Do-Mo In reply to ??? [2018-12-07 20:46:51 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome! As you showed me, you have some really great concept art sketches, and the main ship has a lot of simple shapes on it, a great starting point to get back into it What I like about 3D modeling is that it's very forgiving, time consuming, but forgiving for any and all mistakes. Personally I don't think I have any particular skill, heck, I can't even draw an apple, yet a lot of people like my designs.

Actually, it's more of a flagship/command ship, the huge canons are medium range, secondary weapons(also for bombardment), its primary weapons are in the VLS type silos(the link in the description has all the stats), among them 40 are 13,5m x 2,5m x 2,5m silos, so pretty big missiles (slightly larger than the Trident II), and if launched in space, those could be used at ranges over several thousand kilometers. That's where those sensors at the very front come into play, with that size they could easily track thousands of objects at massive ranges, and also guide hundreds of missiles, or designate targets for smaller ships that are between it and the target. It's a battle cruiser, not a battleship, you want to avoid anything coming into ranges close enough where tight angles matter, it's got huge amounts of area and point defense missiles, but it's still a (relatively) "soft ship".

However, if the combat really does take an incredibly nasty turn, and everything goes wrong, the ship could probably carry some sensor-buoy type drones, those wouldn't even need to be big, and could replace a few of the many missiles, they could spread around to function like mini-awacs in space.

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KAPbl4 In reply to Do-Mo [2018-12-07 20:59:17 +0000 UTC]

Wish I have enough time... But eventually - yes.

I see. So, ship's primary task is to maintain C3 network between units, while providing limited fire support with artillery and MMS? In this case onboard targeting systems aren't that important, yes - it will have enough "eyes and ears" in any standard combat scenario.

And about concept art - this time there are some new ones, but mostly not spaceship-related. Firearms, for example:
K-series

Or some scenery and characters:
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Do-Mo In reply to KAPbl4 [2018-12-07 22:48:36 +0000 UTC]

Trust me, I'm always in need of more time, and I'm very slow when it comes to modeling, a spaceship like this is 50+ hours of work for me. It's still worth it to just start something of, even if you give it half hour-hour a day, or while casually watching a movie, show, podcast... After a while, something good comes out of it.

Yes, something like that (though I don't know what MMS is ). A part of a larger system, not a super-ship that's supposed to do everything on its own, a tough ship, but not an unbeatable one.

Firearms are also something I keep thinking about doing, but always end up doing something else. I will probably do something in a similar style, they look nice, especially the 303 and the sniper. Scenery is also nice looking (if a bit blurry ), another thing that I also need to do someday. It really conveys nicely the size of a spaceship, something that tends to be lost when looking at external images.

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KAPbl4 In reply to Do-Mo [2018-12-08 03:38:10 +0000 UTC]

I see. So' I'll give it a try in a way you suppose. I need to recover after this mental breakdown somehow, anyway. 

MMS - Multirole (Modular) Missile System. Concept of space weaponry with thruster stages, attack stage and payload of the missile are stored separately and being configured on load for the specific task. Comes from Zorich's Tomorrow War novel series.

If you need the firearms engineering 101 - I can recommend you this YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/Forgotten…

K300 series rifles - are bread-and-butter infantry firearms of the Axis. Fully modular, using 9.3x42 caseless pneumoelectric round and equipped with CANI integration chip. On the art - shown in hands of Alliance ranger. From the 2nd Expedition's vanguard battlegroup, judjing by insignia.

Scenery and another art (with Liz) - is Artem's first attempt to make an illustration for the "recon run" WIP story. The blur - is because Artem have habit of drawing in the pocket notepad and then photographing result with telephone. Another example or this: LP-01

Ship - is Alliance DRK-017 "Tambov's Wolf", project 164200bis "Spark-R" strategic recon frigate. More art is coming. 

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