Previews from the impatient

[R4V3-0N]

After a lack of love to certain races in the FTL modding community I decided to go make a quick operation to quickly add at least 1 alien vessel to each race that isn't popular.

(Slug, Mantis, Zoltan, Lanius.) I am starting out with my "Slug Fighter"





This will be a player ship hover I also aimming it to be an enemy ship.
Captains edition does lack any unique slug ships that isn't the station or recolours. However it's SS's idea if it will be added or not, I'm simply making this one to give some love to slugs and experiment with a certain weapon... let's say that I hope you guys will get in fore a shock by the animation work and implementation into FTL.

[NarnKar]

Very nice hulls, Raven!



[wrong thread, meant to post to shipyard]

[Russian Rockman]

Doodled some ships during downtime at work, ended up with a Zoltan-esque one I quite liked, figured I'd have a go at matching official art style.

Just roughed out for now, if you guys like it I'l have a go at cleaning it up to fit the game art.




Any feedback / suggestions welcome!

I love that design and would love to see it made into a working ship. It looks a lot like a station to me though (maybe it is upside down?). I like the stations in CE and I'm obviously not talented enough to make any ship of my own, but I would love to see someone who is talented like you make an alternate station for the Zoltan, Rock, and Humans in CE. Since in my opinion the Rock and Zoltan stations in CE are a little bit too small to be stations, they could be some kind of outpost, but they aren't big enough to be a main stations like ones from the other factions. And the humans could always use at least one alternate layout since they are the most common.

After a lack of love to certain races in the FTL modding community I decided to go make a quick operation to quickly add at least 1 alien vessel to each race that isn't popular.

(Slug, Mantis, Zoltan, Lanius.) I am starting out with my "Slug Fighter"


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This will be a player ship hover I also aimming it to be an enemy ship.
Captains edition does lack any unique slug ships that isn't the station or recolours. However it's SS's idea if it will be added or not, I'm simply making this one to give some love to slugs and experiment with a certain weapon... let's say that I hope you guys will get in fore a shock by the animation work and implementation into FTL.

I LOVE YOU!!! If you complete this little project I will love you even more. I also agree that those 4 factions could use some more ships. That slug design is freaking awesome! And I'm sure that Sleeper would add any ships you made into CE because they would be lore friendly and Sleeper is ok with anything that is lore friendly.

Someone also still needs to make Type C versions of the Zoltan and Mantis ships I think,

[R4V3-0N]

You know I think the zoltan, federation, and rock station is fine.
A station doesn't have to be large to be a station.

However I wouldn't mind to having multiple stations (also I think the fed station is perfect AND iconic to CE!)

However it being stations I do think it can be flipped or turned a bit (say 90 degrees or 180 or 270) and have a new layout and stuff and be that. Because it's a station, there is no 'front' of it.

But yea, that's just a random thing.



Also hehehee. It's always heart warming seeing your response when I do the reskins of ships for type A,b, c, etc or making a new ship. Well Sleeper can't decides if he never see's these ships yet. Might link it later to him.

I am thinking up what the rock ship should look like. I often draw these ships on paper first and make a it again in GIMP. Usually draw them on restless nights.

[Russian Rockman]

True, the station is very iconic to CE, I don't think it should be flipped or turned because I am used to the way it is now and it is a very cool design. It is fantastic that the color schemes and layouts can make the same basic station look so different too. More is always good though, that's why I get excited when someone makes a new ship because I've tried making some on my own and they never look good enough to match the original style.

I know stations don't have to be big, but because the other ones are big I kind of expect them to be bigger, you know... For example, the Slug station is freaking huge!!! You would expect the big brute Rockmen to have a big station. I suppose the Zoltan one is ok because they are so efficient maybe it doesn't need to be big, like the AI station.

I can't wait to see your new Lanius ship though. We are lacking in new original Lanius type ships.

[R4V3-0N]

True, the station is very iconic to CE, I don't think it should be flipped or turned because I am used to the way it is now and it is a very cool design. It is fantastic that the color schemes and layouts can make the same basic station look so different too. More is always good though, that's why I get excited when someone makes a new ship because I've tried making some on my own and they never look good enough to match the original style.

I know stations don't have to be big, but because the other ones are big I kind of expect them to be bigger, you know... For example, the Slug station is freaking huge!!! You would expect the big brute Rockmen to have a big station. I suppose the Zoltan one is ok because they are so efficient maybe it doesn't need to be big, like the AI station.

I can't wait to see your new Lanius ship though. We are lacking in new original Lanius type ships.

When I said flipped/ turned I didn't mean to replace the original but I mean like just a different enemy so to say.

Anyway the rock station looked like what I expected the rock to have. Keep in mind they may not want a big station because how long it takes to walk around it.

Edit: The lanius would be a bit off a challange I'll give it that. I am a bit torn now between making the slug ship finished as a player ship or just make the art for all ships first.

[R4V3-0N]

Well I do not like it so much but it's unique enough for me to at least post it... Lanius craft is quite time consuming.

I do not really want to make the type B for it anytime soon... using GIMP I can see myself spend weaks to make a good type B skin while someone on photoshop with there fancy smancy tools could do it in a day.

[Russian Rockman]

Very interesting design, I like the more upright direction of the blades, it is different from the other lanius ships where the blades are all pointing down. It looks more menacing that way. The only thing I don't quite like is the parts from the small Lanius ship in the middle. It is the only part I instantly knew where it was spliced from.

[R4V3-0N]

Very interesting design, I like the more upright direction of the blades, it is different from the other lanius ships where the blades are all pointing down. It looks more menacing that way. The only thing I don't quite like is the parts from the small Lanius ship in the middle. It is the only part I instantly knew where it was spliced from.

By middle I think you mean the 2 core blades aye? Because the helm and central pipping area is nearly 100% redone.
Yea even when I did increase the width off it a bit and also extended it to be longer and pointy I am still not satisfied with it. But if I recall I think there is a ship in CE that is just 80% of a bomber at the back and 50% of a scout in front.
Also all slug ships have a similar 'in take' thing in the middle and other crafts also have a trend so I will not hate myself to much that it looks similar to another ship off it's own species.

[NarnKar]

Another, I guess, "eye candy" mod. Featuring art from other people, as usual, since I can't really art for shit.