Space Vikings sneak preview

[dogscoff]

Yeah, I can't wait to start work on the speech files, I intend to draw heavily on the legends and Gods to create mythological metaphors for game events:

"All the things in all the worlds wept for Baldur's death. I suspect you shall not be so well mourned."

...and so on.

I also intend to make frequent and innapropriate use of the ö character=-)


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"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain but, if you replace the P with an O, my name would be Oinky, wouldn't it?"

[Jubala]

quote:

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Originally posted by dogscoff:
I also intend to make frequent and innapropriate use of the ö character=-)

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Don't forget å and ä.

[Lucanos]

Å, Ä and Ö?

Didn't the Vikings use runes and not the alphabet?



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"The best way to seek help is to help the best seek the way."
-Philter

[Seawolf]

Can't wait to see this ship set

[Spanglemaker]

Yep the Vikings used Runes, but the language when translated into latinised script contains many letter variants including the seething th/dh sound.

The tears for Baldur phrase sounds good.

"No man is so generous he will jibe at accepting. A gift in return for a gift,
No man so rich that it really gives him
pain to be repaid."

"Better not to ask than to overpledge
As a gift demands a gift,
Better not to send than to slay too many."

Quotes coutesy of the Havamal

[dogscoff]

OK, another new update is out. Lots of new images, and quite a few replacements. I'm also showing *all* of the images so far rather than a select few.

I've also added a few sub pages:
:A "what is this?" page for ppl who see my page but know nothing about space empires.
:a history page which shows what has been changed, and when. It also has some of the old images which I discarded.
:a notes page which shows my thought processes as I work on the shipset. Thought this might be interesting / useful.
:a mod data page. Details of this in the parallel thread "Modders and shipset creators - please read".

Feedback in this thread and/or the parallel thread as appropiate will be very much appreciated.

Oh, and you'll see I have come up with 2 designs for the fast courier. I can't decide which one I prefer - please voice your opinion here.

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"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain but, if you replace the P with an O, my name would be Oinky, wouldn't it?"

[Quikngruvn]

I vote for Fast Courier 1. #2 doesn't look quite right without a neck (IMO).

Great shipset, dogscoff! Makes me want to plunder the high seas!

Quikngruvn

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"That which does not kill you will make you stronger." -- Nietzsche

[dogscoff]

...bump... (for Rollo)

{Plundering the high seas}
Funny you should mention that, I plan to make Space Viking images for the Pirates and Nomads mod as well, for maximum pillaging pleasure=-)

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"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain but, if you replace the P with an O, my name would be Oinky, wouldn't it?"

[This message has been edited by dogscoff (edited 26 July 2001).]

[Quikngruvn]

Dogscoff, CivII has some city names for Vikings. Have/want a list to incorporate into your shipset?

Quikngruvn

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"That which does not kill you will make you stronger." -- Nietzsche

[dogscoff]

Thanks, it could be worth a look. I've been wondering names ile what to use, since I think Norse mythology has already been used for other shipsets. I was considering a list based on different beers, or maybe "pillage", "burn", "loot" etc, but it would be hard to think of enough of those without clashing with other lists.

Please post the list or mail it to me, I'll have a look.

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"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain but, if you replace the P with an O, my name would be Oinky, wouldn't it?"