ORS-class Heavy Cruiser Redesign image - Sins of the Prophets mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
A Halo mod for the critically acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire, that aims to capture the fast paced intensity of the Halo series.
When Halo: Fleet Battles was announced and Spartan Games showed their ORS-class Heavy Cruiser we were very vocal that we felt the ship was too derivative (appearing to be made out of other models).
When fans came asking if we would include it in the mod, we said we'd probably correct some of the issues we had with the model if we decided to include the ship. Thanks to Malcontent we'd like to show you some work-in-progress shots of our own version of the ORS-class Heavy Cruiser compared to a basic model of Spartan Game's version.
The overall shape of the ship was left alone, but specific areas that we felt were literally copied from other ships or just odd were adjusted. (Again, this is WIP, not finished, but we'd like to show you what we have in mind.)
I really like the direction you're going with the alt but I think you should try to make it a little less busy like the original. The two "fins" or rounded edges on the sids could do without the six lines or at least more subtle. The back end of it (the ccs replacement) could do with a similar measure of reduced business.
Other than that, I greatly prefer the alt. Covenant ship aesthetics are always sleek and eloquent. There are too many sharp and jagged edges in this.
I think that's what they were going for. The Covenant is dissolved now, so the new ships are going to look different based on whatever is deemed more efficient. The ship still looks very Covenant-y but also with a different feel, which I think is good.
I kinda wish they'd create a pure Bungie era mod and then maybe a 343 era mod or addon later though. Its not that I dislike what 343 is doing, its just that the bungie era is the prime nostalgia era and what gets me going the most. I know that both are in there sort of but I'm assuming (maybe I'm wrong) that most of the 343 era stuff will be a result of tech advances which means that every game will end in the 343 era.
Well it's possible that there could be a very time-consuming research addon (25 minutes?) that, when researched, allows you to use all of the new-era ships. I don't know.
they took the back body of the ccs, the rim thing of the corvette, the front nose of the cas, and the fins of a crs. i like the changes you've made.