Shark Fleet

[TheWendigo]

I've been working on a few similarly themed ships for a while and I thought it was about time to share.

So...Shark Fleet!

Here's the whole gang:

Here's my frigate Reefshark by itself. Big turrets. Not much other armament. 'Tis a silly ship. Full interior.

Here's my missile cruiser Carcharadon:

Carc's got a big array of upward-firing missile-beams, missile sub style, along with decoy and rapid-fire turrets. She
also has a full interior.

More Carcharadon:

For the engine porn fetishists:

And the flagship: Kingshark. She's 904m long, has three long range main turrets that are 90% inside the hull, another seven broadside guns per side, again mostly hidden), and a bunch of vertical launch tubes that auto fire when they feel like it(they are single axis turrets, prone to confusion). All the weird turrets make the ship an unreliable combatant at best, but I really wanted a ship that could roll up and pound broadsides into an enemy. She's fast, not at all agile, and I've spent hundreds of hours to get her to this point. She's not quite finished inside.

Thanks for checking out my fleet, sorry there are no files to download; I have to go back and modernize Reefshark and Carcharadon when I'm finished with Kingshark.

 

[Gasboy]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn. Those are some sexy ships you've built.

Is it me or is it warm in here?

:D

 

[TheWendigo]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn. Those are some sexy ships you've built.

Is it me or is it warm in here?

:D

Thanks. It helped that I stuck with the style of Reefshark. Much of the detail work essentially had a template to work off.

 

[virtue1987]

Came here expectd sharks, got dissapointed .
Found some awesome ship, got more than satisfied .

What was your inspiration for them, i really like to know.
Do you have stuff like carriers planed for your line? Im sure with your buildstyle you could make some good looking ones

 

[TheWendigo]

Came here expectd sharks, got dissapointed .
Found some awesome ship, got more than satisfied .

What was your inspiration for them, i really like to know.
Do you have stuff like carriers planed for your line? Im sure with your buildstyle you could make some good looking ones

Inspiration was sharks :D
Seriously though, I just started concepting and came up with some nice shapes and then molded them a little to fit the shark theme once I noticed Reefshark had started to get some shark qualities- color choice, long "tail", dorsal towers etc. I really want to do a Tiger shark with bluish stripes, but I'm not sure if it'll turn out.

I might make a carrier next. It'll give me a chance to work out some small craft. There are also some weirder concepts I've started prototyping.

 

[virtue1987]

Inspiration was sharks :D
Seriously though, I just started concepting and came up with some nice shapes and then molded them a little to fit the shark theme once I noticed Reefshark had started to get some shark qualities- color choice, long "tail", dorsal towers etc. I really want to do a Tiger shark with bluish stripes, but I'm not sure if it'll turn out.

I might make a carrier next. It'll give me a chance to work out some small craft. There are also some weirder concepts I've started prototyping.

Well derp, of course it was shark. I just asked because i thouhgt i saw some real life Elements in those ships, like the bow or the command brigde.
Your big one remindes me of one of my own ships, just upside down, well the front at least, a little, if you squeeze your eyes.


Anyway thanks for the writing back, i check out your stuff in the future and hope you get more attention.

 

[Gasboy]

I might make a carrier next.

Tigershark should so be your carrier.

You could make the fighters based off of lampreys.

 

[virtue1987]

Tigershark should so be your carrier.

You could make the fighters based off of lampreys.

This Idea is as as disgusting, as it is Fitting.

Edit:
With power drain as the main weapon.

 

[TheWendigo]

Tigershark should so be your carrier.

You could make the fighters based off of lampreys.

Good idea on the Tigershark carrier. Not sold on the lampreys...

With power drain as the main weapon.

This is getting worse and worse. Oh, and you're right, both Kingshark and Carcharadon take some design cues from some world war battlecruiers and modern SSBN's. I like your ship, reminds me of 40k.

 

[kikaha]

Very nice ships ! Well i like them;

For the carrier maybe a hammer shark ?

 

[jontyfreack]

I heard someone say 40k at some point in this thread!

anyway, very very nice ships. keep up the good work!

 

[Gasboy]

Good idea on the Tigershark carrier. Not sold on the lampreys...

What about remoras? I'm just going with the theme. You often see both fish hanging onto sharks. Remoras benefit from the shark's poop, and protection. Lampreys just suck its blood and benefit from its protection. So it's an apt comparison to fighters hitching a ride on the carrier, and benefiting from its resupply, repair and protection during downtime.

 

[TheWendigo]

What about remoras?

. Well the name is cool at least, but looking at some pictures, that is one UGLY fish. Maybe I'll just use the name and make something more conventional aesthetically.

 

[Xacktar]

Came here expectd sharks, got dissapointed .
Found some awesome ship, got more than satisfied .

You and me both. XD

 

[JinM]

Really nice ships.

What are the dimensions and the mass of the Kingshark?

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

I came here to see Sharks... no sharks found... not leaving disappointed though those are some awesome looking ships.

 

[virtue1987]

You and me both. XD

I came here to see Sharks... no sharks found... not leaving disappointed though those are some awesome looking ships.

That makes three of us

 

[TheWendigo]

Really nice ships.

What are the dimensions and the mass of the Kingshark?

King shark is 904m long, 186m tall, 157m wide, and 202ktons with 1.3M blocks. She has 157M power with 21M recharge, 19M shields, 25M armor and 93M HP. Also, a top speed of 134m/sec without overcharge. I only play single player creative, so those stats are probably not remotely sensible in MP combat.

 

[TheWendigo]

Built a snubfighter. Tiny, with livery and a funky missile turret. A slightly later version has a small AM turret as well.

 

[Gasboy]

Built a snubfighter. Tiny, with livery and a funky missile turret. A slightly later version has a small AM turret as well.

Thumbs up for using orange blocks. :D