Gnome Ark

[Moderator]

23:06, 22nd Feb 2010
DonDustin: nice ship and the portrait model is really creative. Reminds me of starcraft

 

[supertoinkz]

Subscrborf

 

[Mechanical Man]

Looks rly good, but I must say that Armies of exigo units design it's a big fail. Only some sails won't make a ship fly, there should be some baloon or propeller to support it in the air and I know it isn't supposed to be magic stuff or whatever. Also seem unlogical, since the other gnomes units are a catapult on some sort of ram animal (and for technologically advanced race!) while the other it's a steambird, some sort of gyrocopter.

The model doesn't seem bad though.

 

[supertoinkz]

I agree with you there. I'm thinking why does the miner team still using picks if they can just invent jackhammers.


Thank you for the comment thought
My next target is the Steambird, then the Miner Team

 

[Amigurumi]

nice model and idea, I like it.
but improve the wrap of this:

blabla

 

[Tleno]

Wow, awesome model! Maybe I'm gonna even gonna use it!

 

[dead-man-walking]

As I have said on Chat, awesome. But, you should really use other Team Color for the preview picture.

 

[supertoinkz]

Tnx for the comments guys

/@ Amigurumi : I'll improve it

/@ Dead Dwarf : its just a preview image -.-

 

[Tleno]

Maybe you could aslo add some kinda like cannons/thrusters/steam tubes to add more steampunkishness to it?

 

[Malcous]

Very nice model

 

[Ardnived]

Although I know it is an airship, it could be very useful as a water ship too, I suggest you make a variation of it for water (Meaning floating animation, and waves, etc.)

 

[GhostKnife]

Nice! One of the best boat-ship/aircraft models I've seen!

 

[Silverfish423]

Ya, this is a great model, really cool. But if you could add a variant to it (water animations) that would be awesome. But great model, we need more air ships like this on thehive

 

[Evillizard]

It should be like Up where there's a chimney in the back and through it is a bunch of baloons that carry it

 

[supertoinkz]

I'll do a an Ocean version

 

[radeonmaster]

sweet model. it fits nicely in the warcraft world.

 

[AIagremm]

Amazing! The building behind looks weird, but the ship is awesome!

 

[Tleno]

So what is the game that inspired you for this, huh?

 

[AIagremm]

Armies of Exigo. You know, it is called a different Warcraft by some, for some reason.

 

[Tleno]

Armies of Exigo. You know, it is called a different Warcraft by some, for some reason.

Oh... Becauce its main bad guy is dendrophilian demon?

 

[AIagremm]

No. I just saw the cover of the CD say "some call this the new warcraft". And there actually are some similaries... but only some. It is completely different.

 

[supertoinkz]

it is more of starcraft
wc3 doesn't have any basic and advanced buildings right? so...
The only thing I don't like is their unit design (as we discussed) and the lack of specific lore (that sucks :C)

also Alagremm, I'm still doing the buildings

 

[Deolrin]

Awesome model-edit, it looks very cool. It took me quite a while to realize it was based on the Juggernaught. Good job!

 

[AIagremm]

Great to hear it supertoinkz! Anyway, I too wanted to say Starcraft(especially because of the alien faceless onish dudes), but thought that I may be wrong. Yeah I hate it too where there isnt any lore. Anyway I like that they have underground thingy and lots of campaign races, but it is all too based on D&D.

 

[lillu70]

great, but what does it use to fly? just not too realistc...

 

[Tleno]

great, but what does it use to fly? just not too realistc...

Well its made for fantasy/steampunk you know. And those don't need realism.

 

[Kaos]

Looks good and appropriate to the gnomes. The sidesails actually do have a potential use in turning the ship assuming that in actuality they can be adjusted somewhat. For floating it's probably got internal pholgistion ballons or knowing the gnomes some kind of anti-grav device.

Looking forward to the aquatic version though I think I like it as an air unit.

 

[Alfagar]

It's awesome and dot

 

[Darkmoon Hero]

Looks very gnomish. Nice work.

 

[Shazzam]

cool. it looks like Jaba's transport ship in Star Wars when Luke and them were going to be executed as food to the planet worm

 

[Silverfish423]

awesome!! I think i will use both. the unit will be able to morph into a flying and water unit

 

[legospencer]

Always nice to see a new Gnome-based unit... especially a flying unit.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Well its made for fantasy/steampunk you know. And those don't need realism.

That doesn't mean you can freely doing things that make no sense and no explanations.

 

[Tleno]

That doesn't mean you can freely doing things that make no sense and no explanations.

No, I mean that realism is not nesseseary in those.

 

[AIagremm]

It is one of the things needed, but not that important.
The look of it is most important and how it is logically done is the second.

 

[War_Golum]

awesome rep+

 

[Clampinotor]

i have a probleme with this model when i select him a light comes...

 

[VeljkoM]

Great model. Nice to see Armies of Exigo model tho I never really liked that unit.

 

[supertoinkz]

NO U.

Firing ports + Ex Cargo + armor upg for ark + 10 fully upgraded rangers + ground support = harass

 

[VeljkoM]

Nothing that Manticore and Striders can't take care of.

 

[Maximum_Evil]

sorry to be nerdy but Gnomes don't use a lion as their symbol?

 

[Legal_Ease]

It needs some stand animation like rocking back and forth, and trickling sand, like the zeplin and sky barge. But the model looks Awesome. Nice work! A sea version would be nice too.

 

[João Caju]

There is a problem when clicking the Flying Ark that will create a strange daylight effect on all your units.
It can be resolved if you use another portrait for the model which is actually pretty bad since the Smoking Admiral is pretty cool

 

[deepstrasz]

Too bad that game was badly seen. Of course the story has so many similarities to Reign of Chaos. Of course the gameplay is almost alike with Brood War's. But, the multiplayer is more than that! It's pretty intense. The downside is the editor. Damn complicating EA.
4.5/5.

 

[Lord Dunehelm]

So why is it whenever I select whatever unit I assigned this model too, the map lighting reverts to daytime (regardless of the in game time) until I deselect the unit? And why aren't more people talking about this obvious unintended effect? I'm a sucker for AoE unit models but this is a glaring issue