CV-063 Monolith x3 CFO - A WIP 1.5km long Mothership - Update #23

[Aracturus]

I spent all day building out the logic for the gravity elevators. I'm pooped.

That's my update for today, pictures Soon™.

 

[Farel17]

you have plans for a new job yet?

 

[Aracturus]

you have plans for a new job yet?

I've applied to 40+ jobs since I got canned. I've had three first-round phone screening interviews this past friday, and I've got two second-round phone interviews on Monday and one more first-round. So, yeah. I've been a busy boy. XD

 

[Aracturus]

Okay guys. Since my last "Real" update, I've added nearly 700,000 blocks to the build, and expect there to be a lot more before just the hull of this new segment is completed. I'd say it's a sizeable addition, but I think I'll let the pictures speak for themselves:

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I'd also like to provisionally announce that, pending the original author's approval, I've decided to use modified versions of the Banshee Fleet Bomber Revision B, and the Frostwynd-D Interceptors for the Monolith's Primary Heavy Bomber and Heavy Fighter, respectively. Some tweaks were necessary to make the vessels more carrier-friendly, such as moving the core backwards to be closer to the center of the vessel (makes docking easier, less wasted space) as well as a reduction in interior space, the addition of exterior navigation lights (toggleable, the banshee has not had it's refit done yet), some minor performance tweaks, and a fresh coat of paint:

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But that's not all I've been doing. I've also been putting together Gravity elevators (not ready to show those yet) to connect the floors together.

Meanwhile, JSEM has not been idle, either. He's been going nuts designing interior spaces that I can't help but smile at. So far I've only had to yell at him for doors being too small three-ish times. Here's what he's been up to:

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In addition, I've been doing a little work on the Medical deck:

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And JSEM built us a lovely new Medium Fighter:

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However, It is worth noting that things are about to get ugly on the exterior hull. The addition of the new hangar means the entire back end of the ship will need to be lopped off, and rebuilt. This means all the Drive Thrusters are going to get Redone .

However, they will be in the same positions, just they'll be longer, and contain more thrust. Huehuehuehue.

So for those worrying that I was going to burn out on this project just because I lost my job, Worry not. That being said, all these fucking 1x1x10 lengths the back half is made up of are going to literally be the death of me.

 

[Farel17]

that red fighter looks awesome

 

[Aracturus]

that red fighter looks awesome

Technically neither is red. It's black with red accents. So which one are you referening to?

 

[Farel17]

black and red

 

[Aracturus]

black and red

Bastard.

 

[jmseplyfrod]

Good update, I myself am particularly fond of the Red and Black fighter.

 

[Aracturus]

Good update, I myself am particularly fond of the Red and Black fighter.

Don't sleep, jsem. Because when you do I'm going to kill you.

 

[Aracturus]

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that is all for today's update. Not a lot got done, because I spent the majority of the day doing stuff.

 

[Keptick]

Don't sleep, jsem. Because when you do I'm going to kill you.

Your sanity, it's all gone now!

 

[Farel17]

why the hate, the black fighter with red accents look deadly

 

[jmseplyfrod]

why the hate, the black fighter with red accents look deadly

Check the pics again. There are two 'black and red' fighters.

 

[Farel17]

ohh ok

 

[Aracturus]

Okay, Update from my end on the last two days. I've been SLOOOOOOWLy chugging away on smoothing the ass of the ship so that it looks like the new addition is part of the ship rather than something tacked on, and I'm almost finished with smoothing the underside. Still got a lot of work to do on the top, but It's been difficult the last few days. (I've been feeling increasingly ill since ~Sunday) Also, I find myself struggling to think of how I'm going to smooth out the front of the new addition - I don't have a clear idea of just how I want it to look.

Jsem's been doing ~things~, but I've been too tired to look. All the tiny little pieces of the hull shaping have been eating through large quantities of my time.

Here's some pictures:

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And of course I've got a lot of detailing to do on the new hangar, but I want to get the hull blocking phase done. I'm debating creating two structures projecting forward from the 'wings'. and then another one in the center. But I don't know.

 

[Aracturus]

Update #11

Finally got some time to get down to business. While I was not sleeping, I had an idea for how to sculpt the new hangar in, as well as to start breaking up the monotony of the new underside, and adding some more interesting variation in the curvature of the hull. That being said, Heres some pictures!

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also, I continued ripping apart the side hangars.

Warning: The following images are of a graphic nature, and may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

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It's going to get worse before it gets better, but it had to be done.

 

[Reilly Reese]

The pics were so abhorrent they did not want to load :p

 

[Aracturus]

The pics were so abhorrent they did not want to load :p

They loaded for everyone else that looked at them :\

 

[Reilly Reese]

My wifi dropped out before loading them :p