design contest chat

[stiff sandal]

Can't seen the difference unfortunately

[tight tapir]

Little diamond thing at the front

[stiff sandal]

oh, now I see it, thx

[toxic ocean]

More work on the ion core later...

Here's a random old screenshot of me trying to punch in a realistic hole.

[toxic ocean]

More ruining in progress™️

[slow axle]

look very pretty

[vernal lance]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[past bramble]

trying not to get copyrighted by imperium part 3

i think im gonna call them the legion of steel

[vernal lance]

make it part 4

[slow axle]

i have to say it but a imperium ship have similar colors

tho is that enough differance

[past bramble]

..........

welp part 4 it is i guess

OG paint job is probably what im gonna run with

too lazy to repaint capital ship

[tight tapir]

Second one is beautiful

[toxic ocean]

Aww, how harmless :>

Exterior is done.

@slow axle Do you have any suggestions for the scheme of paint?

I want to paint this one myself, but you could give me some suggestions, as I consider you to be a superior painter.

Anyways, I didn't have the name for this for the longest amount of time, but I think I finally found one that clicked:

The Rotten Core

Sounds menacing plus fitting.

Plus because I knocked out the right missile array, I finally have enough funds for DA ION COAR, hooray!

Hmm, let me think who should I force to build it for me...

@strange mango Blake, can ship collabs be larger than 2 people?

[slow axle]

very hard to tell.... i see it black and green with more black than green but that would mean no fades ? maybe a dark green and a lighter green and maybe some thin red

[toxic ocean]

I don't know how to work with green :c

[slow axle]

awwwww so sad

orange would work too i guess

[toxic ocean]

I imagine it oversprawling with rust.

[toxic ocean]

Yeah true.

[slow axle]

i don't know how to work with rust effect :c

[toxic ocean]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[slow axle]

every colors could work i guess tho it might not fit the name

every colors exepct yellow yellow is ugly orange fine despite being so close

[toxic ocean]

Yeah.

I honestly hate the electric yellow color.

Also electric lime can burn in hell as well.

Literally hot pink is a better color.

Though electric pink magenta is one of the coolest colors in my opinion.

[slow axle]

i don't know how artist make good thing with yellow when i see it in #1053564597023547412

[slow axle]

pink and blue are best but it might not fit every design

[toxic ocean]

Scheme™️

Orange base, blood red, gold yellow and an incredibly dark faded red as the shadows (Yup it's not a complete black because I'm a rebel).

Oh boy...

It's rolin' time. And managmentin' time.

[strange mango]

sure, i dont see why not, tho i will say that there should be a cap, for now im making the max amount of players in a single colab equal to the amount of ships of the submission of said colab and have a hard cap at 5 players per colab, purely so that we dont get a situation where 90% of the participants have all been one colab

[toxic ocean]

XD

True.

[stiff sandal]

I can image that painting that front bit will be fun

[tired vapor]

restart the 8th

[stiff sandal]

I like it, but I'm not sure how well the red is gonna fit. I'm sure you could make it work tho

[slow axle]

i see red suiting this ship very well

[tight tapir]

At some point up gotta just go with it

[wispy vigil]

the fade lines make it look very flat

[tired vapor]

welp restart the 9th time soon

[olive aspen]

i suggest just going for it, painting the whole thing and only then considering restarting.

[tired vapor]

nah

restart whenever it starts looking bad

was going to restart anyways bc irl frend gave me an idea

[olive aspen]

mind your mindset 🧠

[stiff sandal]

Don't let em bring ya down, I think what your working on looks cool

[tired vapor]

m going to turn it into a birb

so restart is required lol

[vernal lance]

1-2

[toxic ocean]

I really like the first one, but the second one feels really unnecessarily gimmicky. It has a useless PD on the right side that it literally can't use and the lower blaster seems to be obscured by what looks like a rhombus-shaped object made from armor triangles.

[slow axle]

say the man who made unnecessarily gimmick ships

[vernal lance]

its a 1

its name is just "fly" with scu tacked on to it and its description is literally ship self loathing edition

its meant to be one shitty ship

[toxic ocean]

Hm?

Okay.

I was talking about this one.

[vernal lance]

oh

the lower blaster still shoots most of the time

so its pretty much just extra protection

and the useless pd was me trying to make it a 2

it was functional before i tried to make it a 2

i think

[toxic ocean]

Reading Comprehension Challenge: Difficulty— Impossible Apocalypse Emotional Damage 3AM +++

[vernal lance]

i already had deciphered it

[toxic ocean]

[That was a joke]

I know.

Sent it a little late.

[vernal lance]

anyway being sensible and taking things too seriously aside can i see your ships

[toxic ocean]

Still, I'm surprised you thought I was talking about the one with only a disruptor

[toxic ocean]

Sure why not.

[vernal lance]

i have the iq of dry ice

[toxic ocean]

Oh wow you seem quite smart :b

[vernal lance]

uhm achu-actually its po- point defence are it-itrs weapons

[vernal lance]

casually uses the highest measurement of temperature currently available

[toxic ocean]

Yup.

You simply can't reach negative IQ levels if you measure it with Kelvin, because the lowest theoretically possible temperature is ZERO KELVIN!

[vernal lance]

anyway 103.15 iq is close to average

[toxic ocean]

*Quite smart for saying you have an IQ of dry ice.

Or I suppose just as smart.

Because, 103.

[vernal lance]

damn our average is 86

[toxic ocean]

103 is slightly above average. If I remember correctly the country with the highest average is Germany at ~106

Might be wrong though, I saw it in a 2017 country comparison video

[vernal lance]

hapones

[tired vapor]

the diamondy thing is fine i think

pd is more decoration than anything

[olive aspen]

how do the internals look? (gonna do crew later)

[tired vapor]

splod

0 cr protection

0 proteciton in general

[tight tapir]

Probably going to add armor?

[olive aspen]

well yes duh

[olive aspen]

armor is soon

[tight tapir]

Okay then it's fine

[stiff sandal]

Feel like those mining lasers aren't gonna be of much use? Better to put shields for flak honestly

[olive aspen]

still havent tested it yet

[toxic ocean]

This is for the contest...?

It feels... Odd.

No back thrust or strafe or any mobility other than forwards it seems, Using many small CRs seem weird, the mining lasers stick out like a sore thumb, the walkway setup looksbizarre...

It holds promise though, can't wait to see what it'll look like in the end.

Speaking of crew...

SIGH

[slow axle]

some door are missing and why mining laser ? (also the general efficency on this thing pains me)

[toxic ocean]

With great shape comes great responsibility.

And by great responsibility, I mean no f*cking place to put Operator rooms into.

[slow axle]

you still have 60 roles including an "Engine Strengthener"

maybe that because i'm french but that word sounds funny

[toxic ocean]

Huh.

I still forgot to CHANGE THE FUCKING ROLES TO THE STOCK ONES I MADE FOR THIS CONTEST, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH-

[past bramble]

How do you keep that much ions from flickering?

This guy keeps flickering

[slow axle]

i guess the engine are powered by the top reactor

[stiff sandal]

This is the headache of such large ships, least it will be worth it?

