[Crystal-core] concept art

[Elián Hanisch]

Hi all, I'm the m4v3r1ck (now just m4v) guy from the irc channel, some might
noticed me in the #crystalspace or #crystalcore channel, lurking around. I
have been looking for a opensource game to work with, I'm an artist and want
to give it a shot to crystalcore. I did some concept art as a test, for the
Thread Gun, a made up Plasma Cannon and a Colony vessel.

Thread gun: nobody did a concept for this weapon so I uploaded it in the dev
site. Since is an alien weapon I tried to make it unconventional yet suitable
for human use, now I think its shape resembles too much a human rifle, I
might rework it, but I want some input if I'm going in the right direction
for a Lynir weapon.
http://crystalcore.crystalspace3d.org/tikiwiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=242

Plasma Cannon: A different plasma cannon, because current one sounds too much
like a rocket launcher, I tried to keep some of Ashims's ideas (huge,
shoulder mounted, big ammo pods, etc), but it fires plasma pulses, instant
hit type (but it takes a while to fire, first a laser is fired, until it
ionises the air and then the plasma pulse follows). Is an idea.

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Colony ship: I'm not sure about this, is already settled how the colony ship
is going to look like? I didn't find any concept art, but I saw several
models, they looked too military to me, more ready for combat than for planet
colonization, is mankind already at war with some alien race?
I did a really, really rough concept for a different colony vessel, is
basically a cargo transport, with two huge engines for atmospheric flight.
The engine for interstellar travel is not part of the vessel, I imagine that
such thing would be really huge and ultimately useless in the planet's
surface, so better save weight and keep it in orbit until is needed. And it
doesn't use hyperspace or warp like travel, it just accelerates at 1g until
it reaches, dunno, half the speed of light or more, because I don't think
that mankind will wait for faster than light technology before attempting
travels at relativistic speeds.

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is a really rough drawing, won't be surprised if is difficult to understand.

if nobody like my ideas then nevermind them, take it as introduction of what I
can do ... I could have picked better drawings for that though :P

I know modelling in 3dsmax, but I ditched Windows and I'm not used to Blender
yet, so I want to stick with concept art, if nobody has a better idea I'll
look into the "thread gun" concept, or make up some alien
animals/wildlife.

~ m4v

[Hakim Achterberg]

Hi m4v,

Post by Elián Hanisch
Hi all, I'm the m4v3r1ck (now just m4v) guy from the irc channel, some might
noticed me in the #crystalspace or #crystalcore channel, lurking around. I
have been looking for a opensource game to work with, I'm an artist and want
to give it a shot to crystalcore. I did some concept art as a test, for the
Thread Gun, a made up Plasma Cannon and a Colony vessel.

Well my introduction: I am Hak`M and I was with this project from (almost)
the beginning, the last half year or so I have been inactive due to some
things in real life that took time. But the good news is, I am getting back
into the project again. I wrote quite a large part of the wiki together with
jorrit, xotic and a few others.

Thread gun: nobody did a concept for this weapon so I uploaded it in the

Post by Elián Hanisch
dev
site. Since is an alien weapon I tried to make it unconventional yet suitable
for human use, now I think its shape resembles too much a human rifle, I
might rework it, but I want some input if I'm going in the right direction
for a Lynir weapon.
http://crystalcore.crystalspace3d.org/tikiwiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=242

This looks really nice I think, but it looks kind of human. I don't think
this is too bad since a human should be able to use it, maybe with textures
you can make it less human (what if the material is not metal for example?).
I think in the description it says the gun is pretty advanced and has
multiple fire modes described as nozzles, changing the spread of the gun.
Those should be kept in mind too. Besides that there will be three ammo
types for this gun, this is also something interesting to keep in mind
(change glow color of components?). See the wiki for more info:
http://crystalcore.crystalspace3d.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=ThreadGun
All in all, a really nice first concept art! I would love to see this worked
out more.

Plasma Cannon: A different plasma cannon, because current one sounds too

Post by Elián Hanisch
much
like a rocket launcher, I tried to keep some of Ashims's ideas (huge,
shoulder mounted, big ammo pods, etc), but it fires plasma pulses, instant
hit type (but it takes a while to fire, first a laser is fired, until it
ionises the air and then the plasma pulse follows). Is an idea.
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1593/imagennw2.jpg

I have little to say here, concept looks good. Might be fleshed out a bit
more (what materials used etc) but it looks decent to me. The components
make some sense to me and the overall look is good. Could you upload the
picture to the wiki so we have it central? Maybe make a sketch with some
color/material pointer for the 3D artists?

Colony ship: I'm not sure about this, is already settled how the colony ship

Post by Elián Hanisch
is going to look like? I didn't find any concept art, but I saw several
models, they looked too military to me, more ready for combat than for planet
colonization, is mankind already at war with some alien race?
I did a really, really rough concept for a different colony vessel, is
basically a cargo transport, with two huge engines for atmospheric flight.
The engine for interstellar travel is not part of the vessel, I imagine that
such thing would be really huge and ultimately useless in the planet's
surface, so better save weight and keep it in orbit until is needed. And it
doesn't use hyperspace or warp like travel, it just accelerates at 1g until
it reaches, dunno, half the speed of light or more, because I don't think
that mankind will wait for faster than light technology before attempting
travels at relativistic speeds.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2236/colonyshipconceptbr3.jpg
is a really rough drawing, won't be surprised if is difficult to understand.

