[WIP] Kitbash Mod Revamp

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
Just give my shipyards the blueprints for the Banshee and Poseridon and I'll be very happy .

I am very impressed to how your kitbashes are coming out, they look very good . Will you (or had you) make all of Epytron_Omega's kitbhases from his mod?

Would you be fancy to try my Galaxy-EX class?

Keep it up! .

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Sorry it took so long to get an update, but I've been busy with school and stuff.

So I've decided to drop the triple saucer design from earlier as there were some lighting problems on the model that I couldn't resolve. I've added a different dreadnought design in its place.

Here are five more ships for you:

Spoiler: Universe Class

The Universe was a design I put together rather quickly to fill in the gap left when I removed the triple saucer design. I'm actually kinda pleased with how it turned out.

Spoiler: Allegheny Class

So the Allegheny was an old class I made way back when I was working with only stock models and trying to get inspiration from EO's old Kitbash mod. I kinda like how the new version turned out!

Spoiler: Ganges Class

So I guess the Ganges was me trying to do something with Achilles-class warp pylons. It kinda turned into something like a Springfield refit.

Spoiler: Serpent Class

The Serpent is an Epytron Omega design, not from his kitbash mod, but from an (earlier?) work of his. Thought it would fit in well here!

Spoiler: Tolus Class

This is another design from EO's Kitbash Mod.



And I've also just decided that I'm gonna change something on the Universe design. Will have updated pics later

So I tweaked the Universe design and renamed it to Umbra as Universe is a name that many accept as the class name of the Enterprise J.

Spoiler: Umbra

So while looking at one of the images of the Universe I realized that a dreadnought should have more weapons than just phasers and torpedoes and saw that the warp nacelles were good places to put weapon platforms. The phaser cannons were added afterward.

 

[Majestic]

Looking good mate, some quality kitbashes there.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Hey, got more ships for you!

Spoiler: Kobayashi Maru Class

So this was a design I thought I saw in Unification Part I, but it turns out it was two ships really close together with a low-quality tape. Still, neat design imo.

Spoiler: Another Yard

So, yeah, another shipyard

Spoiler: Zephyr Class

This was a design that was created as a 3D model by some modeler whose name I've forgotten but whose in the ReadMe. Loved this design

Spoiler: Eclipse Class

I think this was a design to try to use the Iwo Jima saucer section with the Akira stardrive

Spoiler: Kaleb Class

This was my version of a design by Major A Payne from Borg Incursion 2. Love this design!

Spoiler: Rhea Class

This was an accident that resulted as I was creating another design. Love this enough that I've got several variants of it!

Here are several more.

All of these are variants on the Rhea class and I designed them all myself. Some are inspired from the Yamato (I think that's what it is)

Spoiler: Quebec Class

Spoiler: Liverpool Class

Spoiler: Hornet Class

Spoiler: Namaka Class

Spoiler: Gettysburg Class

And here are some more variants!

Spoiler: Weywot Class

Spoiler: Haumea Class

Spoiler: Kerberos Class

Spoiler: Quaoar Class

Spoiler: Dysnomia Class

 

[Majestic]

Kaleb design is pretty cool.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

And here are some more:

Spoiler: Pathfinder Class

So this is the Pathfinder from the USS Miranda sim that's no longer going on. I found the Kelvin over at FF and decided to redo that and make the other two USS Miranda's

Spoiler: Fourier Class

The Fourier was my attempt to make something sleek that used the Vesta stardrive but not the Vesta saucer.

Spoiler: Kelvin Class

This is my version of the Kelvin Class (from USS Miranda, not from the JJverse). Kinda like how this is a little more fluid in design than the original Kelvin design.

Spoiler: Vanth Class

So this is another variant of the Rhea

Spoiler: Jupiter Class

This is the Jupiter class, also from USS Miranda.

 

[Rifraf]

Nice. I really like the Pathfinder and the Fourier. Especially the Fourier. Those are pretty cool looking ships you got there

 

[Majestic]

Ah I remember the old USS Miranda site, it's where I got the first design for the Midway from. Great work, are you planning on doing other species soon or will the Fed's have to shoot themselves?

 

[Cborg1700]

Loving these designs. It would be nice to see other races because there aren't as many as the feds. I want to play traitor once in a while

 

[dvatreknerd314]

I might start on one for the Romulans as I've been observing their designs for longer than Klingon and other races, but since my feel for other race's designs isn't as well honed as my feel for Starfleet design, the kitbashes may not look awesome. Also, I've only got five more ships, a shipyard, and a research station for this mod, but then I have to do a lot of other stuff to get it ready

 

[dvatreknerd314]

I know I said I probably wouldn't create any alien race kitbashes, but I did just make nine Son'a designs based on nothing more than the command ship and the battleship...

 

[dvatreknerd314]

So, including stations, I've actually got ten more models for the Fed Kitbash Mod to show off. These are the first five of them:

Spoiler: Viselli Class

So this is my version of Epytron Omega's Viselli Class

Spoiler: Shipyard

Spoiler: Vincent Class

This is my version of the Vincent class from Epytron Omega's Kitbash Mod

Spoiler: Another Shipyard

Yes, I actually needed six shipyards to fit all the ships in.

