WIP: ESS Seraphim

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Post by Vince T » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:26 pm

While working on a certain ship's hangar section, which I will not mention here any further ( :D), I suddenly had some design ideas which I find myself forced to build. Well, I think I have my bright moments sometimes ... :D

Anyway, meet the Seraphim (early name draft: Erebus)

This legendary destroyer is said to be the personal destroyer of Mryna Qhalic, the Emperor's hand of the Seven Suns. It is a unique ship that Empress Shiromy discovered in the dark mists of the Bermuda passage. She offered the ship as a gift to Mryna, at that time Chief of ESS security, along with a position as supreme chief of ESS intelligence and special operations - the Empress' Hand.

The events that had taken place in the Bermuda Passage and that had led to Mryna's extraordinary promotion, have never been resolved, as has pretty much every bit of information regarding the Hand's ghostly ship. Although information provided by alleged eye whitnesses greatly differ, some bits of information seem to match those of a darkly, spear-shaped ship, maybe half a mile in length. One thing though, which unites all statements is word of its devastating firepower. Rumor has it that, along with this ship of darkness and shadows there might be a counterpart, a ship of brilliant light....

On a design note: This for once is no uber-ship like the ones I usually come up with =) but should rather go with its aggressive design. I've blurred and darkenend the pics intentionally, to give an idea on how I would imagine the ship to appear in space. The hull might look something like dark crome or somthing - not as glossy as the Leviathan from KotOR though.





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Post by Javier Lopez » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:09 am

Well.. i cant see it entiry well because of the lightning..<P>but it looks very naval.. i love it..<P>Its like Hyperion cruisers of B5, you look at them and they seem perfectly logical space versions of naval ships..<P>it makes perfectly sense..
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Post by Darksaber » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:48 pm

Very moody :)
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Post by General Edor Crespin » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:53 pm

I like the design. :D<P>Looking forward to see what you end up texturing it as!
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Post by Tony Knightcrawler » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:18 pm

Looks very nice!

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Post by Rookie_One1 » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:27 pm

small battleship, with lot of power<P>i like this!
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Post by Major Wes Janson » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:48 am

Has a real DDX feel to it. I like it.
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Post by Vince T » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:15 pm

Now, what is DDX? people might ask, including myself
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Post by Dragon » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:19 pm

Every story has four sides to it: yours, the others, the truth and what really happend.
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Post by Vince T » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:31 pm

Ah, I see. Looks weird :o<P>BTW, I got a question from somebody over at Massassi regarding its armament, well, here's a little spoiler.<P> Image<p>[ 17 January 2008: Message edited by: General_Trageton ]
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Post by Dragon » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:45 pm

And what is the question???
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Post by Vince T » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:53 pm

OK, guess I chose the words unluckily. I 'received' a question regarding the armament, since the shots wouldn't show the turrets on the lower side, making the whole ship a bit under-gunned.
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Post by Vince T » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:16 pm

Lil' sneak peek. :)
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Post by Kyle » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:44 pm

:megaeek:

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Post by squarehead93 » Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:31 pm

Cant wait to see that one fully textured!
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Post by General Edor Crespin » Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:00 pm

Red lights. I'm impressed. ;)
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Post by Darksaber » Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:22 pm

Where do you find the time mate
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Post by Dragon » Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:27 pm

Wow, can't wait to see it done. Great work so far. :up:
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Post by Vince T » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:06 am

I'm single :)

btw, here's a more 'scenic' shot. Don't be fooled, I just replaced the ugly default texture with something generic for this shot ;)

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Post by Dragon » Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:00 am

It looks heavily armored.
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Post by Kirejara » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:07 pm

Excellent work (once again!) and great looking! :up:

Can You tell us, how large this ship is? Thanks.

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Post by Vince T » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:21 pm

Not that big in fact, around 850 meters long. Size Comparison

Nonetheless it is pretty heavily armed. Power- and shield-wise I see it somewhere near the Valiant or a Phoenix Cruiser, which are both far bigger.
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Post by Atx » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:30 pm

Reminds me of the 'StarBlazers' ship from way back... :)
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Post by DTM » Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:42 pm

I like powerful ships! Nice job!

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Post by EtherShock » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:11 am

GT, your work is magnificent. Hopefully someday, someone will take notice of your skills and you can do this kind of stuff for a living. ^_^b

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