I think the lighting would look better with orange coloring, but it's amazing right now.
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**The Lightning is awesome, and very detailed. Keep it up; like I said earlier, you keep outdoing yourself.**
That's my own personal goal.
Thanks.= = = = =
Orange color? Ewwhh, I don't know...
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Cap'n, I think that the dates on your newswire were posted wrong... 11-22 instead of 12-22.
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**Cap'n, I think that the dates on your newswire were posted wrong... 11-22 instead of 12-22.**
Bah, darn my computer. It's a month behind.
Thanks for pointing that out, I'll fix it immediately.
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**Bah, darn my computer. It's a month behind.;)Thanks for pointing that out, I'll fix it immediately.**
No problem. The site looks nice, albiet bare, and I love the new logo.
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Something I've noticed as well, although I believe the Defender lacks any green color...Well, if you think about it, civilian vessels that don't belong to any government would by nature be no likely have a consistent colour scheme than do civilian cars today.
Anyway, I like the supertanker and the Lightning, although I don't know how well something that dark would work in EV. The shuttle I don't particularly like, though. I've always pictured Confederation military shuttles as being pretty much the same as the civilian version, just with military insignia on the sides.
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No, actually the orange looks good to me. (url="http://"http://www.freewebz.com/nickg14/piratelightningorange.jpg")http://www.freewebz....tningorange.jpg(/url)
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Also, I've been working on my website this evening. Check it out for a page that shares EVula partnership.;) Still under construction.Hehehe, beautiful! Not quite as cool as mine, but still... You want the Photoshop files for it? I'd love to show off what little Photoshop skill was involved in making that...
Also, the orange DOES look good in that picture of the Lightning.
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**No problem. The site looks nice, albiet bare, and I love the new logo.**
Good to hear. The website should become a bit more complex as I begin updating it and adding features, but there's nothing wrong with simplicity.
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**Well, if you think about it, civilian vessels that don't belong to any government would by nature be no likely have a consistent colour scheme than do civilian cars today.Anyway, I like the supertanker and the Lightning, although I don't know how well something that dark would work in EV. The shuttle I don't particularly like, though. I've always pictured Confederation military shuttles as being pretty much the same as the civilian version, just with military insignia on the sides.
**Yeah, I have noticed that the independent fighters and warships share no common color layout. That's probably the way it should be.
I just viewed the Lightning on my iMac, and it does appear rather dark (although I can still make it out quite well). I'll lighten it up somewhat before I toss it up for download.
The Confederation shuttle is ugly alright. I'm going to fix it up sometime...
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**No, actually the orange looks good to me.http://www.freewebz....tningorange.jpg
You have to copy-paste that into your adress bar for it to work.
**Hmmm, I don't know... It just doesn't seem to fit the dark colors of the ship. Red also makes it look far more agressive.
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**Hehehe, beautiful! Not quite as cool as mine, but still... You want the Photoshop files for it? I'd love to show off what little Photoshop skill was involved in making that...
**Well, of course it isn't as nice as the Lair!
If you're up to it, I'd love to take a look at the Photoshop files. Also, I was wondering what font you used for the banner? I usually prefer using courier for my more technical websites, but the one you used rocks.I'll try to get some extra stuff completed today.
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Well, of course it isn't as nice as the Lair!:p If you're up to it, I'd love to take a look at the Photoshop files. Also, I was wondering what font you used for the banner? I usually prefer using courier for my more technical websites, but the one you used rocks.Abaddon for the main (green and background) text, and Mephisto (w/ PS5.5's faux italics) for the bottom. Both are PC fonts that I got from various free font sites, and converted with TTConverter (or something along those lines). I don't know why both font names are demonic in nature; it is an honest coincidence, I swear!
Anyway, I'll drop the files (black and white background images, title image, and the two fonts (just for the hell of it) in a stuffed file in your directory in just a few minutes.
Edit: the layout file I'm sending you looks quite dark in Photoshop 6 for some reason... and ignore all the crap on the sides, it's a rather old file.
