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A thread of ships i have built, sorry for the appauling quality of the fluff on this post, im no good at things like that Its relitively usefull though, so you might want to read it

Ship sizing system: The first age of exploration (old stuff):


This was the age in which the Ayleids first stepped out into space and began exploring thier solar system, this continued smoothly untill they accidentally awakened an old AI controlled Slyth ship, which anihalated their society before self destucting over the Ayleids greatest city due to a perceived danger.

Darkrend class pinnace:
Mk II lightning prototype: Exsanguination class corvette: Narcist class light freighter: Mosquito light dropship: Andromeda class frigate: The Second Age (some slightly less old stuff):

After the near complete destruction of their civilisation, the Ayleids started to focus more on technological advancement rather than exploration in the hope that they might be able to destroy some of the old Slyth ships that litter their home solar system after the fall of their empire over 3 million years before the Ayleids came to exist.
The 3rd Age (my new, cheatier stuff :P):

After the Auraxis class had proven itself as an effective tool in subduing the now near constant attacks of the smaller Slyth ships, rumours began to emerge of the Slyth's lost treasure- a 5000 metre long flying fortress; the greatest ship the Slyth ever built. The Ayleids knew that destroying this would be counter productive, and began two work on new weapons that could control the ship for a short period of time, long enough for the engineers to get on board and disable the AI. The result of these projects were the Exsanguination class light cruiser and the Imperius class Destroyer, both built using salvaged Slyth technology. After the salvaging of the Slyth Capitol ship, these ships were mass produced and modified for war, and have both been proven highly effective.

Exsanguination class Light Crusier (95% done):
Imperius class Destroyer 80% done:
Slyth Capitol ship (0% done, waiting for eihort to update 10 1.5):

Mmmm....crunchy.

I lilt the design of this ship. However, a complicated design never looks good if it is made entirely out of full blocks. Use slabs and steps to smooth out roughy lines, and to add interest.

It has a good form, but it looks too sleek to be really steam punk or even have a real dark and industrial feel.

deliciously steampunky

WEll it's the steampunk texture pack ...

Iv121 wrote:WEll it's the steampunk texture pack ...

yeah I sorta failed at steam punk due to the fact that I didn't really know what it looked like, I just had a vague idea of everything looking like the future had developed in a different sorta way, spaceships but with no flat screen tvs, touchscreens or circuit boards, just a giant sprawling mess of slightly arcane looking "electronics", although it's not quite what it says on the tin I definitely prefer it to my previous stuff on the old forum.

@mackeroth I agree about the smaller blocks actually, maybe I should find a redpower compatible version of this texture pack?

MrTargareyan wrote:

Iv121 wrote:WEll it's the steampunk texture pack ...

yeah I sorta failed at steam punk due to the fact that I didn't really know what it looked like, I just had a vague idea of everything looking like the future had developed in a different sorta way, spaceships but with no flat screen tvs, touchscreens or circuit boards, just a giant sprawling mess of slightly arcane looking "electronics", although it's not quite what it says on the tin I definitely prefer it to my previous stuff on the old forum.

@mackeroth I agree about the smaller blocks actually, maybe I should find a redpower compatible version of this texture pack?

No. You don't need the Redpower blocks. One can build fine looking ships without them, so why fix what isn't broken? For steampunk inspiration, look to Warhammer 40k.

Dr. Mackeroth wrote: No. You don't need the Redpower blocks. One can build fine looking ships without them, so why fix what isn't broken? For steampunk inspiration, look to Warhammer 40k.

40k... I used to play that game quite a bit but never really liked the imperium, more of a dark eldar sorta person. I like the imperium ships but am not quite sure about how to modify them to make them less grand, hmm it will be interesting to see what my 40k inspired ship will look like, hopefully I won't fail to badly. Any suggestions on toning down the imperial 40k ships would be great

the new ship looks good, but if you want to destrory large ships you need to make stuff was bigger, like y quad!

MrTargareyan wrote:Any suggestions on toning down the imperial 40k ships would be great

Reduce the detailing on the ships; take the body design and modify the bridge. I'm a Dark Eldar and Grey Knights player, by the way :P

Here is the proggress on the 40k inspired one... i really dont like it i have done an awful job, any help on whether or not this is salvagable or if i should just scrap it would be nice, at the moment it is about 74 blocks long... a small destroyer maybe? Also anyone who can guess which battlefleet gothic ship this was origionally meant to be is a genius lol. Anyway here is the abomination in all its ugliness:

your new ships look a lot better than your old ships!

Laserbilly wrote:your new ships look a lot better than your old ships!

Thanks, any suggestions on making my wip ship look better would be useful, at the moment it looks a bit like a giant pointy cucumber repainted by a goth

MrTargareyan wrote:

Laserbilly wrote:your new ships look a lot better than your old ships!

Thanks, any suggestions on making my wip ship look better would be useful, at the moment it looks a bit like a giant pointy cucumber repainted by a goth

Don't be silly, everyone knows goths are allergic to cucumbers