What did you do in Empyrion today?

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  2. Arrclyde

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    Really? i've never played any game of the Mass Effects series *gasp* :-D
     
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    Oh dear... might I suggest going back to the thicker saucer-ish design for the central hull? While I love all the work on the back half (very cool designs!), the entirety of it suggests something a bit... phallic.
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    That, or something to brighten and emphasize the ring/halo in the front so it doesn't highlight the central shape quite so much.
     
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  4. Neal

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    Oh, i wasn't aware of that. (i always have trouble reckognizing "phallic" shapes, other ppl. see. :oops:)
    Thanks for the hint! :)
     
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    Kids... if you don't know what they are talking about: they say his spaceship looks like a wheewhee :-D :-D :-D
     
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  6. Neal

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    I guess this change doesn't make it any better... :confused:
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  7. Arrclyde

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    Was just kidding ;-) every rocket has some phallic touch to it. People can make such a drama out of everything.

    @Kieve
    like i promised, here a small shot off some of my creations. Not all of them but they are the most finished one.
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    That thing in the back is the ARRC Atlas MKII, to the right there is my Dropship concept and two of my ARRC Chargers. The two close to the Atlas are my Grizzly HV in basic and MAX condition. And the two to the left are my Kodiak HVs in basic and MAX condition. That is what i will be doing today (and the other days): finish the texturing, lighting and coloring. The basic versions get stripped off some devices (to save resources) and the Atlas gets its interior and exterior finished. Want it to get a look like the Grizzly and Kodiak kind of. ;-)
     
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  8. Neal

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    No absolutely not. You have a valid point.


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    Why put 100s hours of work into a design and cudgeling my brain about it, if it looks rediculus anyway? We all know EVERYTHING looks phallic, lol.
    That thing took me 5 minutes to build and is x times more efficient. :D
     
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    That is what i said. Don't bother how people think it looks like. Is it your fault that to them everything looks like something phallic? :-D
     
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    What did you use to get 14k Zascosium?
     
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  11. Neal

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    You both are right imo.
    The problem is i just fail to see the difference (i never could). To some ppl. nothing looks phallic and to others everything does (in the broadest sense).
    Myself, i just can't differntiate, so i need to rely on other ppl. I'm always tiptoeing to make my creations NOT look like a Star Trek ship and make it NOT look phallic, but i hate boxes, hard angles and greebles. I'd rather do nothing at all.
    So it's perfectly ok to say it looks like a D**k because i need some honest feedback. It just frustrating to spend 3 weeks of thoughts and trial and error, into a design just to find out that it was just wasted time.
    Please don't get me wrong i'm not mad at you or Kieve in any way. I appreciate your comments very much!
    If anything, i'm mad at me.
     
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    building a Alpha 7 CV. Psst ... top secret! ;)

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    Did a 3 minute Alpha 7 overview to lure your friends in
     
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    I was going to reply to your first post, thought it was looking good. Now that the phallic thing is out there, yeah i guess it does look a bit like that to me. But, is it that bad really? Idk, i still see a ship. That image i linked with old sci-fi nacelles looks phallic too - that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it.
     
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    Well..... i am done for today and my HV grew a little. Size 22 currently, even though i didn't stuff all spaces with max cargo boxes possible. But crew quarters, commander quarters and a couple of other areas are almos done now. Plus i added a little dakka to the front end.
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    I want to get this done, so i can finally work on something more fitting for survival and MP.... this thing clearly isn't :-D
     
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    Christ almighty, that thing is a monster! Ferngully, beware!

    It's not a waste of time, it just needs some adjustment. In what way, I'm not entirely sure. I wasn't trying to start drama, and I'm usually the last person to point that sort of thing out (unless it's blatantly attempting to be so), but the combination of long hull and rounded back end in this case just make it a little too apparent in some ways. I don't think you should abandon it however! Would there be any way to smooth out the rear "bow" so it slopes back into the center hull, rather than meeting it at right angles? Or just return to the hull/saucer shape you were showing in this earlier post?
    There was absolutely nothing phallic in either of those that I could see.
     
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  17. Neal

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    So the "problem" is that the main body is now straight, instead of a spoon? :confused:
    The funny thing is i abandoned the Spoon (the wider main body shape) and went for a more basic looking straight shape, especially to avoid making it look odd. :)

    I need to sleep over it, maybe i'll throw away it alltogether and go for a much simpler configuration maybe just a round or elliptic saucer - Engineering hull configuration. Maybe reinventing the wheel isn't needed at all.

    EDIT:
    I never had this much trouble coming up with something i like, lol.
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    (These are just the tries i didn't throw away instantly this week, lol)

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    You mean like this?
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    I hesitate making both ends round, it could make things even worse...
    Or should i follow more a horseshoe shape, by making both "arms" longer and more rounded? Similar like this?
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    Gathered some supplies from the neighbors.. boy those Xirax get persnickety when you yank the junction box out of their core... que lastima. ;) Anyhow used some of that stuff to build Prototype HV for testing of cage-armor.
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    We shall see how it goes.
     
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    Yes, it does.
    I honestly couldn't see anything in the original design until it was pointed out. I was even thinking of a ship design without that outer ring.
    I don't think you should scrap it, at all!
    That change does make it much better, but I wondered if having three or four nacelles might stop the umm... testicular impression.
    Excuse the hasty sketch, but something like this?
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    Of course, this might just make it phallic from different angles...
    What a strange turn this thread has taken!
     
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