[stiff sandal]

You crew prioritized right?

Takes 5 crew, 2 to operate and 3 to fuel laser

[toxic ocean]

I would've done this in notime if it was the old crew management system.

I swear, Walt made the system an order of magnitude worse by trying to improve it.

[stiff sandal]

You still got time tho

[toxic ocean]

It has some right ideas, but the fact that all the arrows are visible at all times alone makes it TORTEROUS

There should be another useless handle that allows you to turn off or on every arrow visible at all time (You'd need it to troubleshoot any problems but more often than not you'd had it off) Or better yet, an option that allows you to select the dimness of the non-selected arrows' visibility and to completely turn them off, at will.

[slow axle]

being so lazy i never made crew managment in classic and did not know crew lines existed i have no idea what you are speaking about

[slow axle]

don't you have a mod for that ?

also i heard having less arrow is a skill

[toxic ocean]

Mods are for the weak non-vanilla players.

[slow axle]

and yes right

[bronze citrus]

Very strange

[tired vapor]

ahahaaha same lol

[toxic ocean]

Oof

[bronze citrus]

Youve posted the exact same ship for 2 weeks now

U doin alright?

[tired vapor]

no

:(

[wispy vigil]

If it doesn't work, there is always time to change strategies and try something that works more effectively

[past bramble]

Yeah each ion gets a crew quarter

could be the thrusters causing too much traffic on the corridors

[tight tapir]

Which one do I get rid of?

I'm at 3.7 million

Idk what to do

[tired vapor]

give ships i optimize

[tight tapir]

Fine

[tight tapir]

I made nuke guy

[stiff sandal]

one in the middle

[tight tapir]

Nah I ended up taking out the last one and replaced it with the nuke guy above

The last one was just the middle one doubled

[stiff sandal]

Aight

Quite a fleet you got there

[tight tapir]

Indeed. I have a few other ships too, but I'm just not going to use them

[oak plaza]

When would the contest end...?
I just read about this earlier today and I wish to participate...
I kinda get the gist and would like to try...

[stiff sandal]

end of this month, so you still have time

[oak plaza]

Then let me ask this man here just in case...

Nevermind, it was answered...

I'm guessing that I have to paint the ships too...

[stiff sandal]

I mean yeah.. lol

[stiff sandal]

done for the night

[oak plaza]

I dont necessary need hyperdrives in this submission right...?

[vernal lance]

ships above price class one should have atleast 1 hyperdrive

[oak plaza]

This is what you were refering as class one right...?

[vernal lance]

ye

[oak plaza]

Scaver and Scraper
Is it good...?
Scaver is 51,400
While Scraper is 74,900

[safe stratus]

It gud 👍

[oak plaza]

Let me send that fleet here...
Here are the 5 contest ships I got, and it only costs me...
358928 Credits all...

Here are they individually...

[oak plaza]

I just saw it now, I forgot to put an airlock on the Blowtorch...

[tight tapir]

Do they need airlocks?

I assumed they didn't because they're pirates and won't need to be using airlocks for any reason

[tight tapir]

Haven't you already finished the three of them?

[stiff sandal]

Yeah however

This ship might look a little better than my first nuke barge

But il see what happens. This new ship actually performs way better tbh lmao

[tight tapir]

What does your first one look like then?

[oak plaza]

You need to, the player still needs to board the ship if they want...

[tight tapir]

Alrighty

[tight tapir]

Ah so no engine sections in the middle

[stiff sandal]

Also the engine layout on the new ship, is different. But what's making me change my mind the most Is the paintjob

[tight tapir]

Can't wait to see it finished 👍

[toxic ocean]

None. They're all perfect.

[tight tapir]

But it's 3.7 million

[toxic ocean]

Add armor on engines please. It looks horrifically undefended. At least one or two prongs on each side could help.

[stiff sandal]

Hm

[strange mango]

dont ships need airlocks to be overtaken by the player? (i dont recall since i rarely overtake enemy ships) and what about pirate bases? dont pirates need airlocks to trade?

[tired vapor]

yay, working on it

[tight tapir]

Alright I'll add some

[tired vapor]

also is it now a collab do i still need to finish my stuff

[tight tapir]

Yes you still need to finish yours

[tired vapor]

D:

[strange mango]

depends on how big the edits are, but just optimising without making major changes to the design is leaning more towards helping out than a full colab

[toxic ocean]

Does making the actual beam core to an ion ship count as a collab?

Or is it in a ''small'' help category too?

[tired vapor]

ok

[tired vapor]

this bothers me

[toxic ocean]

C O N N E C T

[strange mango]

after thinking about it a bit, as long as you dont decide any major part of the final design its not a colab, so if its a one size fits all ion core then no, but if its a ion core that was specifically designed to fit the ship in question then the players should consider colabing

[toxic ocean]

👍

[strange mango]

though in both the case of a colab and a helping out, all players that want to be credited should be. deference being :

ships by player and player

ship by player
with help from player

[oak plaza]

Is it just me or does it look like it's supposed to be a ship bumper that was detached then became a separate ship...?

Or is it just me...

It looks like a front bow...

[tired vapor]

more expensive and messed up paint bc i tried to compact and then i had to autofire the ions so i had to get another reactor

[wispy vigil]

Mud

[stiff sandal]

finally fixed my engines, might not be as fast, but its easier for me to paint lol

[stiff sandal]

as requested, as requested, it is done

lol

[tight tapir]

It needs two reactors?

[tired vapor]

i had to autofire the ions bc i compacted so much

which doesn't leave any power for thrust

[tight tapir]

Can the two engine rooms run off a small reactor?

Thank you for optimizing them

I can help you paint if you want

[tired vapor]

unfortuantely not

[tight tapir]

D:

[tired vapor]

unless u massively reduce the amount of thrust

mmm u might be able to get it to run off sr w/ help from the lr

will look at it later

[tight tapir]

It doesn't need to sustain though

Yeah

Want help painting?

[tired vapor]

if a player captures it assume they're going to be moving around a lot w/ it

[tired vapor]

for ur ship or for mine

[tight tapir]

Yours

[tight tapir]

That's their fault

[tired vapor]

lol ok

[tired vapor]

m going to try to do it myself for a bit more

[tight tapir]

Alright

Good luck

[tired vapor]

ty

[toxic ocean]

Good.

[toxic ocean]

Excuse me are you trying to make logistical perfection from a pirate ship in an Aesthetic ship design contest?

Okaaay.

[toxic ocean]

Benefit of a doubt that will probably be never happening.

(Oh sorry for the pingue)

(Ah it's Air, he couldn't care less about a ping)

(Based 🗿)

[tired vapor]

yes

[tired vapor]

players like the steal ships bc lazy and they like to do player things like moving

[tight tapir]

The players can suffer for their actions

[tired vapor]

but ai likes to do that too lol

[tight tapir]

Hmm

[toxic ocean]

''They like to do player things like moving''

That felt... Suscpicious...

[tired vapor]

i'll try to get it on lr and sr, should work

[toxic ocean]

Man, just have it be a LR you perfectionist coward.

I can relate to being exactly that, but come on man, let loose, this is an aesthetic contest goddamnit.