Here I think you might clash with Renaud, who is already working on a colony
ship. I would invite you two to contact eachother and see what comes out.
Your concepts are interesting, but there is also work in progress from
Renaud. Try to figure out what idea's fit together to make this a great
ship. Renaud also is into 3D modelling I think, so it could be put into 3D
aswell.


if nobody like my ideas then nevermind them, take it as introduction of what

Post by Elián Hanisch
I
can do ... I could have picked better drawings for that though :P
I know modelling in 3dsmax, but I ditched Windows and I'm not used to Blender
yet, so I want to stick with concept art, if nobody has a better idea I'll
look into the "thread gun" concept, or make up some alien
animals/wildlife.
~ m4v

Well thanks for the contributions so far, and I am really interested to see
what more idea's you have. Good concept art is a nice base for a great game.

greetz, Hak`M

[Amir Taaki]

Hi!

Cool concepts!

Post by Hakim Achterberg
Hi m4v,

Post by Elián Hanisch
Hi all, I'm the m4v3r1ck (now just m4v) guy from the irc channel, some might
noticed me in the #crystalspace or #crystalcore channel, lurking around.
I have been looking for a opensource game to work with, I'm an artist
and want
to give it a shot to crystalcore. I did some concept art as a test, for the
Thread Gun, a made up Plasma Cannon and a Colony vessel.

Well my introduction: I am Hak`M and I was with this project from (almost)
the beginning, the last half year or so I have been inactive due to some
things in real life that took time. But the good news is, I am getting back
into the project again. I wrote quite a large part of the wiki together
with jorrit, xotic and a few others.
Thread gun: nobody did a concept for this weapon so I uploaded it in the

Post by Elián Hanisch
dev
site. Since is an alien weapon I tried to make it unconventional yet suitable
for human use, now I think its shape resembles too much a human rifle, I
might rework it, but I want some input if I'm going in the right
direction for a Lynir weapon.
http://crystalcore.crystalspace3d.org/tikiwiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imag
eId=242

This looks really nice I think, but it looks kind of human. I don't think
this is too bad since a human should be able to use it, maybe with textures
you can make it less human (what if the material is not metal for
example?). I think in the description it says the gun is pretty advanced
and has multiple fire modes described as nozzles, changing the spread of
the gun. Those should be kept in mind too. Besides that there will be three
ammo types for this gun, this is also something interesting to keep in mind
http://crystalcore.crystalspace3d.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=ThreadGu
n All in all, a really nice first concept art! I would love to see this
worked out more.
Plasma Cannon: A different plasma cannon, because current one sounds too

Post by Elián Hanisch
much
like a rocket launcher, I tried to keep some of Ashims's ideas (huge,
shoulder mounted, big ammo pods, etc), but it fires plasma pulses,
instant hit type (but it takes a while to fire, first a laser is fired,
until it ionises the air and then the plasma pulse follows). Is an idea.
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1593/imagennw2.jpg

I have little to say here, concept looks good. Might be fleshed out a bit
more (what materials used etc) but it looks decent to me. The components
make some sense to me and the overall look is good. Could you upload the
picture to the wiki so we have it central? Maybe make a sketch with some
color/material pointer for the 3D artists?
Colony ship: I'm not sure about this, is already settled how the colony ship

Post by Elián Hanisch
is going to look like? I didn't find any concept art, but I saw several
models, they looked too military to me, more ready for combat than for planet
colonization, is mankind already at war with some alien race?
I did a really, really rough concept for a different colony vessel, is
basically a cargo transport, with two huge engines for atmospheric
flight. The engine for interstellar travel is not part of the vessel, I
imagine that
such thing would be really huge and ultimately useless in the planet's
surface, so better save weight and keep it in orbit until is needed. And it
doesn't use hyperspace or warp like travel, it just accelerates at 1g until
it reaches, dunno, half the speed of light or more, because I don't think
that mankind will wait for faster than light technology before attempting
travels at relativistic speeds.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2236/colonyshipconceptbr3.jpg
is a really rough drawing, won't be surprised if is difficult to understand.

Here I think you might clash with Renaud, who is already working on a
colony ship. I would invite you two to contact eachother and see what comes
out. Your concepts are interesting, but there is also work in progress from
Renaud. Try to figure out what idea's fit together to make this a great
ship. Renaud also is into 3D modelling I think, so it could be put into 3D
aswell.
if nobody like my ideas then nevermind them, take it as introduction of what

Post by Elián Hanisch
I
can do ... I could have picked better drawings for that though :P
I know modelling in 3dsmax, but I ditched Windows and I'm not used to Blender
yet, so I want to stick with concept art, if nobody has a better idea
I'll look into the "thread gun" concept, or make up some alien
animals/wildlife.
~ m4v

Well thanks for the contributions so far, and I am really interested to see
what more idea's you have. Good concept art is a nice base for a great game.
greetz, Hak`M

[Elián Hanisch]

Thanks for the welcome Hak'M

Post by Hakim Achterberg
Here I think you might clash with Renaud, who is already working on a
colony ship. I would invite you two to contact eachother and see what comes
out. Your concepts are interesting, but there is also work in progress from
Renaud. Try to figure out what idea's fit together to make this a great
ship. Renaud also is into 3D modelling I think, so it could be put into 3D
aswell.

I don't want to clash with anyone, my concern is the military look of the
ship. I'll try to get in touch with him and see what he thinks about.

I'll putting up some alien animals, I made 9 so far and might do more, we will
have to choose which ones to use. I'll be doing some vegetation and trees
next, green Earth like trees won't fit.

~ m4v