archspace

[Slug Toy]

ok i think i found my inspiration for my eventual mod. its the game archspace.

if any of you guys play it, the thing that really got me thinking was the picture of the evintos dreadnaught in the ship section of the encyclopaedia. that thing looks awesome.

then i got inspired to incorporate some engraving... and i was thinking about how i can make things clean and functional, yet still have a theme.... and im pretty sure this is it.

if you dont know what archspace is, go here http://www.archspace.org/ and check it out for a bit, especially the ecyclopaedia. you'll find descriptions of weapons, pictures of ships, descriptions of race... lots of stuff. you'll learn what im talking about when i say evintos and dreadnaught. its an addictive game though, so be careful.

so anyways... its just... i just... i need to get a picture drawn up i think because the pictures on that site are old and small. the game's been around for years in one form or another. ill draw up a new, custom version of the dreadnaught... it wont serve any purpose for the mod, but maybe it will give me more ideas.

the things i DO have in mind now are to do with weapons, armor, and computers. in archspace theres reasearch you do, and you get tons of different stuff because of it. weapons like homing black holes, distortion blaster (it shoots stuff from other dimensions), nova torpeda (makes a big sun when it explodes), time-wake homing missile (it follows its own probability to get almost 100% accuracy), and all sorts of other heavy duty crap. armor like eternium (its the toughest armor, but cant be repaired), energy organic crystal (my favourite because its hard crystal, it heals itself, and its strong against everything), and wall of klein (its like a pan-diimensional armor that can completely distort any projectiles or missiles and repair itself as damage is being done). and lastly... computers... not many of them, but theres enough... genetic computers, optical, quantum, and neurocomputers.

so i think theres plenty of stuff to warrant the use of acrylic, cool lighting, and nice etched designs in the metal and acrylic.

ideas? comments? anything? i think the picture will help, but it wont be done for a while. i take my time when drawing.

[GT40_GearHead]

this is nice!!!!
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

you could do something awesome with the armor, space the plates a bit an put green leds under them, and steel would work much better than acrylic!

(damn it, i'm starting to revert to the "metal good, wood bad" me)

[nzcubey]

thats pretty cool, have you made any progress on getting a physical case to work with?

id like to see an ogame.org themed case, the new default skin on it is so awesome.

ps if you really needa a case, ring around pc places, and see if they have some old hewlit packard atx cases that you can have or buy cheaply, or any other kinda case for that matter :D

[Slug Toy]

well ive been looking at the coolermaster centurion cases for a while, or the thermaltake matrix. both those are ideal size and layouts. the matrix is aluminum too, but more expensive.

i shouldnt have any trouble getting a hold of one when i decide to. ncix has an office somewhere in my area that i can go to, and i know of two other small shops that ive already dealt with before. now that i have a credit card... not much issue with money... ill probably grab one when i get a break in school... which probably wont be until december when the semester ends. i hate school.

ill take a look at ogame. never heard of it until now actually.

the drawing is coming along... but its difficult. i think id actually rather be designing weapons and stuff right now. the actual ship drawing... kind of pointless. its the small things like computer technology and missiles that are going to influence this design the most. im going to make a decision on what exactly to draw... tonight after homework.

interesting note for the heck of it. in archspace, im currently working on uniting everyone in a huge commerce network. its never been done before, and it means that im a go-between for quite a few guys who are at war with each other. kind of funny... they'll be fighting each other, and indirectly in commerce with each other at the same time.