[tired vapor]

noooo

they must be logistically perfect

that way they can be lower rank and ppl see them sooner

[dire ruin]

these are gorgeous. everything about them is awesome

[toxic ocean]

Avokado's ships. Air is just optimizing them.

[tight tapir]

There's also a beauty in perfection, which Air is helping me to achieve

[tired vapor]

together we will be mentioned in #1023036219040464906 and look good at the same time

[stiff sandal]

Help me perfect my paint lmao

[tight tapir]

I'd say it looks amazing as is

@tired vapor I'm going to have to use the less-optimized version of the twin ion ship, it's just easier to use and doesn't require crew to use the airlocks

Still appreciate it though

I'll take a look at the internals to see what I can improve from your version

[tired vapor]

aww ok

[tight tapir]

Thanks for adding airlocks to everything

Alright imma submit them

[stiff sandal]

Hm alright then

[stiff sandal]

Yo first submission by avokado, nice

[tired vapor]

did not use aired drake :pensif:

[tight tapir]

Wait you edited that one?

The small one?

[tight tapir]

Oh dang it I completely missed this

And someone talked there

Now they won't be in one spot

Fixed it

[tired vapor]

yay

[strange mango]

@tight tapir "1- prices: you must create ships of different size classes" means you cant have 2 of the same size class, although in hindsight i will admit that that should have been more clear in the rules

just remove 1 of the 2 size 13 ships and you're fine.

this was to avoid a situation where someone submits a sea of size 1 ships or something like that

[strange mango]

@oak plaza@tender wraith im removing the non submission posts in #1059085469708734515 to keep it organised, hope you dont mind. for future questions and/or chatting use #1059081605420945508 or #1059084974655033415

[oak plaza]

Its all good...

[strange mango]

for clearivication, no rules where broken, its just to keep the channel organised

[toxic ocean]

You know what? I think I'll need to ditch the ion core concept entirely because I don't think such an abomination can be painted in the little time I have left.

I'm switching to plan B: The f*cking missile kiter, because I think that Mitigator wasn't enough 😎

[oak plaza]

How much time do you need to paint for you to not have time...?

[toxic ocean]

Keep in mind I have to paint this.

[oak plaza]

Now that you mention it...
I can't help but laugh on how gruelling that task must be...

[vernal lance]

is this a little bit too much like the fringe

[toxic ocean]

Yes. Definitely. Absolutely.

Fringe wouldn't use ion prims though unless it's All For Now.

[vernal lance]

i dont need you're opinion you already express it

[oak plaza]

Well that's Passive Aggressive...

[strange mango]

change up the colour scheme a bit and it should be fine

as is, its too similar

basically:
similar shape+ similar paint or same colours= not allowed
anything other that that is fine

you can have the same colours as a faction if the shape it different enough to the factions ship, and vice versa you can have a similar shape if you give it a diffrent colour

[oak plaza]

Is there a rule about the ships not being PVP oriented type...
Because it would be bad if I encountered a deckram in my game...

[strange mango]

there is, ships should not be meta

[oak plaza]

Gotcha...

Is this enough that it's not classified as a deckram...?
I put some less armor so it shouldn't be...

[strange mango]

looks fine to me

[oak plaza]

This is the smaller version...

If it looks like a piece of shit, because it is...
Its supposed to be made from scrapped parts in a scrapyard...

[strange mango]

interesting having it be slightly asymmetric, regardless both ships seem fine

[oak plaza]

Glad it looks good...
I'm proud of these even if they look that way...

Which of these would be good for class size one...
I couldn't make them big because it defeats the purpose of having a small agile level 1 ship...

The Scrap (the one with PDs) works like a Marigold...

While the Junkrat (the one with cannons) are more of a normal looking type...

[strange mango]

its up to you, as the host i should not have a bias towards any of the designs i think, but feel free to ask other players

[oak plaza]

I appreciate the feedback though...
Its just that I'm proud of both and I'm sad that I could not submit them...
Hahahahahaha because I already have slots from level 2 to 5-9ish...

[oak plaza]

This question is for anyone, and feedback is appreciated...

[tired vapor]

y does inverted this not exist D:<

[tired vapor]

i like the pd babby

the slice looks nice

[oak plaza]

It's literally even called Scrap...
As in a piece of crap...

[tired vapor]

restart the 11th - trying to teach myself cabal paint in 20 min

pls fix these edges though

[oak plaza]

How...?
Hahahahaha
Im a shit painter...

[tired vapor]

is ok lol

lots of ppl do it

[slow axle]

i bet you trying to learn with a ship made by door

i can recognize the style !

[tired vapor]

nope

i remember nitpicking the corridors and walkways when it was still classic

[slow axle]

awwwwww

[strange mango]

just keep in mind that it cant be too similar to the cabal, although its shape is different enough from the cabal already so it should be fine

[tired vapor]

:agony: if it's too similar to cabal i would count that as an achievement

[oak plaza]

The red streak is intentional...
While the others I think I made badly, I'll try fix it as I could...
But I would like people to decide first which to stay...

[tired vapor]

there's little pieces on the edges

[oak plaza]

Oh, that's what you meant...

I see that now...

These guys are a bit cleaner in paint...
Still crap but intentional crap...

[stiff sandal]

Nice start

[tired vapor]

progress for now, will finish later, avokado pls critique

[past bramble]

@stiff sandal i think u typo the class of the last ship

[stiff sandal]

Fixed

[stiff sandal]

finally done all my ships

magnitudes certainly better than my first submission in the last classic contest

[toxic ocean]

Oh my god!

Air you have real painting talent, I never thought you could paint this good.

Literally Vilda is shaking in their boots right now XD

[That was a joke]

[tired vapor]

i m professional copier of styles

[toxic ocean]

Good skill to have ✅

[strange mango]

i know none is serious about it right now but saying it just in case: dont submit plagiarised ships

[toxic ocean]

I think that goes without saying. Look guys I made a totally original ship 😏

[strange mango]

yea it should go without saying, i was just leaning into the joke

[toxic ocean]

Mhm.

[tired vapor]

hey look at this cool ship i made

[vernal lance]

very nice overhaul of you're ship there

[vernal lance]

anyway is this different enough for your tastes

[tired vapor]

can't tell what faction it's supposed to be so probably

[tired vapor]

huhhhhhh

i've won fights w/ my aesthetic ships in mp

[strange mango]

yes thats fine

[vernal lance]

polarium is gonna be a pain to paint

[tight tapir]

Ah alright

[tight tapir]

Wdym it doesn't exist

Doesn't it?

[tight tapir]

If you're going for a cabal vibe, those big chunks of orange take away from the vibrancy of the overall ship

[strange mango]

if i may make a lore suggestion, what if the pirate was trying to imitate the cabal but didnt quite get it right, hence the orange bits?

[strange mango]

take your time deciding which of the 2 to drop, but try to do so before the submissions close. if you cant deside by then i could do it for you, which is not ideal but better than getting eliminated completely

[tight tapir]

I'm going to try and make them different price brackets

[strange mango]

that works as well

[tired vapor]

yea, did the orange bc i couldn't get the fades there to look nice

m going to completely restart redo the wingy parts

[toxic ocean]

11/10, +100 social credit for originality.

