Homeworld 2 Project

[Vinstar59]

For all of you who want awesome Homeworld 2 backround music while you read/play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juOB-IbCwJc



I've started a project to recreate all the ships from the Homeworld 2 fleets as best I can. That means Vaygr and Hiigaran ships only. Sorry, no Bentusi. =/ I'm shooting for a 1:1 scale and to be as accurate as possible. I may also include some fan made ships/vessals from mods, but only if I can accuratly measure them so they are scaled properly to the rest of the vessals.

Speaking of scale, due to the size of some of the vessals, not all ships will be incluided. Probes and such are too small to really make and the shipyards and motherships are way too large for the game to handle at 1:1 scale. I may do a 1:3 or 1:4 scale of those ships.

I'm going to start with the smallest vessals and work up in size. As vessals get bigger, they will take more time to make. I have a long term goal of you being able to also select your color scheme as well, but that will be after I've completed the ships. Till then, the ships will be made with default colors.

As updates are made to the game, I will go back and update the ships to keep them current with the game.



Hiigaran Scout

http://star-made.org/node/13808



Hiigaran Interceptor

http://star-made.org/node/13807



Hiigaran Bomber

http://star-made.org/node/13806



Vaygr Survey Scout

http://star-made.org/node/13809



Vaygr Assault Fighter

http://star-made.org/node/14260



Vaygr Lance Fighter

http://star-made.org/node/14872#comment-75396



Vaygr Bomber

http://star-made.org/node/16201#comment-85243



Hiigaran Resource Collector

http://star-made.org/node/16831#comment-89407



Next will be the Vaygr Resource Collector

 

[Mason]

You really have put a lot of effort into these ships. I approve.

 

[BlueJam]

Great ships! I wish every post had this much effort put into it...

 

[cptkickercutleg]

Shouldn\'t these ships be a lot bigger? I\'ve fighters bigger than these...

 

[Vinstar59]

I\'ve made these as close as possible to what I believe is their actual size. From what I can find online, a Hiigaran bomber is supposed to be about 23m long. I have built mine to be about 40m long, so I\'ve actually doubled them in size relative to what the internet thinks is their true size. It\'s a subject of debate amoung the Homeworld community as to the actual size of these ships, but I feel I have a reasonable representation of them here. Of course what I\'m more concerned about is the scale between the ship classes. Does a frigate scale correctly to a fighter and such. So, just because you have fighters that are bigger than these, that doesn\'t necessarily make these ships too small, it just makes them smaller than yours.

 

[ferret21]

Good job. I like the gifs. The ships are well made.

 

[cptkickercutleg]

A point well given, perhaps I\'ll have to re-evaluate my next generation of ships.

 

[AngelusKutona]

Great work on the designing to match the actual ships.

However, as a whole I suggest you work on the dimensions, you tend to squash your ships along the length of them, making them look a little less than perfect when compared to the model from homeworld 2 that they currently represent.

You should also probably work on the scaling, most of those ships are intended to be different sizes and most of them nowhere close to the size of one another. Before you continue making new ships, take a look on the homeworld game and compare their sizes with one another, then scale your miniature projects to suit the desired look of a ship. You\'ll find if you follow this method, you may even be able to produce what would appear smoother/gradual edges towards the ships final outcome, and may even gather a few hundred more compliments.

As it stands, great work and keep it up.

 

[Vinstar59]

Believe me, I\'ve taken as many precautions as possible when it comes to scale and demension. I\'m a 3D animation student and using the in game assets (as I own a copy of Homeworld 2) was able to open up and compare the models in scale and make as accurate as possible measurements. It was a miracle that they opened up in scale! (and I did go back in game to check.) The issue right now is that with vessals this small, the blocks tend to distort the actual shape by alot. It may look squashed and distorted, but try to solve the problem by removing/adding a single block to a measurement and then its too thin and elongated. One meter here or there makes a huge difference right now at this size and it\'s hard to hit that mark just right. Most of those unique shapes/slanted angles we\'ve come to know on these fighters/bombers differ by less than a meter making it near impossible to accuratly portray. So believe me when I say I am trying my absolute best to represent these ships as accuratly as possible. As the ships get bigger though, they will begin to look better. I\'ve already got the rough layouts for some of the frigates and such and they just look sick! Let me just put it this way, give or take a meter on these smaller ships is a big deal that really changes the look. Give or take a meter with the larger ships is not as big a deal. I appreciate the support and criticism is always welcome.

 

[theace98]

Wow I\'ve been working on Homeworld ships but the oonly one I\'ve made is a higaran Torpedo frigate, that looks nothing like the real thing, I would however like to see more of these.

 

[117b_d]

thes ships need more effort pleas and then ill download them iu have way more ships that are bigger than this

 

[Mason]

Put more effort into your spelling and grammar before you critisize others.

 

[Vinstar59]

These are only a taste of what will be made. The size of the vessals will begin to drastically increase once I get passed the corvette class ships. We\'ve got 230-370 meter long frigates on the way with 680-790 meter long destroyers and will peak out with 1650-1850 meter long battlecruisers. I\'d do the motherships but they come in at a staggering 4500 meters in length, or height if your Hiigaran, and those break the game. Once I get passed this finals week construction will resume.

 

[generalBLT13]

The gifs are awesome, so are the ships, I really like the bomber. Keep up the great work.

 

[generalBLT13]

I agree with mason, stop criticizing, these ships are the fighters so they are going to be small. We will see who\'s criticizing when he/she makes the mother ships, right?

 

[Vinstar59]

I have the info I need to make them, but unless Schema makes the game handle larger builds better, I doubt I\'ll make them, at least at full scale. They\'d come in at a stagering 4500m in length. So far as I know, once you go beyond the 1600m sector size, things get laggy and buggy for ships. I\'m already excited that they are changing up the weapons and making lasers and mines an actual thing now! That means proper ion cannons and mine layers! That\'s also why I chose to go smallest to largest. It was in chances that while I worked, improvements would be made that allowed for the more accurate, full scale construction of the larger ships. I\'m already making plans to update the current vessals once the new wedge blocks come out so that the ships can possibly look even better than they do now. Till then, I\'ll keep working on completing what I can when I can.

 

[Defentrix]

Dat Hilgarian resources collector is sweet! Love the others too though

 

[Vinstar59]

Holy cow have I been busy! School gets more and more demanding and the updates keep my ship designs on their toes. Work is being done. With so much flux with the new updates and all, I didn\'t want to release anything till I knew it would be useable. Expect a re-launch of this project when the new site is released. Perhaps then I\'ll have a regular schedule too. Till then, see you star side!