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[Prototype]

96 BLOCKS LONG ??? Is that a typo ?

96 pixels.

16 pixels to a block. That would be 6 blocks long.

Sorry, it makes more sense to me in pixels, but nobody else here really uses them.

[cats]

The fuselage is too continuous and cylindrical so the wings and bits everything else look tacked-on.

[Iv121]

Don’t really think so, although the parts are distinguishable rather than one continuous hull it works better for this model and it doesn't necessarily mean it looks tacked-on.

[cats]

The length of the fuselage isn't really doing anything for the look, it makes it seem as though you just took a generic plane template, hit it with a hammer, and sewed on some parts. The design is okay, but it's uninspired. There's nothing that really makes it stand out over other designs. Edit some of the proportions to add some cohesiveness and change the form of the hull, then it would be pretty nice.

[Prototype]

Well I'm already planning moving the engines foreward and the torpedo bays in, that'll fix the fuselage problem. Problem is the original drawing is basically a Gloster Meteor, so I'm basically going to have to change most of it. the original is ok, but could be done so much better.

If the torpedo bays are drawn in then that'll kill the tacked on effect as they'll merge with the fuselage, and I can expand it at the back, and shorten it to put the engines in. I may not even need rear fins if I do that, as I plan to draw the wings backwards. For merging the bays the front end will look flat, can't do shit about that, but I can slope the back end in and make it a more interesting shape.

[Iv121]

The length of the fuselage isn't really doing anything for the look, it makes it seem as though you just took a generic plane template, hit it with a hammer, and sewed on some parts. The design is okay, but it's uninspired. There's nothing that really makes it stand out over other designs. Edit some of the proportions to add some cohesiveness and change the form of the hull, then it would be pretty nice.

Well I could say the same about almost any design out there, what makes this one stand out is the fact there is not even a single one like that in all of MC, that is good enough for me. If you want to make something "original" I will find you something out there that would probably closely resemble your design no matter what. You need to learn to escape those stereotypes that "original is good" and perhaps make something more familiar yet good. See familiar is an important quality I look in the design of my terran Fighters and Bombers, they should look human to you. Yes it resembles a plane, yet it looks like a good plane, yet its not a "generic" plane either.

[Prototype]

Yes it resembles a plane, yet it looks like a good plane, yet its not a "generic" plane either.

While I agree I think it can be improved, better to do that now than when I'm halfway through making it, otherwise we end up with another Dolphin.

[cats]

I never said that original is always better, but there is so much that we could do that is better than the current. My main point is that, if we are going to go with this kind of shape, it needs to be a damn good design that at least has a cohesive style and decent proportions. Right now, it just doesn't mesh. It's fine to base something off of something else, but this is not the right something. There are better ways to make something "look human" than making it follow this particular format, and there are even improvements that still follow the format that can be applied to this design.

[҉]

Why does it have wings? That'd be a good change.

[Prototype]

Why does it have wings? That'd be a good change.

Because then it would be a flying brick. I think wings are good here, so long as they are a certain length

[Iv121]

They are less wings more mounting points for the torpedo bays and the weapon hard-points that Proto for some reason removed. Well we could build stuff that looks like it was made in KSP because that’s how real space ships actually look like but that kinda defeats the point in sci-fi isn't it ?

[ACH0225]

Could Proto build a ship which would work like a mech where where weapons could be switched around, allowing large degree of flexibility?

[Prototype]

They are less wings more mounting points for the torpedo bays and the weapon hard-points that Proto for some reason removed. Well we could build stuff that looks like it was made in KSP because that’s how real space ships actually look like but that kinda defeats the point in sci-fi isn't it ?

I haven't removed the weapons points, In that drawing I put they were on, but I hadn't decided what they'd look like, you'd designed to have two of these guns, but I think there is a limit of four guns per vehicle (including passenger turret) which means if we had two forward firing torpedo bays, we can only have one conventional driver controlled gun. They are still planned, and I'd probably put them where the torpedo bays are already.

And besides, wings aren't a bad thing, what would the X-wing be if it didn't have wings (or S-foils, which look like wings, and aesthetics is the only important thing here)

I think I'll make the majority of the wings quite thick, but have then get thinner towards the ends. I can also bung some good old fashioned greeble in them so they add to the sci-fi look.

[Prototype]

Actually about the weapon mountings, perhaps ditch the wings on the guns for guidance pods for the torpedoes (I know you can fit these in the body but gives an excuse to use the wings) and have the driver gun being a single central cannon. This will also allow me to make the recipe a little more expensive by requiring the guidance pod to be crafted as part of the wing. Won't be much but could be useful seeing as this is a top tier unit an I can't just stil a buttload of heavy armour on like I did for Fafnir (some will be used but not as much)

That is if I can't put more than four guns on it.

[Prototype]

Think it's time I sorted out the old guns, come up with some proper designs for them:

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I'm also re-texturing the armours.