My first Shipset, The Slaanesh, Need Feedback

[Emperor's Child]

I've just uploaded my first shipset, the Slaanesh, onto this board and would appreciate any feedback. The AI is 1.49 compatable but has very little playtime under its belt.

1014996314.zip

[chewy027]

For your first shipset thats pretty darn good. Using Doga I see. Looks like you put a lot of time into some of those ships with many different parts, and I really like your use of the available textures. Did you make the racial picture too?

[Suicide Junkie]

Wow. Very cool, and lots of variety while still maintaining a cohesivesness.

I'm curious as to why the Large transport is so wide and flat, rather than being compacted to provide a smaller profile. Being in space, that dosen't really matter except for combat and microparticle impacts.

[Alpha Kodiak]

Nice looking shipset. I hope to get some time this weekend to try it out.

I do have a couple of observations on the AI. The first is that, based on the images, I was expecting an organic AI, and based on the description, it sounded like it would be a religious AI. According to the ai_general file, it is neither. That is not a problem really, just on observation. I don't think you need to change your AI just because of those issues. The other thing that I saw, that might actually cause this race some problems, is that it will be quite late before they research point defense weapons. If they run into a missile user early, they will be toast. Most human players tend to use missile ships early, so this could be a real problem.

Once I get a chance to see them in a game, I will let you know how they do. I think that they have a lot of potential.

[Val]

I'm more of a Tzeentch fan, but the ships of this young upstart god look good

I really like the Battleship!! Great race pop image as well.

Do you play BFGothic?

Any hopes of rounding out the rest of the Chaos ships? Any chance you could post some of the DoGA files to see how you did texture/color/etrc.?

I know there is an Ork set out there, always thought it would be fun to make a 40k mod.

[Taera]

I agree with the observation below, by the look this race is supposed to be organic, especialy if talking about bases and fighters. By the description, all of their lives spin around their belief in Daemon Gods - worship them and sacrifice ppl to them, making a perfect description for a religious race.

For the images themselves, the ships are quite good for a first racestyle.
Some of the ships remind me of some of the original ships but they are nice and i cant trace where they go to.

One more thing. The fighters are cool, but kinda outa of the place with their unusual texture.

Overall, well done. Havent checked the AI yet.

[Emperor's Child]

Thank you all for the very rapid positive feedback. It�s great to get recognition and that sort of thing just keeps the creative fires lit.

And if you are not pumped up by the pictures yet, check this out, a Slaanesh Fleet ScreenSaver! 1015002417.zip This is an 800x600 bmp format and IMHO these ships look much better against a light background.

In reply to some of the very kind feedback...

Yes, I did the race pic. The first attempt looked like a pale Version of Neelix...This one looks more sinister.

The transports are flat for 2 reasons. My original concept of giant mile long transports looked good, but didn't format well into the 36 x 36 or 128 x 128 formats used by the game. The ones you see are something of a compromise between the original idea and the mechanics of the game. As to the flatness, I tried out different Versions of the medium transport with a x-pattern body, doubled the middle section and hung it underneath the main body, etc.. but none appeared that much larger or dramatic. The really long / flat Version conveys size yet works well in the square display format of the game.

Good comment on PD tech... I'll fix that.

Nope, don't play BFGothic, just 40k and WHFB.

Do the rest of Chaos in their own shipsets? Goodness sakes No! Well, at least no time soon. This little project has taken already too much of my time and my wife is now giving me "the look" whenever I decent into my man-cave in the basement late at night to crank these guys out.

[Atraikius]

Good to see more WH40K fans. Havn't looked at them much yet, but will try to over the weekend.

Emporer's Child - Would you be willing to make a second set of your troops in Khorne colors for me? I am almost done with a Chaos Fleet (nice beat up looking Red color), pretty much done with the ships based of of BFG, but I am running behind on the troops and fighters.

I agree with you not giving them either organic or religeous; and if you were to consider them religeous they should also be psychic. I would suggest that you kept the prop. expert thoughout to keep with the BFG theme of chaos ships having a speed advantage over the Imperial and Ork ships. It also would fit the BFG style better to give them a nice attack bonus to represent them typically having longer range weapons that the other races in BFG.

I'll repost the Orks for the Gold Version once the Gold Version is out for any of you that want them.

[ 01 March 2002: Message edited by: Atraikius ]

[Emperor's Child]

Well, uh.... Sure! Even misguided Khorne followers need troops to conquer the rest of the galaxy with. Here they are: 1015007987.zip

[ 01 March 2002: Message edited by: Emperor's Child ]

[Deathstalker]

Havn't been on in a while, busy waiting for Gold and playing Wizardry 8. But I thought I see what all the fuss is about. All I have to say is 'Holy!...' Thats a mighty fine shipset you got going there. Keep up the good work (esp love the color and attention to small detail).