Spoiler: Hodges Class

This is my version of the Hodges class. Not sure who created it, but I saw it in a few locations and decided to make a slightly updated version of it.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

And now, for the last five models in this mod:

Spoiler: Research Station

So, yeah, decided to add some special weapons, so this is the station for them

Spoiler: Godspeed Class

So some of you might recognize this as my version of the Galaxy EX by Chiletrek. Hope you like!

Spoiler: Xenophon Class

So I forgot what I was trying to do with this ship, but this is the result.

Spoiler: Rapier Class

So this model is the one that made me stop working on this mod a while back, but once Aad Moerman released his Valkyrie and Argonaut (I think) I worked on this to complete the remakes of Epytron Omega's Kitbash Mod. This is the Rapier class from that mod.

Spoiler: Persephone Class

So this is the Persephone, I believe originally from the USS Miranda site. By the way, if anyone knows the name of the guy who designed the kitbashes from USS Miranda, please let me know so I can accurately cite them in the readme.



And now that all the models are added to the game, the fun of balancing starts.

Oh yeah, the ship you see in the background of a few of these images is the start of a Son'a kitbash pack...

 

[Cborg1700]

Looking good, the Scimitar now has some competition

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
Those are very amazing models you have been doing there. I really like the stations and the ships (well, all of them) Kaleb Class, Quebec Class and the Pathfinder Class.

And thank you very much for redoing my Galaxy-EX class! . It looks awesome with Aad Moerman's ships parts annd you kept the design feel I was looking for when I made it looong ago. Thanks!

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Sorry I've been away for a while, but I wanted to let you all know that the mod is not dead! I just got all the borg textures done (and never want to look at another borg texture ever again), which was a major part of the rest of the work to do on this mod. Now I've got a few more things I need to do:

- Complete the rest of the special weapons
- Tweak the wireframes
- Write Verbose Tooltip descriptions
- Create non-special weapons for the rest of the mod
- Determine which ships get which special weapons and multi-target weapons
- Get carrier stuff working
- Testing, testing, and more testing!

Hopefully I'll have this done somewhat soon for you all to play with!

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
Wireframes are a big weak spot for me, I always get so lazy to try and make them, hehehe. But I am glad to see the mod is still alive and kicking .

The tooltipes are always very interesting for me to read, I look forward to see the ones you'll come up with. Keep it up! .

 

[Majestic]

Great to hear you're still pumping away at your mod mate.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Does anyone know of any sound effects that are at all similar to the sound the Galaxy X's cannon makes in All Good Things?

 

[dvatreknerd314]

So, me being crazy, I decided to add three more ships. I do also have a lot more done and I'm close to the testing phase for this mod.

Repulse Class:

This initially started as an attempt to faithfully recreate the Repulse from BI2, but I then decided to change it a little

Spoiler: Repulse Class

Spoiler: Repulse Class

Spoiler: Repulse Class

Spoiler: Repulse Class

Quantum Class:

This started as an attempt to make another ship using the Magellan hull when I realized it would make a good pod.

Spoiler: Quantum Class

Spoiler: Quantum Class

Spoiler: Quantum Class

Spoiler: Quantum Class

Xuchang Class:

After realizing it made a good pod, I felt I needed to make a version of the Eris with this pod.

Spoiler: Xuchang Class

Spoiler: Xuchang Class

Spoiler: Xuchang Class

Spoiler: Xuchang Class

All I need to do is play though it once to see of anything else needs tweaking before I move on to testing it!

 

[Majestic]

I really like the Repulse, it works surprisingly well.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm nearly done with the mod! I'm awaiting an email about permission to use some weapon sprites and I should be able to make a few small changes and submit the mod! I'm not sure when the downloads section of this site will be back up, but I will also be uploading this to Filefront for those who still visit that site. And for those who don't, it MAY be in the dropbox link I have for FileFront content since 2012 if I have enough space to put it on my dropbox account.

 

[Majestic]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm nearly done with the mod! I'm awaiting an email about permission to use some weapon sprites and I should be able to make a few small changes and submit the mod! I'm not sure when the downloads section of this site will be back up, but I will also be uploading this to Filefront for those who still visit that site. And for those who don't, it MAY be in the dropbox link I have for FileFront content since 2012 if I have enough space to put it on my dropbox account.

The downloads section should be up sometime in May, but you're welcome to post your dropbox link in this thread while the upgrade is underway or before it starts and one of the Moderators can download it and upload it when the download section is back up on the new site.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Everyone, the mod is complete. This is a link to a Google Drive folder that has all of the files uploaded to A2 File Front since 2012, and also now includes my kitbash mod.

To download, follow this link: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8uZ6X_xrHBueW9TZjNUcnJGQ28&usp=sharing

Click on the folder "Thermonuclear Chicken"

Download the file "tnckitbashmod040714.zip"

Hope everyone enjoys this mod! Also, if there are any missing items or bugs you notice, please let me know asap so I can correct it!

 

[CABAL]

I get an error when I try to download it. It's not specific, the site just pops up with a message saying an error has occurred.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Ok, figured out what you need to do. Click on the file and it will bring up an error message. In the bottom right corner there is a blue button called "Open". Click it and a new tab will open. Click the Download button and another tab will come up, probably saying something about Google being unable to scan it for viruses as it's over 100MB in size. Click "Download Anyway", and it should start.

 

[CABAL]

Thanks, got it now. It will go up shorty after the downloads come back up.