What's with these "Crypsis" paint jobs?
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I purchased the blue one, but imho, they look awful in game. Had it on my ship for all the time it took me to undock, take a look from an external view, re dock, and then get rid. It was the horizontal banding that put me off, it looks ugly and really doesn't work on the python; nm the money contributes to Frontier and ED.
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Nice!
Think I agree with you, the banding looks duff, maybe Frontier should go full chat and do one of these....
Flimley
Great stuff.
More interested in when/how it changes colour though.
And when they're going to be available for the Cobra and Corvette.
Maybe the store will be adventurous and make it available for the Krait on Friday
The Replicated Man
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Sounds like something from a Star Trek Voyager Episode (Basic's Part I & II, They used holographic emitters to make it look like they had multiple ships)
Not exactly the same thing but kinda cool nonetheless
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These paintjobs appear to be rather simple made: Some parts are slightly reflective, the others glow dimly in the dark.
If light is cast on the paintjob, the reflective parts dominate the look. In darkness, the dim glowing other parts dominate.
The store page has a video with in-engine footage:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/268008745?autoplay=1&muted=1&loop=1
Check the 9 to 10 second mark for the shift effect.
Easy now, you do not want Captain Bruthe Huthky to come looking for you in his pink Dolphin of war.
Well now *that* looks a bit like a Python with it's single Pippi Långstrump sock on ... not that that would be sort of cool, but ...
I've been on a paint job shopping spree recently and on impulse got a white one of these for my Python, now boy do I have buyers remorse. The little picture on the web page made it look like shimmering snake skin, (or do I just need my eyes testing again?) Once I applied it though I was confronted with a vision of stripey naffness. Oh well, at least I didn't get the shoes and handbag, tempted as I was.
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There's really nothing feminine about the color other than your cultural conditioning. In recent years I've seen men unlearning it at an astounding rate, and now that 90s trends and outrun themes are on the rise, and toy manufacturers breaking conventions, it will soon be hard to ignore. Pink is now gender neutral.
Before WW2 pink wasn't even considered the color for girls. It was generally thought that pink, being derived from red, was a stronger color more befitting men than girls. Towards WW2 there was a mix where some started to think of pink for girls and blue for boys and after WW2 there was a shift in the 50's and 60's towards pink being for girls and blue for boys.
Fun fact: During WW2 the German Army tank crews wore black uniforms (to hide soot, oil and grease stains) with pink trims on the shoulder / collar tabs. Yes you heard right, tank crew uniforms in black and pink. You just don't see it too well cause old photos are usually grainy (or black/white so obviously no colors), but you can easily do some google-image searches for german tank crew uniforms and see their actual colors.
Also,
Here's a quote from "Earnshaw's Infants' Department" back in 1918 which declared:
"“Pink is for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.”
So when you see a pink ship flying past you shouldn't think "Lady CMDR"... you should think "decisive and strong CMDR".
Thanks for that sweetheart xxx
Pink for boys.
Blue for girls.
[ fast forward some years ]
[ cultural shift in the 1940's indicated people were increasingly buying pink for girls ]
[ companies adapted ]
Pink for girls.
Blue for boys.
[ fast forward more years ]
Pink (and supposedly blue) is neutral.
I find the shift in cultural perception to be quite fascinating.
Kinda how playing on computers in the 80's meant you were a NEEEEEEEERD!
Fast forward some years.
Now almost everyone is gaming in some way or another (tablets, phones, consoles, PCs et.c.)
No, no. You're only a nerd if you play games on PC. Console, Switch, DS, Phone are all for normal non-nerds.