rain brook
At the moment it's just a big rectangle, I have to finish the cockpit on the front with 2 navs, but it's still going to look like a block.
I want thinking about adding some cargo on the sides and giving some shape with the aero blocks and rotors but I don't know what shape I should give lmao
vocal otter
Have you looked at some of the other ship threads like the build challenges and competed ship megathread for inspiration?
rain brook
Yeah, it's just that I'm not sure if there's everything necessary on the ship
Maybe I'll put cargo on the side, and then build around it to make it less symmetrical
Also rounding up the front / cockpit area with angled windows
But I wonder how dangerous windows are going to be, especially on the front
vocal otter
Those are good shouts yeah. You don't need anything on the ship, even if you did you've got a lot of expansion space. Only thing I'd be tempted to say is to build thruster "pods" rather than wishing them out with the walls coming in to create a 3 wide corridor instead of a 4 wide one. It'll save weight, be better protected against micrometeorites (more corners=better), and will create a more varied silhouette.
rain brook
Do you have an example about these "pods" ?
vocal otter
Yeah here's one, it's effectively a rectangle, just with embellishments. The thrusters are in pods/banks of three.
rain brook
Oh okay, like I did in the back of the ship
I think I'll give it a try
As for aero blocks and rotors they can be bought and salvaged around Venus right?
vocal otter
Yep.