I also included a 'sample' for the two types of side images (category (Games) and section (Escape Velocity)). They won't be there much longer, though, since I'll be redoing the sidebar once I move the Lair... the toy will follow soon after. ------------------
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Alright, I redid it to tone down the orange a bit, look at it again (same url)
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I logged on this morning and looked to see if you had done the Rebel Escort Carrier sprites. I guess I was wrong. :frown: Anyway, excellent work Skyblade (Yes, I agree with you, that Confed Shuttle does look ugly, but I agree with David Arthur that the governments would use reuglar shuttles.) The Lightning looks awesome - do you plan, perhaps, the re-render the entire EV universe. At any rate, if you are tired of rendering ships, how about stations? I think a good idea would be to re-render Stardock Alpha - after all, if a plug=in maker decides to use your Confed graphic in his plug-in, won't it seem a little odd if the Confederation Navy's chief space station's landing pic has normal landing graphics? For that matter, make a Rebel Stardock Alpha, too (w/Earth.)
God bless,
UE Patriot
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...and because I'm an idiot, I forgot to upload the file after I stuffed it. smack I'll upload it tomorrow, when I get back on my home computer (I'm at "work" right now).
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**please check out this, it's some stuff I did today:
http://www.freewebz....14/evstuff.html **Heh, quite cool. I like that middile graphic the best... What filters did you use? Might come in handy for target or info graphics...
EVula: Yeap, I was wondering why I couldn't seem to find that file.
I'm in no rush, so take your time...Shipyard activated as Saber Studios. Rebel Interceptor and Confederation Light Freighter available for download.
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If you have adobe photo deluxe like I have, it's under the "special effects" menu , then the artistic tab, then the sketch command. I suppose you could do a wireframe then a negative, that might work if you don't have a command like that.
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It's so cute, isn't it? Oh wait, this thing is a born killer... Since the Rebel Manta is regarded as an old and obsolete fighter, I created this as replacement vessel. Built for speed, dogfighting, and boasting some decent firepower, it makes a fine escort and patrol craft.What?!? No Manta? I want Mantas!!!
Well, for my plugin, at least. I'm going to use your graphics and I do'nt thni the regular Mantas will fit in with the Rebel ships you've made. So why not make one?
God bless,
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Skyblade: Maybe you should make a manta. It is a cute and beloved little fighter, and I'm sure several people would like to see a sleek, dangerous looking manta at your shipyard.
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Skyblade, I found the easiest way to get wireframe-ish graphics without too much 'glow' that some other filters leave, try
filters -> Sytlize -> Find edges
Then invert the image (Ctrl+ I or Cmd I)
Also if you want more cusomization to it try
filters -> Stylize -> Neon Glow
Turn the line width down to 1 as well as softness, and then adjust the brightness.
Also its a matter of how much detail you want to keep.
On another note, i took some free time to show ya what i mean :
(url="http://"http://www.postnuclear.net/ev/rebel-destroyer.jpg")http://www.postnucle...l-destroyer.jpg(/url)Just to give you an idea how it might apply. Also the great part is you can keep the colors. To make even better recognizable target images if a ship is government specific.
** on second thought, looking at the image makes it look like i made it as a SS member or somethign to that effect, actually its just that i dont like to tag images with my name, unless its informative, i feel pretentious about it. and that logo thing i was fooling around with, heh perhaps youll like it and want it, whatever the case, let me not convey that image.
Anyways great job, and about the orange colors, i think it works if you go for a more pale/dark orange with a hint of dark yellow. It makes it look not bright and more sneaky orange. like non-specular gold. Btw if i didnt say this already, i love the detail you put into the ships, it really makes the difference. And about the manta, i think vertical fins would boost appearance, similiar to an A-wing.
Thats all for now poof
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**Saw the shipyards:What?!? No Manta? I want Mantas!!!
Well, for my plugin, at least. I'm going to use your graphics and I do'nt thni the regular Mantas will fit in with the Rebel ships you've made. So why not make one?
God bless,
UE Patriot
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/Me wonders where I said I would never make a Manta.
That description didn't mean no Manta would be made, it simply implied that it's an old fighter, and in need of replacement in terms of the game.
I actually already have a Manta graphic, but I made it months ago, and the texturing is horrible (it was the Manta graphic for BFS II). I'll make a new one sometime soon.
Very nice Lucid, that's basically what I had in mind. I've had similar results, although I usually did end up with too much unwanted glow. I'll try that sometime and see how it goes.
Like the logo as well. If you like, I'll gladly use it (I've been trying to make a logo of my own, but never got around to finishing it).
I'd love to try a joint plugin project with you sometime, and become the proud members of the SS.
Thanks again for all your help. /Me yells at EVula to give Lucid a karma point.
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