Topic: Designing a New Race.... (Read 5397 times)

Atolm-Rising · « **on:** February 27, 2008, 08:47:26 am »

The Krai'Q:

Starforce2 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2008, 09:28:14 am »

Love the ships...Not too sure about the aliens heads (if you think about natural selection the heads seem a bit excessive) but I can't wait to see them in color.

Lieutenant_Q · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2008, 10:30:58 am »

Interesting, A believable aquatic race.

Lets see a little more.

wrathofachilles · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2008, 12:34:00 pm »

perhaps the head can be made rigid and used as a lance?

love the ship and waiting to see more. Also what class is that ship?

Don Karnage · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2008, 03:00:38 pm »

yes another aqua race like the hydran.

great work, show more ship class of that race and a few base would be interesting.

don't forget the fighter and shuttle

Shadowfleet · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2008, 03:47:28 pm »

Holy crap - no really holy crap, I've got to go change my pants now.

Awesome work Atolm! I can't wait to see these fleshed out - because of the draft sketches of the aliens as well as the ships/tech, I bet someone's creativity will get sparked and they'll model these quickly.

My modeling skills are only up to bashing or I'd take it up right now. I'm better at writing, would you like me to come up with a back story? If so, just send me a message with what you think the background is and I'll flesh it out and send it t you for editing and release at your leisure.

Starforce2 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2008, 04:28:59 pm »

cuddlefish...I think that's what those ships resemble (If I am remembering the correct animal)

Smiley · « **Reply #7 on:** February 27, 2008, 06:28:48 pm »

Quote from: Starforce2 on February 27, 2008, 04:28:59 pm

cuddlefish...I think that's what those ships resemble (If I am remembering the correct animal)

ROFL
Cuddlefish... lol... Cuttlefish :p (Squid, etc)

Starforce2 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 27, 2008, 10:05:47 pm »

Quote from: Smiley on February 27, 2008, 06:28:48 pm

Quote from: Starforce2 on February 27, 2008, 04:28:59 pm
cuddlefish...I think that's what those ships resemble (If I am remembering the correct animal)

ROFL
Cuddlefish... lol... Cuttlefish :p (Squid, etc)

Oh bite me. lol. I could said they look like Omanite pokemon...

Antivyrus · « **Reply #9 on:** February 27, 2008, 10:10:08 pm »

Quote from: Starforce2 on February 27, 2008, 04:28:59 pm

cuddlefish...I think that's what those ships resemble (If I am remembering the correct animal)

Not just the ship but the aliens themselves look to be evolved from squid like creatures.

Actually even the name "Krai'Q" remains me of Kraken the legendary giant squid.

Terradyhne · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2008, 02:52:11 am »

cool race and evolutionarry plausible and the Nautilid design of the ship is great to

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2008, 09:42:05 am »

Thanks mates..I'll keep messing with them(be fun for a monster type mission)
Anti, you are correct, that's were I derived the name from.
Btw, the long appendage that you guys see on the "head" is actually the tail. cephalopods are actually neutrally directionally, meaning they can move backwards and forwards with equal ease as their heads are in the middle of their bodies. In fact, technically squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, nautilis, etc..all move tail first when swimming or jetting around naturally.

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2008, 06:19:45 pm »

Hmm... late 1980s AD&D Spell Jammer universe meets SFC... Mind flayers and their nautiloid void ships.

In regards to the enlarged heads, I was thinking perhaps that they could have internal gas bladders (hydrogen maybe) to support the weight of the head when not in water.

Very interesting design there Atolm.

KF

wrathofachilles · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2008, 08:19:18 pm »

I was inspired by the shell (and that fact it's you, you graphical tease you) and made a rough mesh, took just under an hour so yes it's rough and unfinished, still some details missing but I need to check with you and it's only 2500 polies so far... try to ignore to rough main body cause it'd be covered in plates (yeah yeah... exoskeleton). if you want the mesh so far for a better look pm me a current email will ya.

Starforce2 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2008, 09:20:57 pm »

smokin!

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2008, 09:38:45 pm »

Food for thought ( mind the pun) How about...The Cala'Mari ?

Ships.......

FF - Tusoteuthis Class
DD - Joubin Class
CA - Nautilus Class
BCH - Grimaldi Class
DN - Humboldt Class
BB - Architeuthis dux Class

Shadowfleet · « **Reply #16 on:** February 29, 2008, 06:54:14 am »

Are you guys on Krai'Q?

This thread is awesome! A whole new Atolm designed race and ship. WOA whips out a model in less tha an hour that looks this good. MP comes up with a fleet theory. I've got to be "sleep websurfing". I don't want to wake up!

This is what Dyna is alll about!

Scottish Andy · « **Reply #17 on:** February 29, 2008, 09:49:48 am »

That's a really awesome sketch. Love the look of new alien species. First we have the turtleheads, now the squidheads!

Oh, Hydrans aren't an aqua species, they're methane breathers.

Antivyrus · « **Reply #18 on:** February 29, 2008, 10:49:16 am »

Seems WOA and I had similar ideas

Anyway heres my interpretation

EDIT: also adding a mod file if you wanna view in the viewer

wrathofachilles · « **Reply #19 on:** February 29, 2008, 01:03:04 pm »

eh, did I step into a modelling Hoe down or something

I love the shell you've done, I have a habit of making things look industrial so your organic look is intriguing to me.

I added some armour and recoloured, going to work on the small details tomorrow, it's 4200 polies now though I have some faces to delete.

Scottish Andy · « **Reply #20 on:** February 29, 2008, 02:11:40 pm »

That's a brilliant texture job, but I think the earth-toned colours make it look like more of a land creature like a scorpion rather than a sea creature.

wrathofachilles · « **Reply #21 on:** February 29, 2008, 02:24:44 pm »

ahh, well it's not textures, I was just using colours to make the armour stand out...

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #22 on:** February 29, 2008, 05:53:33 pm »

Looks like you guys beat me to the race...Here's my rendition: A command-cruiser
Special thanks yet again, to the Deadman for the renders:

Antivyrus · « **Reply #23 on:** February 29, 2008, 06:12:17 pm »

Nice work there Azel.

Interesting thing here is, If you look at my model then WOA's then Azel's it looks like a natural progression it the technological development of the race.

wrathofachilles · « **Reply #24 on:** February 29, 2008, 06:14:35 pm »

sweet, you meshes are almost as good as your sketches now.

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #25 on:** February 29, 2008, 06:17:33 pm »

Awesome...an Era lineage

Shadowfleet · « **Reply #26 on:** February 29, 2008, 09:26:26 pm »

There goes another pair of pants

Awesome job by all - with texrures to tie them altogether it'll be a good start at a fleet.

Slider · « **Reply #27 on:** February 29, 2008, 10:19:46 pm »

Very Nice, cant wait to fly one

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #28 on:** March 01, 2008, 07:06:28 am »

me too

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #29 on:** March 01, 2008, 12:17:11 pm »

Some additional ideas from AD&D Spell Jammer:

Check out this page too: http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/htm/spelljammer.htm

KF

Starforce2 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 13, 2008, 10:26:24 pm »

Wow, that ship looks amazing.

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