[quasi axle]

I think I did it wrong, but i came to this chat after submitting my ships lol

I always forget there's a bunch of channels down here

[oak plaza]

I only knew that there are even more channels not just socials just a week ago...

[stiff sandal]

Nice work, totally original, Walt should definitely make this an in game ship, it's got the potential

[quasi axle]

i honestly didn't even notice the feedback and development section until this week... i just post ships and talk about ships in #ships

[strange mango]

@quasi axle like i said to avokado, you cant have 2 of the same size class, so can you either remove or edit one of the size class 2 ships?

[quasi axle]

sure, done

[tight tapir]

Okay finally done

If anyone wants, here's the designs that didn't make the final cut

[stiff sandal]

Aw, I really liked that 2nd one , ngl

Really dig the engine module

[tight tapir]

Wasn't strong enough

[stiff sandal]

Understood

[tight tapir]

Since Maia, Merope, and Atlas are rather weak, I wanted to make very strong ships this time around.

[tired vapor]

they're decently strong w/ a human pilot

ai just don't know what to do

[stiff sandal]

Probably gonna test out my models and see how they fair against some of your ships avo

One stylish ship to another

[tight tapir]

Gets flanked too easily to players is what everyone complains

[tired vapor]

i feel like ai boosts much less aggressively now

[tight tapir]

And they don't use large shields

Vega was my inspiration for them

Vega is a lot stronger

[stiff sandal]

New wyvern is gonna be fun to fight

Has alot more firepower than my ancile

[tired vapor]

@tight tapir i might mess around w/ wyrm a bit more later

get it on lr+sr

[tight tapir]

Nah I need it to be expensive now

I mean yeah

Small reactor is fine actually

[tight tapir]

Looks so much uglier...

[tired vapor]

"i need it unoptimized"

[stiff sandal]

Really? I think it looks pretty good

Only issue I could see is the engine design and paint....maybe

[tight tapir]

The missile transition is nasty

[tired vapor]

i'm mostly concerned about the amount of ammo the deck cannons have lol

soooo much

[tight tapir]

Really?

I thought it was a bit too little

[tired vapor]

lol

[past bramble]

I think i need a 4th ship between mawred and thornyard

there is definitely a noticeable design difference between mawred and the larger vessels

[stiff sandal]

Honestly you need a ship between crimson and thornyard

600K to 2M is a heck of a leap

[stiff sandal]

probably best to not submit till the last day? Make sure everything is perfect.

[tight tapir]

I'm going to be very busy this week cause I have exams, so I won't have much time to improve them

[stiff sandal]

Makes sense

[past bramble]

Thornyard is large for its cost tho

So visually the jump between mawred to thornyard looks alot bigger

[stiff sandal]

Kinda did look better with those imperium elements

[tired vapor]

i'm probably going to be doing a bunch of tiny things and then a 750k

[past bramble]

I prefer the imperium like paintjob too but im too lazy to redo crimsonbrace's paintjob and wanna play it safe

Would really suck if walt vetoed because its too imperium like

[tight tapir]

Make sure they're all in separate ship size classes

For example, only one patrol ship, one corvette, one frigate, etc

[tired vapor]

yep

[fast goblet]

very wip bote

any advice or criticism would be appreciated :)

(p.s. just realised I have to add some ftl somewhere)

[tight tapir]

That's an amazing looking ship

Idk if it's combat worthy but looks great at least

[fast goblet]

it shouldn't be tooo bad thanks to missiles and sensor array, but yeah

that's by far not a good combat ship

XD

[tired vapor]

very gloewey

[quasi axle]

It feels weird not submitting my most popular ship, but it';s so terribly optimized because it was my first ship that i don't think it would make the cut for the contest to be an in-game ship

but some people may recognize it

[stiff sandal]

oh this one

I remember that one, an sotd right?

[quasi axle]

yee, it was

it got picked within a few hours of submitting, so I guess Walt liked the look, but damn it blows hard in combat.... i didn't know how to use Battle Helper when I built it

so it looked cool with shields all around, i was also learning about sun diving at the time i think

[tired vapor]

i changed it a bit, @mortal cave pls do not smite me for respecting roof even less

i will teach myself to make it look nice and respect roofs at the same tiem but later

[mortal cave]

This is a work in progress, right?

[tired vapor]

yep

where

[stiff sandal]

you got some serious contest competition. Air looks like to be pulling out all the stops with his ship

[quasi axle]

All I can hope for with blind optimism is that my stuff is different enough from the other submissions that it can stand out just enough lol

and that all of these other incredible artists forgets the deadline

[stiff sandal]

lol

[tired vapor]

anyways i slightly redid the paint

[stiff sandal]

looking sweet

[tired vapor]

0/10 bad paint

[quasi axle]

ugh... you're making me want to take down my submissions and redo the paint

[tired vapor]

lol that's what i did when i saw everyone elses'

u can always still edit it

[mortal cave]

Pretty decent! Good if it's its own style, though kinda iffy if it's trying to emulate Cabal

[quasi axle]

but then i remember that i am not as good at painting as some of you people, so I couldn't fix them even if i tried lol

[tired vapor]

i have no diea what i'm doing at this point

i made the wigglies and then jsut based everything off of that

the shield being black is really bothering me now i should've made it prupel

i think i'm learning though which is good

[tight tapir]

Nice colors

I think you sufficiently killed the cabal in it

It looks like a cabal/monolith hybrid

[mortal cave]

There's only one curved section on the tail though

[tired vapor]

the original was supposed to be imperium/monolith but cabal/monolith probably fits the weaponry better

i did not know what i was doing back then D:

[tight tapir]

Plus there's fades

And bright colors

[tight tapir]

Don't think it's either, but I actually like that a lot. Looks familiar

[tired vapor]

it's basically a mini this w/ out modern parts

[tight tapir]

I really like how the cannons and the classic shield generators really highlight the 'line' of cannons.

Maybe do that on the modern one to make it less blocky?

[tired vapor]

me when restart the 13th

[tight tapir]

It's just a paint thing

[tired vapor]

probably not going to restart again, need to finish my other ships D:

mhm

[tight tapir]

Alright

Yeah those are more important

[tired vapor]

no idea what i'm going to do for those though

thinking of an eb/emp heavy thing

[tight tapir]

What's the faction theme?

Diagonal cannons?

[tired vapor]

it's supposed to be a faction???????

[tight tapir]

Ah

Just assumed it was

Neeevermind

Slap a bunch of lasers on a medium reactor

Spam armor in front

[tired vapor]

also

o no

[mortal cave]

I don't really think BBP will be that strict

[tired vapor]

i don't really think i have the skill to make it look that similar anyways lol

[tight tapir]

Don't think you made your ships in any exact style of the current factions

[tired vapor]

yep

kinda did this a bit though
meta(aka ships that are designed just to do well in combat

should be fine i think

[mortal cave]

Could definitely stand to have the thrusters be better integrated, but that likely comes at the cost of design efficiency even if it's explicitly for the sake of aesthetics

[tired vapor]

i didn't really build it w/ aesthetics in mind at first lol

[mortal cave]

Ok, so just to cover the bases you are aware this is a design competition

[tight tapir]

Just be happy with an inefficient ship

If it looks better, who cares if it's inefficient?

