Hell_Diguner

Absolute wrote:Your installer deleted my Program Files and replaced it with its own with only sierra\homeworld 2\complex823.big and .jpg in it. I hate you !

Retroboy wrote:There really wasn't enough time in HW2 to rationalize why Karan went chasing this figment of a badly clued Bentusi dream in order to race the Vaygr to... uh... something, and then the whole thing wasted a number of missions figuring out the contraptions of the Progenitors.

Norsehound wrote:If whisper wasn't so direct in his criticism, would any of you have paid attention? Rude as it might seem, sometimes we grow because we get rude and uncomfortable feedback. That's how things get better.

While some of the 'spiky' ships early on in the thread seemed to have some purpose and balance to their spikyness, I have to confess that I also feel some of the designs in here look sloppy, and all of these are never textured.

Something I feel I should add is that some of these ships need a sense of balance. While Taiidan ships have fins, they never go overboard with them. Nor do any of the Homeworld ships go overboard in turrets. While it might look good to you, to others (like me) it might seem like you're 'hot rodding' your spaceship by cramming as many turrets on it to somehow make up for the uninteresting shape underneath it (unless you want the underlying shape to look mundane...). The same goes with spikes and fins.

Some of the best ships in science fiction are ones without super hull detailing or outrageous fins. Consider the Imperial Star Destroyer, which is simply a wegde with a superstructure and domed 'ears'. The Enterprise-A, best of the Trek lineup, is very clean without greebling. Even the Earth Alliance Destroyers of Babylon 5 don't go overboard with spikes or fiddly bits- the largest visual cues are the huge blocky shapes.

That's my two cents from an artist, take it or leave it.