New from S7 Shipyards

[Shark7]

ORIGINAL: lordxorn

Shark great job, love the functional look of your set.

I have started dabbling in my own custom set, and I really love the Alias Sketchbook Pro 2011 (Free for College Students). It allows you to do a mirror drawing so sketching up symmetrical ships is easier. Although I have checked out Wings3d and think that messing with those shapes and teasing things here and there would be fun as well.

The thing about DW is that the ship is all about looking good from the top down perspective.

Maybe I will sketch in Sketchbook Pro, then import the sketch into Wings to work up the 3d model for further tweaking. Then to PS for coloring (which I suck at).

My goal is to try an create a realistic ship set like what would the US Navy want to build?

This last set has no postwork at all. Right now I'm just using shaders and lighting to get the details to stand out. It's a pain in some ways, but much easier in others.

[WoodMan]

Shark, I have 20 cartoon style race portraits I made for a mod a long time ago, not released for DL just for my own enjoyment.  The idea was to create races that had great strengths and great weaknesses, it wasn't balanced at all, just a sort of characterful galaxy.  The race file is for original DW, but if you want the images for the aliens I can send them to you or post them.  Just wondered if you wanted them to go with your ships.  Let me know [;)]

[Shark7]

ORIGINAL: WoodMan

Shark, I have 20 cartoon style race portraits I made for a mod a long time ago, not released for DL just for my own enjoyment.  The idea was to create races that had great strengths and great weaknesses, it wasn't balanced at all, just a sort of characterful galaxy.  The race file is for original DW, but if you want the images for the aliens I can send them to you or post them.  Just wondered if you wanted them to go with your ships.  Let me know [;)]

I'm less into releasing full mods as I am releasing stuff for other people to use for their own mods, and I have no problem with other people using my work (even packaging it with their own) as part of a mod package for DW. All I ever ask is that 1) you give me credit for my work and 2) you only use it for DW unless you get my permission first (IE don't use it for other games without asking). But as a fellow modder, I would support you releasing those to the community if you so desire.

Actually, all of those of us with the abilities could pool our talents for a community mod...something to consider. [:)] So long as I could have the time to work on it without feeling rushed I could make a shipset for each alien race (kinda my intention as it is, but I am working at my own pace).