Anglachel Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Plasma Pistol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 The surfaces on the front spikes did not build too well as you will probably be able to tell. Blaster Bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Woah! i like that blaster bomb! The pistol looks a bit too much of the riffle, if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Both of those look nice! I think the pistol,s grip should be larger relative to the rest of the gun. It might look odd, but as mikker pointed out, it looks more like a short rifle. I think the main body just needs to be narrower I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drewid Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 hmmm. I'm not convinced about the spikey tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 I would envision the BB looking a lot like a generic ufo: a disk or cylinder. If the BB has the power to change directions 180 degrees in midair instantaneously using alien technology, why would it need spikes or fins to make it fly straight? It is not a human invention.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 (edited) Who said they help it fly, it was just for style. Just trying to make it look non-human. The BB struck me more as a missle. I don't see a cylinder flying too well, you mean an elipsoid? Wouldn't that be too close to the original? I have another design in mind I will post when I find time to make it. The first model I made of the pistol was better but when I went to save it, some error came up and I lost it. Could I remember the dimensions I used, no. <_< I will work on it some more. Edited June 26, 2003 by Anglachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 (edited) Well, umm, not quite what I thought it would look like, but here it is. Edited June 26, 2003 by Anglachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 (edited) that looks alot more likley for a bomb, the other one looked as dangerous to anyone who tried to throw it to anyone it was thrown at . 'sgood maybe a bit more circular? Edited June 26, 2003 by hippyjon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demich Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 Will the blaster luncher and blaster turret use the same ammo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 I think it's be a nice touch to change the shape of the blaster bomb from the 'silver football' shape to something more disc like as Micah said. Maybe model the thing on similar premise to the original cyberdisc. So the blasterbomb looks like an alien frisbee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 Perhaps a frisbee with a sphere in the middle, holding the nasty payload. The main disc body houses the flight controls. If you shortened up the last model, you could just add a beveled cylinder cross section through the middle of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 Will the blaster luncher and blaster turret use the same ammo?i do not recall the ammo for the turret in the UFOpedia.... I belive, that if there would be any chance to the ammo itself, the player would not be aware of it, because it would make it easier if we just used the same ammo when its flying though the sky. Maybe a bit bigger, i dunno... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 (edited) Nothing like doing concept art at 1:00 AM. I really should try going to bed earlier. Edited June 27, 2003 by Anglachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Now the payload frisbee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Saturn like one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 (edited) And Frisbee of Doom. Was going for some influence from the Predator disc, just don't remember much what it looks like and too tired to look for it. I'll be back in the morning. Edited June 27, 2003 by Anglachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 frisbee of doom definately ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Hmmm... I have to put text here to post, well then here is a remake of the pistol. It has a lower profile then the others, the clips are on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 now that is better. The only thing is, that perhaps you could line up the 2 at the front, to go \ / instead of _ _ And perhaps some aim device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 (edited) Oh yeah, that design looks good! Moving the clips around gives it some extra variety as well, which is nice. Mikker, do you mean the spikes up front? They are supposed to be parallel IIRC. As to aiming device, the alien versions don't have sights. The human versions will have a different grip and sights to make them stand out IIRC. Edited July 2, 2003 by Breunor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 This is kind of the place to put this, will the blaster bomb affect be an implosion instead of an explosion. If it is based on the original as being a fusion smart bomb, I always found it wrong that it exploded when the fusion ball defense talks about it imploding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 (edited) Mikker, you said you were having problems with the spike design on the craft weapon. That is my fault , here is a spike Breunor made that should work.spike.zip Edited July 2, 2003 by Anglachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Based on the fusion ball, maybe the blaster bomb could look like one of those original atom bomb chambers. A sphere with the multitude of detonator knobs sticking out of it, which could be deformed into an oblong shape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Like a fancier version of this> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 I need to stop looking at the pictures, the game won't come back no matter how much I want it to. (The muton and Chrysalyd looked good though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drewid Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 I like the curviness of that. Those are the sort of shapes and lines we should be aiming at with our alien tech I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 i restarted on the plasma cannon, and look what happened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 I still think those spikes sould be connected closer to the end of the weapon. Consider how on the other plasma weaps, most of the spike extends past the end of the barrel. IMO too much of the spike length overlaps your barrel, if that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 like this (it sure looks alien!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 That's a lot better, but of course now they taper in too much... there's just no pleasing me is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Acturly, it was the point that they should be so, because, they dont tapper in after you have fired the cannon a few shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breunor Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 That's the ticket! :happybanana: , when you run out of ammo, just do a strafing run and hit the target with those spikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 yes, the plasma cannon goes great with the kekikaze attack type next job on it is the main body. hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miceless Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Wow, looks very nice. :happybanana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revenant4 Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 The plasma cannon is looking better and better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted July 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 I like the curviness of that. Those are the sort of shapes and lines we should be aiming at with our alien tech I think.Funnily enough alliance was one of the research areas I looked into for the look of the alien tech. So I agree with Drewid here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 Question, on the sleeves, do I need to put another surface that is facing out on the back side (where the hand goes in) or can I leave it open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim69 Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 R u askin if u need 2 put a surface of the inside of the hand? I think that is what u r sayin, if it is then u don't need it, even looking at it straight at a close zoom the inside would be hidden by the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglachel Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 This is in reference to the x-net version, where a hand will not be (atleast I don't think there will be one there in the x-net). Do I need to cover the inside of the sleeve or will the renderer shade both sides of a poly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 fun with meshsmooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fux0r666 Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 (edited) It looks kind of like it fell off of the back of a truck on the highway. And sorry for this late reply about the implosion. I think the implosion they are referring to is that when matter and antimatter meet they are supposedly supposed to annihilate one another, converting the mass of both into energy like the mass that is lost during a fusion reaction. Also, antiprotons are supposed to have all the properties of protons only in reverse- so they would have an equally negative charge to the proton's positive charge. Put in the same general arean they would be drawn to each other and fall into one another by magnetic attraction (I think it's magnetic. I'm not too clear on the definitions of either weak or strong nuclear forces). When compared to a fusion reaction, the antimatter reaction would have much more power per mass involved because it is a complete conversion of mass to energy: provided the matter and antimatter combine at a 1 to 1 ratio and the mass isn't partially pushed aside by the ensuing expulsion of electromagnetic radiation. So I think what they mean by implosion is the masses falling into one another... I was thinking on how those weapons would be fitted to the various aircraft considering its perceived size and shape. I thought perhaps a gunpod would be one of the options to consider, at least for the conventional looking aircraft. Here are some pictures of gunpods if that is an option. Note they look a lot like thin external fuel tanks.. http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/201-300/walk251_SUU-23A_gun_pod/images_Chris_Hughes/SUU-23A_02.jpg http://www.ammodel.com/ImageResizeCache/f8fbda085298f14d8557b707efa9ebe0.jpg Edited September 5, 2003 by fux0r666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim69 Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 looks like a drag racer without the wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Facehugger Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Hey Mikker, please tell me that isn't the heavy plasma! That looks like an organic heavy laser! Anyway, we could just say that the bb uses fusion, (fusion ball launcher, fusion defense) because the weapons that are devloped from it are fusion based weapons. I don't understand the whole concept of a "gun pod" what is it supposed to do? Is it like a self-contained gun you can strap onto a plane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Hey Mikker, please tell me that isn't the heavy plasma! That looks like an organic heavy laser!Description on the pic: If alien could steal Laser tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fux0r666 Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 You see? You understand it perfectly, Cpl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Facehugger Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 What? The gunpod? Or the alien heavy laser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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