Wow. Been a while. I've been building this for a while, and some might recall the familiar aesthetics from an older design of mine.
Not very high poly, though I may go back and boost detail here and there. I'm trying to keep it low for the meantime and see how much I can get textures to compensate.
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Anyway, great job with this model !!
Some detail-shots would be great either !!
Cheers, Stephan
1. Asymmetrical design. It's not Caldari if it doesn't have more bits on one side than the other. Check.
2. Macross Missile Massacre. Even though they use railguns, all anyone talks about are missiles. Check.
3. Blocky and angular. The Caldari are allergic to curves. Ever seen a Civire woman? Check.
4. Looks fast, drives slow. Caldari ships look fast, but even though they have the most advanced propulsion systems in the Cluster besides the Jovians, they still manage to have the slowest ships. No speed data to confirm. Looks Fast, but...
Finally, to be a true Caldari design, it must conform to the following axiom: Caldari/PVP/Solo - Pick Two.
Aside from the fact that the general plan form looks like a Wyvern moving backwards, I'd say that you were well on your way to making the State proud with this design!
I've always felt that windows on a starship were about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. All they are is unarmored spots in the hull.
A Nebulon-B that's stuck in reverse?
-Brian
LOL jk but really if you just chopped off the bit at the back and made some more interesting looking engines it would be much better.
Caldari ships are known to have the by far most advanced and powerful shield systems across the whole cluster, only the mysterious Jovians have even superior technology on that field.
And the standard eve player doesn't really care about windows, as we sit in our liquid-filled pods and control our ships via direct neural link to the ship systems. The only "normal" humans on board are probably engineering- and maintenance-crews. And they are just expendable.
To the ship:
I don't know, I don't know, the windows seem far to big for a battleship (and there are too many), and it doesn't really fit with the new Caldari-style CCP has introduced with the Tengu and the new Scorp.
I've shrunk down the windows as well, to improve sense of scale, not sure if I will shrink them further, but scale-wise I'm starting to think it's more battlecruiser size. Wel'll see.
But please, as a personal request, remove the IRC-logo and put the mad clown face of IT there. =P