Competition #13 - Blake (nistrum)

[nistrum]

ok boys and gils looks like its time to rev it up

here i have for your viewing pleasure... 2 WIP concepts... im still undecide if i want to do the 2 big ships here (the one above is bigger) or one big and one scout.. there is ALOT of backstory to this.. i spent most of last night with my GF comming up with backstory.. but im about to go out so i dont really have time to write it out for you guys.

im just trying to get a feel for the style of these two.

the idea is that this nations ships hold alot of close range firepower.. and astonishing sheilding.. but horrifically slow ships. easy to outmanuver and outrange.. but the lower capital ships deal with that. ill write up the whole thing tomorrow so people can get a feel for how this all works together. for now ill leave you with these two and you can at least see where im heading

[Nielsen]

Looks Homeworld inspired, very nice.
On a random side note, do you have any brushes for city lights or did you handpaint them in? because I'm looking for those and you've got some purty windows already, are you willing to share those if possible?

(I've got PS CS 2, not sure if it matters but some brush sets don't seem to work)

Anyhow, keep it up, can't wait to see some more colour on it!

[Masakari]

Yep, definitely HW inspired (and that's a good thing). Looking at the more rectangular nature of your ship, i would say to make the fighter a bit more dynamic shaped, like the Taiidan ones. That way you would have the same style, but different shapes for easy recognition.

[nistrum]

Nielsen: Nah man. i paintyed them myself.. i could write a really simple tute on them if u want... it wont be a problem...


yeh im a huge Homeworld fan. i love the angular look of the vagyr ships. as im sure you can tell. itll look a little different. but i want to keep the feel glad you guys noticed. the bottom ship is more of a cruiser whereas the top one is a battlecruiser/battleship.. im going to do the figher based on the feel of those two. im thinking of getting rid of the bridge style structure i have on the bottom one and replacing it. what do you think?.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by nistrum

Nielsen: Nah man. i paintyed them myself.. i could write a really simple tute on them if u want... it wont be a problem...


yeh im a huge Homeworld fan. i love the angular look of the vagyr ships. as im sure you can tell. itll look a little different. but i want to keep the feel glad you guys noticed. the bottom ship is more of a cruiser whereas the top one is a battlecruiser/battleship.. im going to do the figher based on the feel of those two. im thinking of getting rid of the bridge style structure i have on the bottom one and replacing it. what do you think?.

I love their destroyer, the 90 degree angle of the ship is pretty nice. I also love the Higaran one, it reminds me of a present day battleship (modernized and put into space).
The Homeworld spaceship style is pretty sweet, and is high on my inspiration list.

the drawing you have made makes me think of the vaygr mothership. If you made it thinner like the vaygr carrier I think it will look better, but its your concept/vision and your choice

[nistrum]

heres a quick update. more windows.. more of a shape plan.. got rid of the "bridge" it didnt feel right. i never was sold on the idea of a bridge... too exposed.. in a world where everything can be run by sensory output its far more practical to have the control centre hidden deep inside the ship...

ok heres an update. the colours on the bottom are some colours i want to use in the colour scheeme ... the back story is being written up now... i hope someone reads it


Also.. please excuse any typing errors.. i have had a few drinks tonight so might not be hitting the keys all that well :P

[nistrum]

ok i know its not been long.. bu i wanted to post and update before i went to bed... so... here is. a little more of the cake. im a little worried about the homeworld feel of this im oging to try and push away from it a little....

[Nielsen]

Originally Posted by nistrum

Nielsen: Nah man. i paintyed them myself.. i could write a really simple tute on them if u want... it wont be a problem...


yeh im a huge Homeworld fan. i love the angular look of the vagyr ships. as im sure you can tell. itll look a little different. but i want to keep the feel glad you guys noticed. the bottom ship is more of a cruiser whereas the top one is a battlecruiser/battleship.. im going to do the figher based on the feel of those two. im thinking of getting rid of the bridge style structure i have on the bottom one and replacing it. what do you think?.

I would really appreciate that if you had the time.
I think the shape you chose is a very good representation of the Homeworld style and I absolutely can't wait to see what it's going to look like. Having said that, I'd like to say that the Vaygr Carrier is my favourite ship (especially in the Point Defense Systems mod) because of the hangar on its underside and the warship like design from front to back.
(I still wonder why they designed it like that)

keep us updated!

[nistrum]

ok heres another update for today.

belive it or not this lot actually took quite a while to do.. i have also had some cool ideas for the carrier... especcialy about moving away fromt eh homeworld feel a little. i dont want hese to end up as homeworld clones... i love the style but i dont want it to define my style. if that makes sence



the black dots you can see in the middle are silos.

the idea is that these things are so damned big it takes hours to reload them.. making it far more efficiant to have a HUGE number of them and expend them all and worry about reloading after the battle freeing up men to work on the point defence systems or solid slug guns...

im not so sure about the scale of the huge ones.... i might make them a little smaller.. they are obviously for massive yeild warheads...

[nistrum]

ok. another update. this ones got some more bits. the red dots at the bottom are for troop deployments drop pod style. a little longer fleshing it out before i can add in some details really looking forwards to getting down to the colours and finer details