Keras Authion
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.11.22 13:13:15 -
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Here's my opinion of the ships. It might go a bit over the topic at points.
Amarr - T1 subcaps fine, archon could use more gold.
- Carthum - Ark good, paladin good, absolution gold is overshadowed by the overall glossiness and mid-hull looks plastic-y, possibly too much gold on guardian top/front side, retribution wing area (the carvings on the side would look great golden with a black background), pilgrim could use a bit less gold overall too.
- Khanid - Decent amount of glossiness but for a T2 it works out as no normally shiny gold/chrome surfaces are present.
- Viziam - Not that different from T1. Just slightly darker gold.
- Navy - Not sure if I like it or not. It looks fine but white isn't just very military-ish. Harbinger looks like it's made out of plastic
Caldari - Generally fine. Chimera could use some details as it's just a grey block now. Cormorant is surprisingly shiny.
- Ishukone - Good contrast on most ships. My OCD is missing the stripe in the first block of rhea. Eagle & harpy rear are too golden and could use some details.
Kaalakiota - Good. Some hulls could use a tiny bit of weathering like the onyx has but it's ok like this too.
Lai dai - Passable. A bit dull colour scheme. Orange could have a bit more contrast with the brown on the golem front antenna. Looks good on the bustard though.
Navy - Good again. The space mud didn't fit the looks.
Gallente - Too much chrome. Glossiness overshadows the chrome details from certain viewing directions. Vexor hull top rear plating has a really outdated texture resolution. Algos has a more reasonable shininess.
Creodron - Hull glossiness makes it hard to distinguish from T1. Better than Viziam but basically just slightly darker. Eos looks like it's made 80% out of chrome.
Duvolle - Pretty good. Kronos & nemesis are really glossy but with T2 it's workable. On astarte, arazu & deimos it's less noticeable.
Roden - Pretty good. Alternating the glossy and matte surfaces brings out the details.
Navy - Good. Not even excessively glossy.
Minmatar - Ok on smaller ships but would look better with the older version of kaalakiota space mud shader on bigger ones. More colour would add to the detail as well as they're mostly different shades of rust now.
Core complexion - Black and dark gray. I'd say it's slightly too glossy again but without that there's not much detail in there. Not much difference to the T1 hulls.
Thukker - Space camo is ok.
Boundless creation - Nothing to note, works fine. The weathering at the vargur engine is a nice detail that could work on more of the minmatar ships.
Navy - Nothing to complain.
Ore - Capitals & noctis are slightly too glossy and sterile, barges could use some of the dirtiness the venture has. Exhumers and prospect can work without the dirt but a small amount of it wouldn't hurt these either.
This post was rated "C" for capsuleer.
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