Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

Two words: 'Cotton candy'

Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

I know what nerds are, candywise, it's more the fact that a lopped off pyramid shape reminds you of wierd lumpy candy. I'm also worried about the fact that a discussion on a missing friend and cool spaceships has become devoted to candy.

Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

On the ES, I think that all the really cool detail makes it look like the front of a much larger ship. The sharp square back end of the hull adds to the "I've been cut off" effect.

On the CL, I thought you could get it back by saving the uploaded file, but then realized it that DOGA (or whatever) would most likely not be able to use that as a readable format. Oh well.

Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

Yeah, I was sorta thinking the same myself. I'm thinking I'll add something to the engines to widen things out a bit, but that'll have to wait till the weekend since work's keeping me far too busy.
And I wish it was that easy to get the LC back, but looks like I'll have to start over (I use Bryce 4, BTW, which is a fair bit harder too use than DoGA but you get a lot more freedom to do what you want). Won't be too bad though, since I base each new hull on the one that came before it, so I just have to take the Destroyer hull and add in the bits that made it a LC...

Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

OK, did a fixer upper on the ol' Escort. So, what do you thinks?

Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

Looks good! The back of the ship looks better than before. Nice work! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

Thank you kindly. Finally got most of the shipset sketched out, thanks to a slow day at work, so hopefully work should progress a bit quicker now. Wait till you see the Solarian Dreadnought. Not something you want to run into in a dark alley. Or a bright sunny square surrounded by lots of people, for that matter. ;-)

BTW, I'm still trying to figure out what Solarian fighters should look like, so if anyone has any suggestions based on what they've seen, please let me know.

Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

Doin a bit of a rethink on the Solarian shipset. I've updated the Escort, Frigate & Destroyer. Attached is the new destroyer. I'm just wondering, do you prefer the old one or the new one?

Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

I think that engines on previous destroyer were cool.

Re: OT: Eric Henry & a picture
 

Yeah, but I don't really feel like they fit with the theme of the shipset. The Solarian ships are mostly all flat surfaces with very few curves, so having these rounded engines didn't seem to work for me. Might keep the roundy engines for the fighters, though...