ARCHIVED: Discussion Topic - Unit Lines

[KingArthur]

They're great Wyrm. I love the second one especially. The first one is good as well - I like the rivets and colour.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Bluemonkey asked me to change it a little.

Spoiler :

 

[KingArthur]

Now that's what I call a Steam Tank

 

[Virote_Considon]

It looks lovely!

 

[Wyrmshadow]

This is what I have sofar. I still need a death and victory animation.

Also I'm working on the H.G. Well's land ironclad. Unfortunately at 100ft it's way too long @220 pixels... so I need to remove one of the sections.

 

[BadKharma]

Holy snikies those look great. I can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[Ozymandias]

You be the

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Oz

 

[KingArthur]

Looking great so far - love the steam escaping from the sides. For death perhaps we can see the boiler blow up and raise the whole back end off the ground almost tipping it over. For victory maybe just whirly turrets and smoke rings from the funnels.

The land ironclad is BIG - pity the civ limitations but perhaps you should scale it the same size as the Civ battleship.

 

[Kyriakos]

Amazing

 

[Balthasar]

The land ironclad is BIG - pity the civ limitations but perhaps you should scale it the same size as the Civ battleship.

I rather like it big. Steampunk machines usually have exaggerated sizes anyway. Can I put in a word for some Victorian styling elements? I realize it's hard to do at this scale, but I can picture a pimped-out version of that first one you posted, for example. The detailing you did on your Roman Monitor is sort of an example of what I'm thinking....

These are all great, Wyrm. You've been an excellent source of units lately, and I'm quite busy stuffing them into the biq - although it's a trick keeping up with you!

And to tell you the truth, what we need most urgently is some form of Victorian-age Moon Rocket. The whole scenario turns on it, and we haven't yet come up with anything. Vuldacon was willing to make a Cavorite Sphere but couldn't find a model. Got anything in your bag of tricks Wyrm?

 

[Wyrmshadow]

HOW would I make a rocket? Would it be like an ICBM? Because I don't know how to do that. Cavorite sphere would be EZPZ.

 

[Blue Monkey]

HOW would I make a rocket? Would it be like an ICBM? Because I don't know how to do that. Cavorite sphere would be EZPZ.

The basic shape & animations should be relatively simple. Here's a direct link to the Vernian Capsule images referenced in the Steampunk Unit Requests thread. The way the terrain is set (water = space) it's functionally a naval unit, afaik. So it would have the same animations as a transport. The detailing is where the real creativity would lie. & There's a lot of freedom in that part of the design.

EDIT: It's ballistic, no internal rockets. If you want to see an animation sample look to Méliès "Trip to the Moon" from 1902.

 

[Balthasar]

HOW would I make a rocket? Would it be like an ICBM? Because I don't know how to do that. Cavorite sphere would be EZPZ.

EZPZ?? Fantastic. This doesn't have to be like an ICBM at all. The Cavorite sphere would only have to rotate or wobble a little as it moves. Anyway, whether it's antique-bullet-shaped or sphere shaped, Blue Monkey is right; it's just a naval unit without waves or water. Cavorite is an anti-gravity mineral activated by electricity so the thing can "float" up to its destination.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Wouldn't a moon train be more appropriate rather than a single projectile?

And if I made a Cavorite Sphere model.. would Vuldacon be in a better position to do the animations like the Tardis?

I'm saying that because I don't want to get side tracked with another genre again. I still have big ww1 plans. I only want to do the Well's landship because I've always wanted to make it since I saw a paper model online years ago.

 

[KingArthur]

Wouldn't a moon train be more appropriate rather than a single projectile?

And if I made a Cavorite Sphere model.. would Vuldacon be in a better position to do the animations like the Tardis?

I'm saying that because I don't want to get side tracked with another genre again. I still have big ww1 plans. I only want to do the Well's landship because I've always wanted to make it since I saw a paper model online years ago.

By my reckoning (although this is not set in stone) we have room for all 3 "spaceship" designs in the scenario:

era 2 ballistic flight - moon projectile (i.e. the single projectile)
era 3 interplanetary flight - mars rocket (like the 'moon train' pic)
era 4 anti-gravity - cavorite capsule

Whatever you can do would be a big help.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Well I'm not going to be roped into another SOE or WOTW mod, because that can easily happen. And I'm sure I'll have oodles of fun making the wacky models.. but it's not something I want to do right now.

Like I said previously.. the Cavorite Sphere was easy peasy lemon squeasy to make.

model download


And as big of a jerkweed as I can be..... I bet the majority of you realize I'm too valuable a resource to anger or squander.

 

[Balthasar]

Thank you so much, Wyrm. It's a beauty to boot. I've already PM'd (or whatever that new thing is) Vuldacon to check out this thread; we'll see now what he has to say.

I look forward to seeing your Wells Landcruiser. Don't forget the cool trim.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Well this is what the ironclad is supposed to look like.

I don't know what sort of trim you're looking for.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Took all day but the Rhomboid is finished.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

This is what I have done with the Wells ironclad