[tired vapor]

i thought "self, aesthetics and painting r a problem for future me" when i designed it

[stiff sandal]

yeah, shape and paint always come first

but being able to perform well in combat is a nice bonus

[stiff sandal]

oh, so thats what it was before

[tired vapor]

it works pretty well in combat too

[past bramble]

I classify meta as un useable by AI

orbiter, rammer, fans

[tight tapir]

Someone should do a spinner

[tired vapor]

lol yes

[tight tapir]

Set thrusters to autofire

Railguns

That's pilotable by AI, right?

[tired vapor]

ai will override thrust stuff

[tight tapir]

Seriously?

That sucks

[tired vapor]

ai basically just right clicks everywhere

and then it holds shift and drags around randomly a bit in combat

[stiff sandal]

doubt it. AI will just try to move to one spot, target smth and mainly focus fire with 1 set of weapons.

[mortal cave]

I can confirm, Monolith faction would be significantly stronger if kites kited and rammers rammed according to their attack defaults

[tight tapir]

Aww

[past bramble]

Spinner are allowed iirc

[stiff sandal]

yeah its unfortunate

[tight tapir]

And Saris' railfan in imperium

[mortal cave]

Ok, that's planned to railfan at some point, I'm just not sure when

I knew it was gonna get brought up

[stiff sandal]

Probably, but it might get vetoed

[tired vapor]

if some of the thrust bugs ahven't been fixed yet ai cannnnn use spinners in certain cases

[tight tapir]

So you forced Walt to incorporate railfanning to the AI? Brilliant

[tired vapor]

it's planned anyways lol

[mortal cave]

I think convinced would be a better word but improved AI was always going to be a thing

[tired vapor]

bc the thrust ai just spins in circles trying to move

[tight tapir]

Yeah I remember saucer from classic seemed to work as a spinner

I mean not work as a ship

But it would spin

[tired vapor]

bc when guns die it spins to expose new ones

[tight tapir]

Oh really?

I thought it was when they're out of ammo

[tired vapor]

might be that too

[stiff sandal]

hm, if AI would be capable of railfanning, would make some MP matches, especially if those with some very big budgets easier

less micro - managing, least AI would have somewhat of an idea of what its doing

[tired vapor]

i think this is just for ai as in ships w/ ai control

how would that work in mp though

every ship would have to have its own programming

and splitters

hjsoidkm the possiblities

[stiff sandal]

yeah, too many meta strategies for AI to use anyways

don't need to give walt more headaches

[toxic ocean]

This looks utterly gorgeous what the f*ck

[toxic ocean]

That's pretty too but I preferred the old one's color scheme.

[toxic ocean]

Not like this is bad by any means, too. Except yeah, the actual colored paint is subpar even if fading is decent.

[oak plaza]

Let me ask, when we submit the ships, it just have to be AI compatible right...?
because if I was asked to demonstrate my ship Ill be having a bit of trouble because of my busy schedule...

[past bramble]

AI compatible,
Enough ammo to last more than 1 round against a similar priced built in,
All ship has to be in different classes

[toxic ocean]

Mhm.

Also *more than 2 rounds.

Anyways, I went down the path of a missile kiter and...

I think the head do be too chubby.

[oak plaza]

Thank You...

[oak plaza]

Its a chonky boi...

[toxic ocean]

Mhm.

I completely reworked it :>

My inspirations of this ship comes from one of my all time favorites and my most beloved Fringe ship— HELLFIRE!

It has the most exquisite paint and structure decoration I've seen since I browsed through the entire Cabal ship lineup.

[oak plaza]

I can see that, the floating structures and the step like missile racks, its unique...

[fast goblet]

I've also been inspired by this one, it's absolutely awesome

le ship
I'm not really sure if the top part with sensor array looks all that good, but the geometry there is a nightmare and way above my skill level

so that's pretty much done

[strange mango]

@tired vapor your ship is fine, if it wasnt fine for being meta i would have likely already told you so when you first posted the design, and as far as similarity to any faction goes, youre fine there too. but having read the rules beforehand is kinda expected of all participants, so keep that in mind for the next time

the meta rule is mostly there to keep out designs that arnt fun to fight as a new player

also, i notice that you are using clasic? keep in mind that it needs to be a legal ship by modern's standard nvm

[slow axle]

i think classic is the old version of the same ship

[strange mango]

ah ok, my mistake

[toxic ocean]

OMG THAT'S CONGLOMERATE 👀

Many ships in one.

[slow axle]

conglomerate but smaller

[fast goblet]

woah

das a cool ship

[toxic ocean]

Mhm

Here's me combining all three ships of that faction in one 😏

[tired vapor]

pain

[fast goblet]

nnnnghhhghghg I can't stop changing this ship's paint scheme

hlep

my brain cannot differentiate colours anymore it all looks the same

[past bramble]

i like the last one

[tired vapor]

first or second imo

minor changes

[tight tapir]

First one

[fast goblet]

I lean for the first one too now I think about it
Thanks a lot for the feedback :)

[tired vapor]

it looks metallicky

[fast goblet]

Mhm, which should be decently unique imo

I've got this metallic boi too, should fit in nicely (exact paint scheme is to be tweaked later)

I am a bit concerned about my ships being absolutely horrific junk in actual combat though
My building skills are rusty as hell lol

[tired vapor]

i like the bars on top of the shields

[tight tapir]

Didn't you submit that for SOTD a while ago?

[tired vapor]

@tight tapir no idea where to put cr now lol, also the paint is a bit borked

[tight tapir]

Heh

I guess I gotta resubmit it the fourth time now

[fast goblet]

Mhm, just added an ftl drive to it and tweaked some paint shenanigans

[tired vapor]

the second

o fuk we need ftl??????

[fast goblet]

I suppose?

Also dang nice ship

[tired vapor]

ty

should i include the stripeys

[tight tapir]

Only a few of mine have FTL

[tight tapir]

It's almost cabal, but not quite

[tired vapor]

yea

[bronze citrus]

I personally think the structure and wedge spam isnt very cabal

Looks pretty good aside from that

[tired vapor]

it's not supposed to be cabal D:

[bronze citrus]

Oh ok

[tired vapor]

do u have to write what class ur ship is on the submission

[tight tapir]

The number

Actually I think both number and name

[quasi axle]

Don't forget that anything over level 5 must have at least one hyperdrive

[oak plaza]

Did I do a good job in my ships...?
I'm really nervous all of a sudden...
hahahahaha

[strange mango]

@oak plaza one thing, your last ships price doent match its size class, i assume that its just a typo though?

[oak plaza]

Wait...
Sorry...

[strange mango]

its fine, just edit it

the post i mean, not the ship

[oak plaza]

Yes, I just did, Thank You for spotting that...
hahahahaha

[oak plaza]

I just wanna say, the Junkpile ship of mine has an airlock, its just covered by the deckgun barrel...
Its on the front of the first deckgun...

