In 2007 i created 2 fleets after getting inspired by too many ship designers to list them all here) - one for the Terrans and one for the Altarians.
In 2008 i followed the Ship Design Thread again with great interest, but was not able to participate because of r/l.
Now a new year has started. I think it's time to start a new thread where this year you and i all can show the ship designs we created.
It doesn't matter if they were done with Dread Lords, Dark Avatar or even with Twilight of the Arnor. Just show what you think you like to show.
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2007 Ship Designs
2008 Ship Designs
First, thank you for the compliment about the Confederation fleet.
About a ship pack - well i'm actually thinking about putting them up in the library. But in the moment i'm trying to create another fleet in Wing Commander style - wish me some luck.
If its works out like the Confederation fleet then i will load them up both together.
Greetings
Midnightrunner
@ juicemz: A good looking corvette you have there. Impressive design - like the others.
@ vegancannibal: Some fancy designs ... from where are they inspired ? They look familiar to me somehow ...
@ vegancannibal: Some fancy designs ... from where are they inspired ? They look familiar to me somehow ...GreetingsMidnightrunner
Most of the ones I've posted are based on the Robotech/Macross anime.
@ everyone: These are some spectacular designs! Great job!
~ Cypher ~
In the face of total annihilation at the hands of the Drengin and their Dread Lord masters, billions of Drath fled known space. They secretly built a massive new flagship, Terminatus, to lead their counteroffensive. Just as its namesake, the Drath god of war, Terminatus will decimate the enemies of the Drath Empire.
When I first saw the picture above of Drath Terminatus, it reminded me of Unicron (the transformer planet) from the old Transformers Movie cartoon that came out way back in the day. I remember it from way back in the day when I was about 9 years old. Great Job.
You are right it does indeed show a resemblance to Unicron
Very nice ship Vegancannibal
Thinking about it for a second it would be great if someone could try to reproduce Unicron for the game
Ok here are some of my designs that I created in my existing Suicidal game.
Tritium Class Interceptor
The first armed Terran Alliance (TA) spacecraft, this inexpensive multi-purpose tiny-hulled spacecraft eventually found a multitude of uses. During peacetime, the Tritium is used to patrol the neutral zone, explore unknown sectors of space, and run escort missions. During wartime though, the Tritium really shined. With only limited armament, it is used to as the TA's eyes and ears to watch for enemy movements. These interceptors often go on search and destroy missions, to take out enemy freighters, transports, and lightly armed spacecraft. They are often overlooked, but historians now view the Tritium and their pilots as being instrumental in the war effort, by disrupting enemy trade routes, preventing enemy reconnaissance, and protecting allied territory from troop invasions.
Normandy Class Defender
When the Drengin Empire launched an assault on the Terran Alliance, shortly after first contact, it was realized that the Tritium Class vessels were simply not powerful enough. The Normandy Class were rushed into service shortly thereafter, and have since proved to be the turning point of the war. This highly maneuverability small-hulled spacecraft employs only limited offensive firepower, but has a very high amount of defensive protection. Vessels are refitted with the appropriate defense to protect against the weapon an enemy is carrying, which allows the defenders to best their adversaries with the minimal amount of weaponary they carry. The most common mission of the Normandy is planetary and starbase defense.
Bradley Class Space Tank
The Bradley Class is also a small-hulled vessel, similar to the Normandy Class, but is designed with the most advanced offensive equipment available to give it the advantage over enemies during battle. As the Drengin were regrouping after their initial invasion attempts failed due to the Normandy, the Bradley Class Tanks were just coming out of production. Their design mixes the best of a Corvette and a Starfighter, allowing turrents on the top and bottom of the vessel, and with 4 powerful forward weapon slots. Although the Bradley is not a large spacecraft, it is often used to escort transports, assist in planetary invasions, and will assault enemy fleets anywhere it finds them.
Marshall Class Destroyer
As time passed, the Terran-Drengin conflict came to a stalemate. As Terran continued it's space explorations, they met the Alterians, a species very similar to humans. After an exchange of technologies, Terran developed it's first medium-hulled spacecraft designed solely for battle. The Marshall Class Destroyer emerged. This advanced fighting ship would be the prime defender of Terran Alliance territory during war. As the Drengin war continued, the Marshall proved to be the TA's staunchest line of defense, and provided a crucial tactical edge. They employ superior firepower as well as good defenses. The seperated 1st generation engines gave increased performance, and the dedicated frontal command section gave much quicker response times.
Patton Class Battle Cruiser
One of the darkest times in the galactic quadrant, known as Galactic War 1 (GW1), brought the Patton into service. The Drengin brought their ally, the Korath, into the war. The Alterians assisted Terran against the destruction the evil civ's were bringing about. Many other alien spieces were also involved on both sides. The Patton was the first large-hulled ship Terran produced. Similar to the Marshall in many respects, this was the juggernaut that spearheaded assaults, as well as helping to defend allied worlds and territories. The Patton initially was unwieldy and had a variety of problems when it entered service, but eventually came to be one of the finest Terran ships ever developed.
And the final ship of the Terran Alliance, added 1-27-09.
