New ship ideas with 3d model previews

[sinkarma]

Hello all. this morning I woke up with a massive brainwave for some ship ideas. Going to make a video about them and some 3d models soon but in the mean time I wanted to tease one of the models I slapped together in an hour using some other 3d models from the game.

alliance eagle!
or as I wanna call it... alliance covenanter! possibly the child from the core dynamics and lakon merger?

in the end I want new ships but also don't wanna be just a whine of "I want more ships" but instead be more productive in going "what if we made this?"

anyways off I go to chop and slap together more models!

 

[sinkarma]

slapped together another model for fun. Alliance Settler.
Bulked up the body a bit as I intended to make a combat hauler variant of the alliance ship.

 

[WR3ND]

I'm still waiting for the ship kits to have shadows. Or if they're halo-kits, to have some cool effects at least.

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[Rubbernuke]

Kitbash ! Like the Chunky Eagle (the tail spoilers need to be thinner IMO though).

 

[Nightflyer]

Kinda like the Idea of an Alliance eagle.
But what differences has it in comparison to the others ?
Typically Alliance style with more armor but sluggish seems kinda wrong for this great little Ship.
Any ideas ?

 

[Arindor]

I'm still waiting for the ship kits to have shadows. Or if they're halo-kits, to have some cool effects at least.

Spoiler

I'm still waiting for the orange spinning ship loading screen to not only just show the ship I fly but the ship kits I installed too.

 

[wenkman]

I'm still waiting for the ship kits to have shadows. Or if they're halo-kits, to have some cool effects at least.

Read in Q&A that shipkits should provide cover when on foot (hitbox or so...). would think this is much work, as they have no shadows at the moment.

also, ship kits bought with arx are then not purely cosmetical, pay-to-win rants incoming.

 

[WR3ND]

Kinda like the Idea of an Alliance eagle.
But what differences has it in comparison to the others ?
Typically Alliance style with more armor but sluggish seems kinda wrong for this great little Ship.
Any ideas ?

Strike fighter for bombing runs?

 

[WR3ND]

Read in Q&A that shipkits should provide cover when on foot (hitbox or so...). would think this is much work, as they have no shadows at the moment.

also, ship kits bought with arx are then not purely cosmetical, pay-to-win rants incoming.

I've generally assumed they're like glorified bumpers. Not sure what significant advantages or disadvantages they'd offer in the game though.

I guess this is a bit off topic from the OP though as they seem to be talking about ship variants. The Eagle in particular made me think of it though from this old pic.

Spoiler

 

[Northpin]

I'm still waiting for the ship kits to have shadows. Or if they're halo-kits, to have some cool effects at least.

Spoiler

They do have... seen that on asteroids while mining in the ring.
And on my flipper python docked at a surface port.
But indeed they don't seem to be present while docked in the stations - maybe because in the station the shadow is not rendered but "pictured" maybe?

Spoiler

 

[Random Player]

My ship idea... I call it "The Imperial Default Cube". Needs a little work, but this should give you a general idea of where I am going...

 

[Flimley]

Nice. Always good to view ideas.
....Try to make the T-9 look cool . That would get my vote
Flimley

 

[AkenBosch]

this should give you a general idea of where I am going...

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To read some Blender tutorials?

Anyway, I like that, reminds me of the places of my childhood....my first transwarp trip, the first time me and the hive bunch assimilated a Beta quadrant planet...ah, those were the times.

Nice. Always good to view ideas.
....Try to make the T-9 look cool . That would get my vote
Flimley

You know you have my utmost respect, being as Flimley as you are, but there are lines that no one, not even you, should ever dare to cross. The T-9 is already a cool looking ship. That's not a matter for arguing, it's objective. End of discussion.

\o/

 

[Random Player]

To read some Blender tutorials?

Hey, even has room for a ship launched fighter! You gotta use your imagine. Think BORG!

 

[AkenBosch]

You are gonna have a ball with ship kits for that!

 

[SCiARA]

@sinkarma nice stuff, to my old eyes they look to similar to the donor ships though
are you doing request? how about a bigger type 9 but in the Zorgon Peterson mold?

yes i want to see a panther clipper variant

 

[Oytis57]

Alliance will never come out with a sleek design as the Eagle,you gotta get back to the drawing board!! Take pieces from the Hauler the T6 and the Challenger

 

[Red Anders]

Maybe OP could address the blind spot Elite's designers have been working round for six years or more now and finally give us a medium sized Imperial ship. You know, to go along with the several that both the Feds and Alliance have?

 

[SCiARA]

a medium T-7 would be nice

 

[aRJay]

Read in Q&A that shipkits should provide cover when on foot (hitbox or so...). would think this is much work, as they have no shadows at the moment.

also, ship kits bought with arx are then not purely cosmetical, pay-to-win rants incoming.

But adding a ship kit would increase the size of the ship as a target making it easier to hit, pay-to-lose?