Alien Battleship WIP

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-08-11 04:08am

Done under Maya 5.

How's it look? Critique? Suggestions?

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-08-11 04:11am

Looks like some sort of demented top-heavy motorboat. Why are the front guns so long?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-08-11 04:19am

Dalton wrote:Why are the front guns so long?

They're supposed to be really strong.

Jaded Masses · Post by **Jaded Masses** » 2003-08-11 04:51am

I don't think the shape would take acceleration and stress very well. It needs some textures too. It's cool though, in a Star Trekish kind of way.( I don't mean that as an insult, in some ways I like the outer design of ST ships; its just that I don't think they would work out very well)

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-08-11 05:06am

Textures arent' importent since it's a work in progress.

Anyway, I think it's pretty good. Althought I do think that the three cannons could be moved back either one third or halfway down the length of the hull, and maybe build up the pylons where they connect. It would help balance it a lot.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2003-08-11 05:09am

I think it looks too spindly. The connections of the cannons to the hull look too slender. Perhaps it would be better if they were thickened, or moved back and closer to the huller.

Jaded Masses · Post by **Jaded Masses** » 2003-08-11 05:55am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Textures arent' importent since it's a work in progress.

Doe! That hadn't registered.
Shinova, consider that part retracted with my apologies.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-08-11 06:08am

Crix Dorus pwnz j00!

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-08-11 06:29am

Cannons? I thought they were engine nacelles...

Still looks good, anyway.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2003-08-11 06:30am

Anime-ish.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-08-11 06:42am

Actually, in addition to my comments above, it also might look better if you ditch all the spines (the two big ones and the little ones on the cannons) and the little nacelle and pylon. And where the nacelle is, just extend the hull downward some (but don't forget to move and build up on the cannon braces).

As it is, it's kind of a mish-mash.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-08-11 08:51am

All I see is a Fortune City logo, most dissapointing.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2003-08-11 09:46am

It's a bit confusing which end is front and which is back. My initial guss was that the end with the four things that looked like cannons was the front - because Dalton's comment about front guns wouldn't make sense otherwise. But judging by how the streamlining is that might be the back, making those engines. Then the thing in front that is shaped like a jet engine would actually be the gun. Which way is it supposed to go?

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-08-11 10:37am

Ah, now I can see it.

The three prongs are engines, right?

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-08-11 11:42am

Looks a little like a Cain class cruiser from FS2, but I like the Hammerhead design.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-08-11 12:41pm

Its too ..I dont know.. spread out, whispy, breakable..

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-08-11 01:20pm

To answer a bit of everyone's questions, the three cannon side is the front, and the ship uses a sort of inertia drive to propel itself. It also has shielding.

But I probably will try to build up the pylons a bit.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-08-11 01:22pm

It doesn't look like it could hit anything not directly in front of it.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-08-11 01:27pm

HemlockGrey wrote:It doesn't look like it could hit anything not directly in front of it.

See that thing on the bottom, that looks kinda boxy? I'm thinking whether I should make that a fighter/bomber bay or a missile/torpedo bay or sorts.

Maybe.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-08-11 01:30pm

To be honest, it looks a lot more graceful the other way around.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2003-08-11 02:33pm

I'm with Crayz here. The ship definitely wants to go the opposite way you want it to. What if you turned the weapons pylons around so they faced the other direction? I think that might look interesting. It would make the design more compact and lend it a menacing sort of alien fish hook shape.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-08-14 04:34am

New update:

I couldn't really change the pylons without destroying the overall look of the ship so I've decided to only slightly change them for the time being (the ship has shields so it's not going to be super-vulnerable to any degree).

I did some work on the back also.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2003-08-14 06:18am

Looks much better now, although personally, I'm not too crazy about the spikes, but as I said, a personal opinion.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-08-14 11:48am

It still looks streamlined in exactly the wrong direction...

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-08-14 01:34pm

Crayz9000 wrote:It still looks streamlined in exactly the wrong direction...

Well it IS an alien ship after all.