OT: Eric Henry & a picture

Aiken · #1 October 16th, 2004, 06:53 PM

Nice indeed, but it looks incomplete. Don't know why, though.

Atrocities · #2 October 16th, 2004, 07:10 PM

Cool escort, looks impressive.

AgentZero · #3 October 16th, 2004, 10:15 PM

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aiken said:
Nice indeed, but it looks incomplete. Don't know why, though.

Yeah, see, that's the problem. I've got the same feeling about it. Something just isn't quite right but I can't figure out what. Anybody have any suggestions?

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 October 17th, 2004, 12:02 AM

I like it too. I think the incomplete feeling comes from the huge front end and the skiny back end.

Atrocities · #5 October 17th, 2004, 12:07 AM

Its a nice concept for sure. I hope you complete the set.

Raging Deadstar · #6 October 17th, 2004, 08:44 AM

Nie Escort.

How about placing something on the back to offset the "incompleteness." I've always wanted to see a shipset with solar sails on the ships or something like that.

AgentZero · #7 October 17th, 2004, 10:14 AM

Hmm. I know I have to do something to the back to offset the size of the front, but Solarian ships are big, chunky bruisers built to survive serious punishment, so I don't think something as fragile as a solar sail would really fit with the concept. I think I'll come back to it when I'm putting the finshing touches on the set. In the mean time, what do we think of this Light cruiser (attached)? I still have a few finishing touches, such as adding 'windows' along part of the gun deck, but otherwise it's more or less done. Unless anyone can think of anything else?

Aiken · #8 October 17th, 2004, 11:31 AM

Good. But these guns remind me a ... b&w lollipops

Of course, it's just my pervent perseption, but... probably different texture? Turning them into the Big Freakin Guns (mean making them larger)?

Parasite · #9 October 19th, 2004, 08:54 PM

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.

AgentZero · #10 October 20th, 2004, 06:06 PM

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...