[WIP] Kitbash Mod Revamp

[dvatreknerd314]

So I've decided to throw in some in-game screenshots. As I don't yet have any of the weapons done I haven't included any combat scenes yet.

Spoiler: Screenshots

 

[Cborg1700]

All of your kitbashes are beyond awesome. When I see kitbashes they are ok, but yours take the cake. It really looks like the Federation would build these vessels. Awesome job, looking forward to their release.

 

[Majestic]

Great work mate, they look great in-game. Also grap the Pink Blob be gone mod by Elrond off A2Files it will as the name says get rid of the Pink blob seen in one of your screenshots.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

So I decided to try something different regarding how I'm presenting these. Rather than showing the ships before they're put in-game, I'm showing them afterward, and in screenshots instead of in Storm 3D.

This is a design I made, the Minotaur.

Spoiler: Minotaur

This is my adaptation of the general design of the Tengen class, originally made by Major A Payne in BI2

Spoiler: Tengen

This is a design I made for a shipyard.

Spoiler: Some Yard

This is a design I made while making the Akia

Spoiler: Barracuda

This is my redo of Epytron Omega's Arsenault Class

Spoiler: Arsenault

And this is another design of mine, the Unity

Spoiler: Unity

 

[Majestic]

Wow is all I can say. I am really impressed by these latest designs/models of yours. I don't think there is a single one I didn't like. Top quality stuff. That shipyard was different, I never thought of doing something like that. Great concept.

 

[Rifraf]

Those turned out good. I like the designs. I'm enjoying how you've combined elements of many ships into one and they even have elements of other races. I can kind of see the Cardies in the Minotaur and the Rommies in the Unity. Nice work

 

[Cborg1700]

These are awesome kitbashes, I hope you will release these soon so that way we can blow up the fed's enemies

 

[CABAL]

I think the Barracuda is my favorite from that batch. I'm not sure why.

 

[Atlantis]

Gotta agree with Cabal on this one; the Barracuda especially, very nice. Could you do one without the secondary hull? Maybe a Miranda-type rollbar undeneath?

Can't believe I'm posting this; usually I'm quite anti-kitbash

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Are you referring to the Akira secondary hull or the Excelsior secondary hull as far as the one you'd like to see removed?

 

[Atlantis]

The Excelsior one; I don't really think of the Akira as having a secondary hull. Just the sponsoons* and a torpedo pod.

It's just a thought, if you get rid of the Excelsior secondary hull, you'll have a pretty sweet looking "proto-Akira", and if you attach another torpedo pod of some description underneath, all the better to eat with.

*: Totally just made that word up. Might've got away with it though. You know what I meant.

EDIT: Scratch that; I just looked up the Akia, and that's precisely what you've done, with a second Akira rollbar. Awesome. Sorry :-S

 

[dvatreknerd314]

You mean something like this?

Spoiler: Test Ship

 

[Cborg1700]

The Barracuda would work as a Carrier/Battlecruiser concept and your test ship would be a Battlecruiser concept. Both look good by the way.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

So I've got another batch ready for you!

This first one started as an attempt to create a destroyer-sized science ship, similar to the Nova class, and I like how she turned out.

Spoiler: Lagrange Class

The Nimitz was a real quick design I made and I forgot what design (if any) I was trying to immitate

Spoiler: Nimitz Class

This is my Faraday class design. I forgot exactly what I was going for, but I realized it was gonna be a little close to the Anomie seen on FF

Spoiler: Faraday Class

This is my version of Major A Payne's Shakura class from Borg Incursion

Spoiler: Shakura Class

The Borealis is another design I made, trying to find uses for the Steamrunner saucer section

Spoiler: Borealis Class

 

[Cborg1700]

These are very nice ships, perhaps a version of the Lagrange Class with the Nebula Tactical Pod instead of a science pod for a heavy destroyer concept.

 

[Majestic]

Those are some interesting designs, not the standard run of the mill. Good work.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

So here are a few more for you:

This is my variation on the Poseidon class. Can anyone tell me who originally created the Poseidon design so I can accurately credit them?

Spoiler: Poseidon Class

This is the Spitfire Class. She was my attempt at doing something different with the Akira class catamaran struts

Spoiler: Spitfire Class

The Keppler was my attempt at creating a carrier

Spoiler: Keppler Class

This is my version of Major A Payne's Arumaan Class

Spoiler: Arumaan Class

This is yet another yard design. I think by the end of this mod there'll be at least five yards to contain all of the ships

Spoiler: Some Yard

This is my version of Major A Payne's Banshee Class

Spoiler: Banshee Class

 

[Majestic]

The Spitfire made me smile.

With the Arumaan, had you thought of modelling in some impulse engines at the back of the chopped off Akira catamaran hull? It looks a little bare there, alternative shuttlebays would work too.

Great set of ships, generally not a fan of kitbashes but you're doing a great job with them.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Yeah, that problem with both the Spectre and the Arumaan was a bit of a risk, but I'm just not sure what to add to them as they're supposed to be destroyers and adding more shuttlebays wouldn't make sense for destroyers

 

[Majestic]

You could throw in some rear torpedo tubes for the Arumaan.

 

[Cborg1700]

As always a great set of kitbashes. More eye candy to indulge.

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
Those kitbashes are very good, I am glad you still continue working on them. I like the Banshee very very much ... but that comes with the fact I love the Nebula class starships (my all-time favourite ).

Keep it up!.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Hey guys! Got another set for you!

Spoiler: Onidus Class

So this is my remake of Sherman2's old Onidus Class from File Front. She is a battle cruiser and will probably have multi-target torpedoes.

Spoiler: Rhine Class

This is my design, the Rhine Class. I made this one way back when I was just tinkering with stock models many, many years ago. She is either a cruiser or a destroyer (forgot which) or might be a pulse artillery ship.

Spoiler: Durdham Class

So this is my version of Epytron Omega's Durdham Class. Like her predecessor, she is a battleship

Spoiler: Hudson Class

This is my Hudson class starship. She is a cruiser.

Spoiler: Deimos Class

This is my version of Major A Payne's Deimos Class from BI2. I think she is a cruiser.

 

[Majestic]

The Hudson is by far my favourite out of that last batch. Ambassador engineering hull for the win!

 

[Adm_Z]

I'm partial to the Rhine. I think I remember using the old version.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

I'm partial to the Rhine. I think I remember using the old version.

I think you might be thinking of the Serpent as I've never released any version of this ship. I am planning on having the Serpent in this one though.

 

[Adm_Z]

Ah possibly. I thought you said it was the Rhine you based off an old one but now that I read it again I see you meant the one above it. Still, it looks familiar. Great work, either way.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

So, this is gonna be more to get a sense of which version of this ship you all like more. Please ignore the lighting errors as these will be fixed soon enough!

Spoiler: Version 1

Spoiler: Version 2

Spoiler: Version 3

 

[Adm_Z]

Going off of the nacelles alone, I like the first one the best. Personally though, I am not partial to designs with multiple primary hulls like that.

 

[Majestic]

Going off of the nacelles alone, I like the first one the best. Personally though, I am not partial to designs with multiple primary hulls like that.

I'm with Zax on this one, while double secondary hulls I can live with, double primary hulls are harder for me to swallow. But I would also choose the first one out of them.