TerranC]

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[narf poit chez BOOM]

Save for the size, it looks like a fuel depot.

[TerranC]

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[narf poit chez BOOM]

That's a busy picture.