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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Well, actually this is my second or third go at it, but you get the drift

Anyways, I always put up a big fight saying that I can't learn b�ziers, they're too hard, etc. However, last night I opened up PSP and within half an hour I knew how to use them. So, I traced the top view of my newest ship, the Vihvelin Class Scout. It's near-future ship, I guess. Not quite 2377, but not so far ahead as Adam's designs in the 2400's. Enjoy!

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[This message has been edited by Fabrux (edited July 22, 2000).]

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

*sigh* I don't know why I bother anymore. I get comments when I show my stuff to people I talk to on AIM and ICQ, but when I post something here...

Maybe I should just forget about posting my work altogether. No one seems to appreciate it anymore.

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"Huh. An intelligent guard. I never would have guessed."
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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

I have a comment. You use Paint Shop Pro? what version? How in the WORLD do you get it to curve text without the lines?

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I'm using the PSP7 beta. And there is no curved text on those schematics at all...

However, according to Tim, if you make the curve the same colour as the background, it still works.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Post the version with the different belly.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Okay

My friend Jason complained that the underside was too flat. So, he worked his bastardizing magic and produced this:

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"Huh. An intelligent guard. I never would have guessed."
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Shik: I take it from your question that you already know how to get the text to curve w/ the line? Then, like Fabrux said, you just make the line white, or whatever color the background happens to be.

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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :

I like the second version better. Anyway, congratulations that you managed to tame the B�ziers!

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

When I figured them out, it was an epiphany...

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"Huh. An intelligent guard. I never would have guessed."
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Posted by ASDB_J (Member # 312) on :

Ooh, now post the nacelle-removed view...! :-D

~ Jason :-)

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I still say it should be one big curve...

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Posted by Obese Penguin (Member # 271) on :

Wow , I love the design Fabrux , Very true to the Soveriegn/Prometheus feel. I also like Jason's Little addition to the bottom , have you cooked up any specs for this ship?

Again , Well Done

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Well, not really. Frank and I worked out the dimensions, though. I can make some up.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I'd have said something, but I've been gone for four days.

What, nobody noticed?

So anyway, I will now say something.

"Something."

As in: "That ship is really something."

I dunno, I kind of like the idea of a flat-bottomed ship... but if it were so, it should be so for a reason, in the same way that (but not necessarily for the same REASON) that) a remora fish has a flat bottom for a reason.

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Posted by Obese Penguin (Member # 271) on :

Perhaps jason's addition to the bottom could be some kind of Mission Pod , maybe there could be differant types of pods , Sensor Pods , Weapons Pods and so on.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

*raises eyebrow in Spockkian fashion* Fascinating.

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"Huh. An intelligent guard. I never would have guessed."
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