Ok, 1st off while I've been busy in the real world, this past week-end I finalized 6 Arachnid Fleet Ships I had been working on and posted images & video clips of all 6 of them. Now finalized means the basic design is set, altho tweaking is possible and, of course, the textures are just a basic work. Be sure to check the vid clips because, while the angle views on the renders worked fine for the Federal Ships, they don't work so good on the Arachnids. Viewing the vid clips will give you a better idea of the design.
Now I wrote a whole long page concerning the reasons behind the land battles, or lack of and then my browser crashed. Sooo, to make a long story short, I do not have any of the old mods assets, land based or otherwise. Buildings, bugs, armor, suits, everything would have to be modeled & skinned from scratch like I'm doing with the space based units and frankly, it would take time I don't want to give. A space only tc is a major undertaking for one person that has to do everything and to be honest I'm anxious to move on to other things. However, I want to finish what I set out to do. This might not be a great mod, but it will be a decent mod and one I can be proud of.
After I've accomplished that, I might consider turning control over to someone else with the abilities to complete the land based side but since I haven't exactly been swamped with offers of help, I honeslty don't see that happening.
So, where's the chase and how do I cut to it? No land based models are currently being developed now or in the forseeable future.
It was also asked if I was going to block the land based play and in fact, that was my plan to keep the feel of SST without having anything SW to break that feeling. This isn't set in stone though and since it will be a while before I get to that point, I welcome any input.
Finally, I need input on whether people want two factions or three. If two, then the Arachnid & Skinnie Fleets will be combined 75%/25%. If not, then the factions would be Terrans, Arachnids, & Skinnies with full fleets. Basically, in the book the Skinnies were allies with the Arachnids until the Terrans raided the Skinnies homeworld and convinced them to change sides. Having 3 factions would allow battles between them all.
On that final note, here is a Skinnie Battlecruiser WIP.
I vote for 3 factions!
And it's a shame you can't access the original ground resources... Don't know anyone who might have them?
Panzer has been MIA since June. He said he had all of it but never actually sent anything. His last e-mail was he would be sending them the next day and then he disappeared.
Revere said all the assets were lost a long time ago.
The rest are MIA and never responded to the e-mails I sent or the e-mail addies were no longer active.
i imagined the skinny ships a little more lopsided and a little more. . . . hmm blue and copper as those are the consistent colors for the table top game and the series.
also maybe for galactic conquest the determining factor with who builds skinny ships is who takes over the skinny homeworld (tophet) the skinnies could function as pirates on there homeworld and the two other colonies that are talked about in the table top game
i got a reference picture for skinnies that could show how they design there basic stuff different from both the bugs and the humans
its also cool looking
[IMG]https://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p46/Ralok_one/skinny.jpg[/IMG]
tadah
hmm i dont think that works in comments
oh well
not blue like blueish green
like a dark teal or aqua
so are you done with all models? I was working on one that would be a good fighter for the bugs
No, I am still working on the bugs and skinny ships.
ill post some pictures on my profile. cant get it textured good tho.