[fast goblet]

I love Scrap Vengeance, the painted skull is amazing

Very piraty

[oak plaza]

Thanks, the last two were face like ships and Scrap Vengeance was supposed to be mean and deal death...

The top part of that ship was supposed to be like a Crown, put it ended up looking like a fez...

[stiff sandal]

submitted my ships, hopefully my size classifications are accurate

[slow axle]

nice

[oak plaza]

They are, and man, those ships looks so cool...

Like the paint and ship designs...

[tight tapir]

Wow the nuke ship is more expensive than the horseshoe crab

[vernal lance]

i hate painting i hate painting i hate painting i hate painting i hate painting i hate painting i hate painting i hate painting i hate painting i hate painting i hate painting

[oak plaza]

Nukes are so damn expensive...
Hahahahahaha

[strange mango]

almost, the class 10 has the budget of a class 9

[tight tapir]

Your ships look good

[vernal lance]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[tight tapir]

Oh it's Polaris

[vernal lance]

2

[stiff sandal]

Yet twice as fragile

[stiff sandal]

Fixed, thx

[past bramble]

big ships are big attention grabber but at the same time a giant pain in the ass to paint

[oak plaza]

Painting is a pain...

[vernal lance]

i knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[tight tapir]

Doesn't need to be strong when you kill anything in one shot

[oak plaza]

I would hate to face that in game...

[stiff sandal]

Well, I hope at least one of my ships work

Ancile probably could..

[oak plaza]

All of them will work man, have wishful thinking...

[strange mango]

@stiff sandal unless i miscalculated, your ships cost a total of 3,573,374 together, which is 73374 over budget

[oak plaza]

We would write the price on the ship library right...?

Because the price of my ships are what's on the ship library...

[strange mango]

yes, although i would assume a ships price would be the same no matter where you view it

[stiff sandal]

Oh, I might have written down my ship prices wrong...

Somebody able to check? I'm walking to school rn

[strange mango]

ill check, one moment

[past bramble]

there is a good chance that any of ship that gets accepted is gonna end up in ship balance feedback very quickly

[oak plaza]

Hahahahaha...
Yea that would be the case...

Worse of all is that what if AI tries to jump out the ship...

I made my ships redshirt compatible, well some of them...

[strange mango]

prices seem to match

[past bramble]

by any chance this could be do to the confusion of having to calculate the price with or without resources?

[stiff sandal]

Prices match? Darn. Ok, il just lower the price for Kopis, no big deal

[stiff sandal]

Oh absolutely lol

[strange mango]

i tested that, spawning the ships empty costed the same

though i could test it with no set resources

yea thats it

[oak plaza]

Do you test all of the ships that was submitted...
Because I'm set on mine...

[oak plaza]

Nukes are damn expensive...
Hahahahahaha

[strange mango]

i check them on a few things yea, though more indepth is some cases like now

[oak plaza]

Does the crew management roles stick...?
I hope the crew assignments aren't messy...

[strange mango]

they should not change as a build in, at least they didnt change with classic contests

[oak plaza]

I think I need to give fair warning but...

All of my crew roles are set as default, so if you guys see a long line of crew roles...

That's why...

[past bramble]

something i noticed is tourney and design contest seems to fly under the radar for alot of players

[oak plaza]

Yea, they did not see that there are tournaments Bro...

[slow axle]

with that 15 team i think for the pvp tournament i don't think so much

[oak plaza]

Maybe they don't browse as much...

[strange mango]

@stiff sandal you included the resources in your budget is seems, without resources the prices are :

1,367,911
342,317
1,793,306

the diffrence of kopis alone is enough to get you back under 3,500,000

[stiff sandal]

Ohh ok

Uhm il figure out smth

[past bramble]

i think you are in the clear now

[strange mango]

they are, i did say that resources didnt needed to be included in the budget

[oak plaza]

I forgot about that, but I'm set on my ships...
They work fine as is...

[strange mango]

allthough it seems that at least a few players did include the resources, which is fine, being underbudget is better than being overbudget

[stiff sandal]

Oh, so I'm actually ok?

[strange mango]

yea

[stiff sandal]

Well damn, I deleted my submission 😕

Il Just re-upload tonight

[strange mango]

alright

[strange mango]

ima delete the incomplete submission for now, but you can reupload them all whenever you get the chance

[stiff sandal]

Okie

[past bramble]

i think future contest should be announced in steam activity as an event or news

or atleast pinned in other community like the subreddit

cus right now u have to be semi active or lurk often in discord to know

[slow axle]

agreed

[past bramble]

back then the discord and the forum (rip i miss it) is the only place u can get direct news on game patch and events

but now with steam that is probably the best place to announce it

[oak plaza]

I think the people here just need to be well accustomed with the discord...

Its already in the events...
Maybe make a announcement that pins everyone...?

[past bramble]

yeah but not everyone that owns the game is in discord

submission is still mostlikely gonna be here

[oak plaza]

I agree...
I had discord before and I only used it now for real when I played Cosmoteer...

[past bramble]

having it announced in more than 1 place will have it be noticed more

[slow axle]

anyways #discord-meta

[oak plaza]

Let's make a pinned post in reddit then...?

[past bramble]

for next event

its very late for this one

[oak plaza]

Let's remember that...

Will there be another event like this...?

[strange mango]

this comes with the side effect of there being many more new participants, but that AND the new ruleset where a bit much at once for me i thought, next event will likely be more advertised than this one

[slow axle]

make sense

[oak plaza]

So this is like the trial small event to prepare you for the next one...

All in all, I'll join these types of events...
I kinda dig it...

[strange mango]

more like a test run of what works and what doesnt in modern, after the event ends i will likely ask for feedback on the ruleset from the participants

[oak plaza]

One feedback I just wanna say right now is that it's hard to backread or scrollup on the rules, that's why sometimes it gets a little messy...

Me not knowing that there is a search function limited my options...

[strange mango]

there is a search funtion, not sure where it is on mobile tho

[past bramble]

i think having the rules be in a seperate locked thread from rule discussion would help

[oak plaza]

Scroll to the left...

[oak plaza]

That's whats been done and it helped a lot honestly...

[strange mango]

will definitely do that next event

for now, one of the rule posts is pined, so you at least dont have to scroll up all the way every time

[oak plaza]

Noice...

[toxic ocean]

I don't know what to do at this point, I throw everything at the wall and nothing sticks!

Built one ioncore, nope, built a second one, it's cool but I simply don't have the passion to continue working on it plus ion corz... Tried making a missile kiter, NOOO...

Gaah one final attempt to make something wacky, if it doesn't work, then I may try finishing the ion core.

[past bramble]

5 days left

[oak plaza]

Being dedicated to your work is pain...

[toxic ocean]

Indeed it is, speaking from experience :c

[past bramble]

If you want a wacky idea

[toxic ocean]

YES

[past bramble]

Ion core ship

[toxic ocean]

Already doing that.

[past bramble]

That look like its made out of 2 ships

[toxic ocean]

Scrapped it though-

HUH?

Oh...

