Blogs - Bigboom99

Since I am currently modelling a carrier and I can't use image editors to save my life, I have decided to start updating the destroyer pair up to HW2 model standards. Since I am horrible with images and can't even get paint to work right for me, I will just be posting a changelog of what I will be changing on the model, reference pictures have already been posted.

Changelog-
-Adding Missile tubes on the side of each "Silo", as in the concept art. However, I will reduce the number of tubes to 8 per silo because of the HW1 32 missile capacity.
-I will round off all of the hard edges, due to taiidan architecture favouring curves over edges.
-Copy the engines from the carrier onto the missile destroyer, adjusted for scale of course.
-Add slight indentions where the grilles are.
-Adding the details on the top "fin"

And... that's probably all of the changes that are needed for the missile destroyer. The vanilla destroyer will be made after the missile variant, using the newer model.

I may have missed something here, so if you have any suggestions on what else I should add, let me know! Or if I don't know what I am doing, let me know that too. I feel like I won't be adding much, so if you suggest something it will probably be added to the model.

I have been thinking lately about the Taiidan fleet's transition to HW2, mostly from a lack of anything else to do. I have some ideas now that I think may work.

-Higariin's "focus" is ion beams, Vaygr's focus is missiles, Taiidan's focus; possibly defence fields?

-First defender has original weapon; however, the second defender has a defence field.

-Defence fields are always on, but are weaker than the Higariin "overcharged" version.

-Defence field generator; possible subsystem?

-Higariin "capture frigate" beams troops, Vaygr's uses pods, Taiidan's; possibly pods like Vaygr?

-Taiidan capital ships including Missile Destroyer; which could use the torpedoes like the torpedo frigate.