The Terrans - Page 3

AgentZero · #1 February 19th, 2005, 12:17 PM

Actually, the name Tauran in the context of the Galaxy of Fire was snicked from Joe Haldeman's Forever War. Although the GoF Taurens shared only their name with those Joe came up with. Battle Cruiser is done now, so here she is. Since the design is quite different to the other Terran ships, I've stuck a Terran Cruiser beside the BC to give a sense of scale.

Strategia_In_Ultima · #2 February 19th, 2005, 12:22 PM

Dude... that looks SO awesome. Please, I beg of you, finish it! Finish it that I may replace the awful (no offence) old Terrans with these beauties!

AgentZero · #3 February 19th, 2005, 12:29 PM

I'm working on it, but I'm kinda stuck for ideas for what the Battleship & Dreadnought look like. I've got a good idea of what the Carriers will look like, ditto the transports. I've got two ideas in my head competing for what I'll do with the colony ship. Weapon's platforms are sketched and ready to go, sats & mines I'm not too sure what I'm doing.

I've got no idea what to do with the fighters, troops and bases, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Strategia_In_Ultima · #4 February 19th, 2005, 12:47 PM

As for fighters: take a look at some pics for the TIE Advanced X1 fighters - Darth Vader's TIE Fighter - as they look a little like your (excellent) ships, but are clearly recognizable as fightercraft.

edit/add: And for bases, I think you could take some inspiration from 2001: Space Oddysey. The orbital Hilton Hotel (yes it's a Hilton hotel!) could look like something for your shipset.

AgentZero · #5 February 19th, 2005, 03:14 PM

Strategia: Don't suppose you know of anywhere I could get a hold of a good orbital Hilton pic? As for the fighters, I took a marginal amount of inspiration from the TIEs and came up with this:

MightyPenguin · #6 February 19th, 2005, 05:53 PM

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AgentZero said:
Strategia: Don't suppose you know of anywhere I could get a hold of a good orbital Hilton pic? As for the fighters, I took a marginal amount of inspiration from the TIEs and came up with this:

[really cool image]

Now that is superb. Sexy, sleek, easily identifiable as a fighter (always a good thing). This ship set is much better than the original- not to my tastes, but reeking of quality. Excellent work.

AgentZero · #7 February 19th, 2005, 10:37 PM

Thank you, Mighty Penguin. And since I'm always open and looking for new ideas, what would be to your tastes?

Kamog · #8 February 19th, 2005, 11:41 PM

That's a great-looking fighter! Excellent work!