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  • rrwardrrward Posts: 556

    I'd like to see extensions to Kit Body 1, just the last three segments with blunt ends so we can make a longer body out of them.

  • DripDrip Posts: 1,192

    Do components snap (useful for maintaining symmetry) or are they more "freehand" (more useful for asymmetric designs, as well as for using components in alternative manners, like rescaling a wing to use it as a nacelle/pylon holder)?

  • acharyapolinaacharyapolina Posts: 726

    Freehand. and Yes I will include parts so you can extend body parts longer. :)

  • acharyapolinaacharyapolina Posts: 726

    So I have decided to have 5 premade starships that will come with the Kit. All starships are made from the Kit pieces so you can swap or change anything you want.

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  • TimotheusTimotheus Posts: 245

    Wow. This is outstanding work! The way you have taken into consideration and acted on all of the suggestions and feedback is fantastic. There will be so many possibilities with this. Thank you. Can't wait!

    Tim

  • nomad-ads_8ecd56922enomad-ads_8ecd56922e Posts: 1,954

    I wonder if anyone has tried making a modular build kit with a retro-future feel of the sort pictures here:

    https://retrofuturismblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/aircraft.html

     

  • rrwardrrward Posts: 556
    nomad-ads_8ecd56922e said:

    I wonder if anyone has tried making a modular build kit with a retro-future feel of the sort pictures here:

    https://retrofuturismblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/aircraft.html

    What a fun set of articles.

  • acharyapolinaacharyapolina Posts: 726

    retro-future feel Ooooooo I love it!!! Vehicles of that time are my favorite. Sounds like a fun Kit to build. Maybe I'll tackle it. :)

  • DripDrip Posts: 1,192
    acharyapolina said:

    retro-future feel Ooooooo I love it!!! Vehicles of that time are my favorite. Sounds like a fun Kit to build. Maybe I'll tackle it. :)

    One wouldn't tell at first glance, but the original three Mass Effect games were heavily inspired by the retro look. There's a neat article about their "design language" as they call it here, which even mentiones their primary artistic inspiration from the era. Just posting, maybe it will help on your search for your own inspiration or references.

  • acharyapolinaacharyapolina Posts: 726

    So for the Texture addon I will have 5 different colour presets you can chose from that will make you able to create many different colour combinations for your starships.

     

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  • acharyapolinaacharyapolina Posts: 726

    So here is one image I created with the colour combos.

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  • LintonLinton Posts: 542

    Thanks for the updates and adding in the extra requests. Love the landing gear, thank you for taking on the feedback suggestions and making them a reality.

  • acharyapolinaacharyapolina Posts: 726

    I think that is what makes a product better, listening to what people want. :)

  • bytescapesbytescapes Posts: 1,841
    acharyapolina said:

    I think that is what makes a product better, listening to what people want. :)

    (movie voice) "It's crazy ... but it might just work."

  • DKriegerDKrieger Posts: 66
    Looks amazing, I can't wait!
  • DripDrip Posts: 1,192
    acharyapolina said:

    I think that is what makes a product better, listening to what people want. :)

    Remember though, that what ultimately makes a product good, still is making the product you want to make. Suggestions are only great as long as they fit in with your own own vision. :)

  • acharyapolinaacharyapolina Posts: 726
    Drip said:
    acharyapolina said:

    I think that is what makes a product better, listening to what people want. :)

    Remember though, that what ultimately makes a product good, still is making the product you want to make. Suggestions are only great as long as they fit in with your own own vision. :)

     

    I completely agree 100% When you put your passion into your work it shows. :)

  • DripDrip Posts: 1,192

    It's in the store now and it looks awesome!

    Can't wait to combine it with the upcoming Retro Kit as well!

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,011

    YOINK!

    Assuming sales are good I hope you make more!

  • DKriegerDKrieger Posts: 66
    edited February 2020

    Bought!  Wow, it's even better thank I imagined!  Great set!

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  • DKriegerDKrieger Posts: 66

    Having lots of fun with this set!  Here's a little ship I've put together - added some greebly bits from other sets and some interiour stuff.  (Pilot's outfit is all black, so hard to see, oh well.)  Anyway, just wanted to share and say thanks for the great product!

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  • FirePro9FirePro9 Posts: 456

    Nice one DKrieger, I like the added details!

  • DKriegerDKrieger Posts: 66
    FirePro9 said:

    Nice one DKrieger, I like the added details!

    Thanks!  :)

  • DripDrip Posts: 1,192

    It's definitely fun to play with.

    Matching pieces with rounded corners to pieces with more straight corners can be a bit of a pain, but a bit of camera angling can hide the most inconvenient connections.
    Maybe it's my own fault though, for using the resized gun-emplacement piece as a core bodypart.

    To remove transparency from the window, simply set metalicity to 1.00. Did anyone spot any Build Your Own Sci-Fi Cockpit Kit anywhere? I could definitely use one, for this set, for the retro follow up set, for AntFarm's Sky Traffic set, as well as for several older vehicles and other BYO kits I have collected over time! I think I could even make a list of suggestions for components, features and texturestyles that would be neat for such a thing.

  • PixelSploitingPixelSploiting Posts: 898

     Thank you. I have much fun with this set.

     

  • FirePro9FirePro9 Posts: 456

    Here I squeezed the Starjet Cockpit inside Mod Cockpit1.

     

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  • bytescapesbytescapes Posts: 1,841
    edited April 2020

    I finally had a chance to play around with the modular starship kit, and I have to say that it lives up to expectations. Thank you, @acharyapolina, for an excellent product.

    I used DZFire's Nurnies Greebles Parts and Pieces to add a little more surface detail (which you mostly can't see because of the haze and shadow effects).

    The image below is a test render. You can also see it used in a complete scene in the gallery.

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  • tkdroberttkdrobert Posts: 3,549
    edited June 2020

    Here is a concept Bounty Hunter ship I did:

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    This is a fun kit.  I would love to see some future additions to this product.

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