[past bramble]

Front end and rear end have different styles

[toxic ocean]

Huuuuuh

[past bramble]

U could probably just frankenstein your 2 ion ship attempts into 1

[toxic ocean]

OH MY GOD.

KINE YOU'RE A GENIUS.

The Rotten Core is back!

[past bramble]

I got this idea because crimsonbrace ion core was 2 ionships strap together

If u wanna go wackier u could have different left and right side

instead of front and rear

Which i think makes more sense with how ion ships usually get split down the middle

[tired vapor]

i changed it again, need to make another ship now D:

to differentiate a bit from cabal

less curvey

[toxic ocean]

Stop making newbie killers or draw 25
Air:

[tired vapor]

i thought atria was more aeshthetic and less "haha die noob"

it's got the funky ion thing too

i'm just going to look at what ppl complain about a lot in #1023036219040464906 and copy that

[fast goblet]

XD

[tired vapor]

from what i have noticed:
noobs hate shields w/ regen
noobs especially hate *stacked* shields
noobs hate eb
noobs hate kites (but i won't make them bc backthrust is cring)

[tight tapir]

Yet noobs love nuke spam

Even if they're dying to it

[tired vapor]

the wip

[tight tapir]

Funny shape

[tired vapor]

mhm

i have no idea how to paint this thing lol

i give up i'm just going to do fade spam w/ the carvey top layer thing again

[tired vapor]

it just doesn't feel as good

added (really bad) ftl :D

[tight tapir]

Going for imperium vibe?

[tired vapor]

i think i tried to do monolith but forgot to change the colors

[tight tapir]

Ah

[stiff sandal]

Oh absolutely, there is definitely gonna be more

We can only speculate as to what challenge may be next, or at least specifications to what we can and can't do

[oak plaza]

@strange mango, Could I still fix my submission...?
I just found out that my Scrap Vengeance doesnt have a top airlock...

I only have one problem in one ship...

[toxic ocean]

Literally, not having backthrust will be something that'll doom your ships I think.

AI suffer with ships that don't have reverse thrust.

The ships will be unwillingly bumping into player ships, showing their backsides whilst flying back to their desired location, struggling to maneuver, so on and so forth.

[oak plaza]

The only difference is that my Scrap Vengeance which was 924046 credits will cost now 927646 credits which is still in the price range...

[toxic ocean]

One/Two backwards thruster(s) go a long way.

[oak plaza]

Those really make it so the ships become maneuverable...

[toxic ocean]

Mhm

They also help in turning.

[oak plaza]

That too...

@vernal lance, your Miros Ibon's name is wrong on the submission...

[vernal lance]

ship

shit

[oak plaza]

you can edit it, dont sweat it...

[oak plaza]

Ima just drop this here when I get the permission to change my submission...
This is the fixed version...

[strange mango]

as long as its before the deadline you are free do resubmit to fix stuff

although you should resubmit all of your ships when you do this, not just the one

[oak plaza]

Okay wait...

Ill pass it now, then delete my old post later...

I need to copy and paste it...

[strange mango]

@vernal lance the submitted prices on miros ibon and metallic fear dont match their ingame value.

[vernal lance]

what is metallic fear's price again

[strange mango]

168,694 according to the game (including resources)

[vernal lance]

what

[strange mango]

you switched the 6 and 9 around

: 468,964

[vernal lance]

oh right mistypes

[strange mango]

its fine, just edit the post

[oak plaza]

I just finished reposting my work, the Ship file should be the correct one...

[stiff sandal]

Looking at your ships, your 1.2M is very cool

[past bramble]

its like they are fallen cabal ships

[oak plaza]

That's like a scrapped version of Polaris right...?

[toxic ocean]

Tick tock 5 days left 🥲

[oak plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/bob-ross-painting-you-can-do-it-motivation-bob-ross-is-supporting-you-gif-15996379

[toxic ocean]

Michelangelo moment

[strange mango]

nothing like a wholesome bob ross quote to find some extra motivation

[toxic ocean]

Dude was forced by the Pope to paint Sistine Chapel and had to work 16 hours a day with no weekends 😔

(Well okay he wasn't forced, he willingly took up the work but was making progress very steadily. But Pope wanted the temple to be finished quicker, so he forced him to work this much...)

[strange mango]

i dont want you to feel like you need to overwork yourself to make it. how far are you right now?

[toxic ocean]

I have one ship left to make, that being the core. I made one, scrapped, it, made the other, scrapped, it and now I think... What if I SCRAP them?!

By scrap, I mean take the two ships and literally merge them to make a horrific double ioncore ship fusion abomination thingy.

[strange mango]

well, you do have more than 3 ships finished if i recall correctly, so worst case scenario you dont use all the budget but could still place a submission

[toxic ocean]

Mhm

Next time I'll have an actual plan in what I want to make and not throw everything at the wall

[strange mango]

dont worry, there will be more contests to come, so you will get plenty of chances

[toxic ocean]

👍

[strange mango]

but yea, dont overwork yourself for the sake of a digital competition

[toxic ocean]

It's a fun digital competition with fun people for a fun game, so not like it's worth nothing.

[strange mango]

glad to hear its fun and not just stressful

[oak plaza]

We are all friends here...
And I'm happy to be part of this community...

To everyone that is struggling like Nick...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KxGRhd_iWuE

[strange mango]

just make sure you dont over do it to the point you get stressed out. the contest is meant to be fun, its not meant to cause a burn out

i dont think its likely it will go that far for any participant, but im not taking any chances

[toxic ocean]

Yeah, the previous one almost burnt me out.

I didn't know what the due was, so when I realized it was ending in three days... I panicked.

Here I have the remnants :😔

[strange mango]

for the future, at least my contests almost always start at the first of the month, and end at the last of the month (or the first of the next month)

[toxic ocean]

These were supposed to be the smallest class Imperium ships.

I was still a very amateur builder (And an even worse painter) back then and only had one at least noteworthy style, the one with tons of poked out holes and weird engine prongs, as you can see.

[strange mango]

i will say that you made good progress as far as ship design goes

[oak plaza]

Space Rocks...

[toxic ocean]

I made so many ships that I deemed unworthy and threw out... Lastly, on the LAST day, I settled on this. I made a full ship and then ate a chunk out of it, I don't think I have the ruined version though.

Wish I submitted this old ship for the imperium, at least...

[oak plaza]

Making ships seemed easy, painting is the hard part...
Hahahahaha

[toxic ocean]

Yup.

Now they're equally challenging for me.

*They've become.

[oak plaza]

You could edit your messages nick, why do you still use *...?

[strange mango]

if i may give some advice, try to decide on a design theme early and stick to it, the more you start over the less time you have and it can be demotivating to work so much just to throw it away

[oak plaza]

That's what I did too, having a clear vision can widen your horizon...

It makes it easy to paint and ground your ideas...

Because you have a set theme to work with...

[toxic ocean]

Nono, I might have a design theme, but I'm still prone to start over because I suffer from perfectionism I might not be content with the execution.

[oak plaza]

Hey, nobody is perfect...
That's what makes us human beings...

Everything you put your effort in is great...

Take pride in it...