Gemini Class 'Wedge' Battleship
This huge-hulled Battleship was fondly referred to as the 'Wedge' by the Terrans, given it's ability to break through even the toughest fortifications. Although Galactic War 1 lasted many years, only a few of these Battleships were able to be constructed, due to their immense size and initial logistical issues. It was at the "Battle of Qima Omicron", near Starbase 39, where the final and decisive engagement began. Alterian intelligence intercepted plans for a massive attack in this quadrant by a large portion of the Korath and Drengin military. When the assault began, the Gemini Battleships along with fleets of Terran ships, performed a near-warp maneuver which surprised and flanked the enemy fleet. Most of the enemey fleet was destroyed with few allied losses. The end of Galactic War 1 was finally at hand.
Hello
@ midnightrunner I have to say that your ships took hours to make. I just hope that the power does not ever shut off in the middle of making a ship! I would give up for a day then start over the next. I am impressed, very. Did you use a different texture on your ships? As soon as I firgure out how post ships? I tell you what, I have nothing close to what you have made or maybe one or two?
Saint Mina of Adepta Soroitas
Thanks. I got the idea because I was doing some Drath ships and I wondered "Why do they all have those horns? It seems inefficient." I figured it made sense if they had some sort of cultural/religious reference associated with them, like paying homage to a god. And on it went from there. I finished tweaking it (I think), so I'll try to upload it to the library.
BTW, thanks for posting the Unicron pic. I'm working on a huge dragon model and I was dissatisfied with the wings. Now I know how I'll make them .
@ galacticdoom: Nice ships! They look really detailed and very cool. I like the descriptions that you gave to them - it provided a nice bit of background on the ships. Great job!
@ vegancannibal: That Terminatus looks great - it must have taken a while to finish. There's a lot of detail in that ship, and it looks much like Unicron. Nice work!
Best Regards.
Too bad you can't make a Unicron model to show instead of the Terror Star... wouldn't that be cool. Since that's what Unicron did for a living anyways, destroy planets. If that could be modded, it would be possible to make a whole transformers mod. You could have like 29 optimus primes flying around, invading planets and all that. haha
Thanks, although my descriptions lied quite a bit, actually me the Terrans went the evil route and are terrorizing the universe. But hey, that wouldn't have sounded quite as good.
Here's my dragon model, lunging forward:
and here it is standing up:
Here's mine
And the final ship of the Terran Alliance.
I just confused on how to post a image. What I like is to have step by step on how to do it?
Order of the Bloody Rose of Orders Militant of Adepta Sororitas
Saint Mina of Opelia VII
To post an image, you have to upload your image somewhere, such as your own file hosting website, or a free site like Imageshack or Photobucket.
Once it is uploaded, there is a button on this Quick Reply form called 'Insert/edit Image' (2 icons left of the smiles button).
Insert the Image URL (Sites like Photobucket and Imageshack will supply you the URL after you have uploaded an image there, just copy and paste) and a description if you like (so the description shows when people mouse hover).
And that's it!
Well, I must be doing a simple mistake because I did what you told me to do?
Go to We Have Begun and please help me.
I edit first then I click on "insert/edit image" another grey menu box comes up the I go to imageshack I have two options= 1) Thumbnail for website or 2) Thumbnail for forums1 which on does I use because I tired both of them. I copy and paste 1) Thumbnail for website and I made changes like in this thread Show off your ship designs 2008 page 6 into Image URL in grey box then click Insert and you see what happens. I get a box with a X in it "We have begun"
Thank you for your help.
When I checked the image properties for the image that did not come up properly on that post... it showed this:
https://forums.galciv2.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wehavebegunresearching1sl2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="//img6.imageshack.us/img6/4007/wehavebegunresearching1sl2.th.jpg" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" /></a>
The image that did come up correctly on the post below your original one showed this under the properties:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9747/peugeotap6.th.jpg (this is correct)
The first image has too much code in it... try editing it and just placing this line below into the Image URL box:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4007/wehavebegunresearching1sl2.jpg
and then it should come up correctly. The image seems very small though, as if it is a thumbnail. I haven't used imageshack in a while though... you should be able to get larger images. Let me check it out and get back with you.
Ok, I figured it out... for the full image to show.. edit your original post, hit the Insert/edit image button and place this piece of code in instead... this will show the full size image and not the thumb:
It appears if imageshack only gives you the thumb option... you would need to delete the .th in the end of it to get the full image.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4007/wehavebegunresearching1sl2 .th .jpg (Delete the .th right in there to show full size image)
If you find Imageshack to be a pain, you may want to try photobucket, it is free, and I still have an account with them, they might be a bit easier to use (cant quite remember though).
@galacticdoom thank you, thank you. I still have problems with size but that is ok. I saw where you got image code from "src=" then stop before "border=" Why is itn't Newbie Freindly??? With that post finished and half way know how to post pictures, look for my ships in the furture
What did you think of the picture?
Is there any MOD whereby one can download these designs?
Hello cmcastl,
if you were referring to my ship designs - have some patience. I'm currently working on two fleets from the Wing Commander universe. If both are ready then i will upload them to the library.
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