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aryeon · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:10 am Post subject: hull patren?

well.......uhm.........I.......... Confused

O h*ll i just ask it strait out.
i`m makin my owne furry univers for a rpg. i`m crap at drawing furrys
but good at drawing SF vehicles and weapons. but now the milliondollar question.
can some one tell me how i kan make a good hull plaat scheem for my
starships. i`l give you some exemples here....

Cateagle · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 1:05 pm Post subject:

Well, the first step is to work up a good inboard profile to define how many decks you have and start figuring where everything and everyone goes. Once you get that, you can then go through deck by deck an develop the floor plans. Mind you, this will be an itnereactiive effort 'tween decks to make certain everything fits together.

aryeon · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 12:37 pm Post subject:

UHH!??

i think i askt the wrong question or formulated it wrong.
what i meant was the outside hull plating.
you know to make the drawing look moor alife,
than this pale flat white.

Cateagle · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 2:01 pm Post subject:

Okay, I mis-understood. I thought you meant hull layout leading to deck plans for an RPG.

Well, first question is, since these are combat vessels, is there any reason for camoflage paint schemes? If not, I'd go with predominantly white schemes with suitable indetification markings. If you're in a battle, there is, of necessity, going to be plenty of incoming energy and radiation and you'd like to reflect as much of that as possible. Granted, you may well have energy shields and such, but every little bit helps, especially since gettign rid of excess heat in space is way difficult.

Does this help more?

aryeon · Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject:

a little, thanks
but i want the hull plating to be visuabol ( Embarassed

bad writhing) you know.
the lines that make up the induvidual plaats.

Cateagle · Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 1:36 pm Post subject:

Other than a variation in shading, there's not too much ou can do to show individual skin panels, save for where there's been a hurried repair or such. The shaidng, though, can be quite effective - consider the variety of shades achievable on a model aircraft in Natural Metal Finish (go take a look on Hyperscale or Aircraft Resources Center to find some examples).

aryeon · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 1:36 pm Post subject:

okee thanks