[strange mango]

i used to suffer from perfectionism in my art and it gave me artblock for like a year

[toxic ocean]

I can't believe how you can turn everything into a motivational speech XD

[oak plaza]

That's what you get for being the school president...

Just relax...
Just enjoy what you do...

Be happy of the result, if it is not to your liking, its fine...
You can use that for others...

It's a learning experience, and having the opportunity to try and try makes you grow more...

You may not reach the perfection you wanted but at least you may have grasped your skills from experience...

Afterall, this is just for the game...
It is important to us, but all in all be happy...

That's what games are for, so be happy on contest, whether we win or lose, its the thought that counts...

[tight tapir]

@strange mango how is voting going to work?

[oak plaza]

I'm intrigued on how would that work too...

[strange mango]

havent quite firured it out, but likely something similar to last time where you voted for sets of ships and individual ships

either that or votes go per ship size class, but im not big on that idea

[wispy vigil]

Everyone can vote the 3m ship category, and let just 1 ship win

[strange mango]

in other words, unless i get a better idea before votes start, it will likely be like last time

[wispy vigil]

Last contest had a great voting system

[strange mango]

good to know it worked well

[oak plaza]

When would the voting be, I don't know if on February 1 or 2 I'll be on school to process my enrollment...

[strange mango]

it will likely last at least a week to make sure everyone can vote nomater what their free day is

[oak plaza]

Thank You...

I guess the voting system will be posted in the rules too...
So it wouldn't be messy...

[strange mango]

usually i post the vote link in #tournament-announcements

[oak plaza]

Good to know...

[wispy vigil]

The deadline is in 4 days, right?

[strange mango]

deadline is on the first of febuary 12:00 cest

i tried to do the discord time localiser but i couldnt get it to work

[wispy vigil]

Nice

[stiff sandal]

You've pretty much summed it up

[stiff sandal]

Honestly, with the right paint, I could see the top one as a pirate ship. Good armament and shape

[toxic ocean]

Thanks :>

[strange mango]

honestly, i personally really enjoy painting ships, it can take a while on larger ships though

but i guess thats my inner artist talking

[slow axle]

painting is really fun

[stiff sandal]

Agreed, the satisfaction is worth it, plus bragging rights

[toxic ocean]

''A while'' would be an understatement for me. As a person who loves going small and putting tons of attention to the way tiny details are made and composed, I simply can't paint ships after a certain size range.

Okay I can, but they might come off as annoyingly simple for my tastes.

My friend once made this— An insanely imposing remake of one of my old giant ships. It is for sure painted, but it's nothing but shading. Really well-done shading, but still, no actual paint.

I couldn't do that. I'd shade the ship but I would go nuts on tiny details and possibly get so burn out by it that I simply stop working on it.

[wispy vigil]

Lines

[tight tapir]

Yet another resubmission for FTL drives

This is like the 5th time I've resubmitted them

[strange mango]

excuses for the ghost ping avokado, that was a mistake on my part

[tight tapir]

That's alright

[tired vapor]

yep but i want them to ram

@tight tapir wyrm is borked

the paint

[tight tapir]

I got lazy lol

Who cares

No one will notice

I didn't notice

[tired vapor]

i noticed :(

[vernal lance]

yes

[tired vapor]

rshejoishrseuj o no

[past bramble]

Im gonna risk it and use resubmit with the imperium like paintjob

[stiff sandal]

nice, looks better with it

[bronze citrus]

I was gonna make ships and then got fucking vibechecked by high school

Awesome

[past bramble]

1 hour of progress

im gonna be here for hours

[past bramble]

starting to take shape now

[mortal cave]

Nice! I really like that you're taking your time with it, I think the quality shows

[past bramble]

this is a learning experience

i prefer my ships thin and long than wide

i have no clue how to paint this thing

[oak plaza]

After seeing Air say that Avokado's paint has a problem, I just have to look at mine and saw one ship with messed up paint...

I gotta fix that later...
Hahahahahaha

Another work to do...

[past bramble]

ion core section of the ship is done

[vernal lance]

your set of ships really remind me of flesh from the colors

[past bramble]

the return of the bloodcult

[slow axle]

good thing to learn there are slower painter than me

[past bramble]

halfway

and its been 4 hours

D:

[past bramble]

i dont know what i was doing spending an hour on that little section

[slow axle]

me either when i spend 20min on a section about this small :D

[past bramble]

i have no idea what to do for the bow and opening

shiled and TB part is also annoying

i shot my shot my self in the foot here building a ship with alot of jagged lines

[past bramble]

final stretch

[strange mango]

keep in mind that i cant grantee that walt wont veto the ships for being too similar to the imperium. but if you are okay with that risk im not gonna stop you

personally i think its different enough, but walts word would be final

[slow axle]

nice

[past bramble]

im finally done

that was almost 8 hours

not great

[oak plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/nice-the-rock-sus-the-rock-sus-meme-louis-thrane-gif-25854498

[oak plaza]

It may be tiring but the work is a masterpiece...

[past bramble]

the trio

[stiff sandal]

cool paintjob

[tight tapir]

Very menacing

[past bramble]

hmm

there is only 7 submissions atm

i wonder how many people are waiting for last day submission

[strange mango]

im guessing there will be about 20 submissions total, judging by the amount of people in this thread

[fast goblet]

I am currently finishing my third (or fourth, not fully sure about final composition of my submission yet) ship

[slow axle]

not sure if everyone in this thread would submit smth

[fast goblet]

It seems that I have massively overestimated my capabilities XD

[strange mango]

i know, thats why im guessing

[tender wraith]

What do you think about my submissions blake? I think they are beautifully horrible, like modern art

[strange mango]

im trying not to play favorites as the host, but so far theres not a single submission i dont like the look off

[tender wraith]

Not even my last one? Literally i built half and my friend the other half

I built left side

[strange mango]

its unique, and i like that its so colourful

[oak plaza]

That's real unique...
Half and half...

[tender wraith]

Thanks my brain tumor helped me with the paint job

[oak plaza]

It's wonderful, made by a real artist...

The lore of these pirates are that they have too many time in their hands that they decided painting their ships are worth while after plundering...

[tender wraith]

I dont wanna say anything bad but whats the meaning of you putting three dots at the end of every sentence?@oak plaza

[oak plaza]

Or you can go with the failed painter turned pirate...

[oak plaza]

Don't worry I get that question a lot of times...

It's just my habit, started when I was a teen...

It's like my signature when I type/chat...

That's not real elipsis, it's just really 3 dots...

[tender wraith]

That's cool

[oak plaza]

Nah, Hahahahaha...
Its kinda confusing to people that's why I tell them when asked...

[brave star]

Hey don't forget mines too

[tender wraith]

Yours is not a tumor

Its your twin

That fused to your brain when you where forming inside your mother

[oak plaza]

But still, you guys made a wonderful ship...

[past bramble]

im not confident in winning through votes

[brave star]

How do you know?

[brave star]

Thanks Dude, that means a lot for me

[oak plaza]

How about me though...
Hahahahahaha

I'm not popular enough...
And I don't think people would even vote for mine...

[past bramble]

im hoping to get walt's pick