Quote from: Spike;281088Its weird that I could see the spaceship floorplan but not the armor stuff.

Yeah - especially since the files are hosted in the same place.

QuoteIts a bit messy, hard to see the lines when its all in black like that.  Looks interesting beyond that. I can see some attention was paid to joints, which is a nice turn.

There's a really simple reason for that, Spike. It's a painting, not a technical drawing. I'm a trained draftsman as well as a technical writer by profession - I did technical drawings and prints for 25 years before I moved full time into the writing side. I've done patent drawings, parts drawings, assembly drawings, exploded assembly drawings, full machine drawings, etc. That was not the intent here. As you noted, I did pay attention to how things fit together, and how they operated - that's my nature, and my training since I was a toddler - but the intent for the illo was just to give an impression of what it looked like, sans skin.

-clash

Here's one of the weapons created for the In Harm's Way: StarCluster game:


Weapon M-27 Gatling Cogar*
Range Medium
Concealability 0.5%
Damage +40
Mode Semi-Automatic, Burst Mode, Full Automatic
Skills Required Beam +3, Gun +2
Accuracy -15%
Hit Table Energy
Ammo PowerPak 10

The weapon of choice for Marines and Heavy Shock troops, the M-27 Gatling Cogar features six Cogar diodes in a rotating drum, enabling burst and full automatic fire.

-clash

*Cogar is the StarCluster-specific name for Gamma ray lasers.

From the StarCluster Guide to Created Creatures I'm currently writing with Klaxon - the Shark-Man!



Shark-Man
High TL9  Hammerhead Shark Uplift
Stats
STR 10 -> 11 = 0 points (from Stance change)
COOR 0 -> 7 = 0 points (from Manipulator change)
AGY 7
END 6 -> 4 = 0 points (from Stance change)
Constitution 320
CHAR 5 -> 3 = 0 points (from Vocalization change)
INT -2 -> 7 = -18 points
Natural Attack
Natural Attack Damage +30
Natural Attack Effective Skill Rank Bite +4
Special Attack? None
Senses
Sight 0 -> 1 = -1 points
Hearing 1
Touch None
Smell 3
Taste 0
Electric 3 -> 5 = -2 points
PSI 0
Special Notes
Stance - Belly crawl -> Slouched = -7 points
Speech - Voice Box -> Vocal Mimicry = -5 points
Manipulators - None -> Human-like Hands = -7 points
Armor Equivalent
Armor - Hide
Size - 7
Quirks
Feeding Frenzy -> Edited Out = -1 point
Violent -> Edited Out = -1 point
Cannibalistic -> Edited Out = -1 point
Hunter
Loyal -> Added = -2 points
Description
The Shark Man is the only known shark uplift in the Cluster. Uplifted on the Vantor world of Pollux, the Shark Man was developed as a bodyguard for prominent Vantors. With their enormous size and immense, gaping maws, shark men are extremely intimidating. By breeding out the most objectionable facets of shark behavior, and breeding in loyalty, the Vantors of Pollux succeeded in creating a masterpiece of uplifting.

Quote from: flyingmice;281636-clash

*Cogar is the StarCluster-specific name for Gamma ray lasers.

Eh.

I swear that term, or a VERY similar one is used by Metabarons for pretty much the same sort of weapon.  What I never see is WHY people call them Cogars, or what have you.

Then again, fiction suffers from the fact that its never allowed to be nearly as banal OR bizzare as real life. Talk about a fine line to tread...

Quote from: Spike;282054Eh.

I swear that term, or a VERY similar one is used by Metabarons for pretty much the same sort of weapon.  What I never see is WHY people call them Cogars, or what have you.

Then again, fiction suffers from the fact that its never allowed to be nearly as banal OR bizzare as real life. Talk about a fine line to tread...

Hi Spike!

I never played or read Metabarons, I came up with it on my own. From COherent GAmma Radiation, to go with Laser, which is also an acronym.

-clash

At least you've got an acronym. Sometimes I swear people make shit up and go 'well, them wacky future people decided to invent names for shit, whateva'

I want this game

Now that I can see the pictures: Like the Cogar but hate the shark-man-gorilla thing.

Of course, I personally find the standard art style I've noticed in your products as overly 'washed out' looking, but that's purely personal, unlike the objective opinions stated above.

Quote from: Silverlion;282077I want this game

Which one, Tim? Created Creatures is a supplement for StarCluster - or for IHW: StarCluster for that matter! IHW: SC will be a full game, though!

-clash

Quote from: Spike;282088Now that I can see the pictures: Like the Cogar but hate the shark-man-gorilla thing.

Of course, I personally find the standard art style I've noticed in your products as overly 'washed out' looking, but that's purely personal, unlike the objective opinions stated above.

'S'OK, Spike. Some people like my illos, some don't. It's what I can do. I personally liked Shark-Man, and I don't always like my own illos. No disputing matters of taste!

-clash

Both

Another new one - this one for IHW: StarCluster - A Sastra SpecOps guy.



For a change of pace...

-clash

Guestion: Isn't COGAR also essentially a GRASER? Isn't that the more common term? (Gamma Ray Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation?) and aren't they all really Lasers? Technically speaking Light is the visible part of the EM spectrum but Cosmic Rays, aren't they hard Gamma Rays, meaning a a GRASER/COGAR is just a very high end EM coherent beam?

Maybe its just my sleeplessness.

Quote from: Silverlion;282127Guestion: Isn't COGAR also essentially a GRASER? Isn't that the more common term? (Gamma Ray Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation?) and aren't they all really Lasers? Technically speaking Light is the visible part of the EM spectrum but Cosmic Rays, aren't they hard Gamma Rays, meaning a a GRASER/COGAR is just a very high end EM coherent beam?

Maybe its just my sleeplessness.

Yes - Gamma rays are the very highest energy portion of EM radiation, with a wavelength overlapping that of X-rays. They are produced by M/AM reactions, and channeled into a coherent beam by gravitic manipulation. Gamma Rays are far more damaging than visible light.

Graser is another term for the same thing, but I never liked it for a weapon, as it implies near-misses.

-clash

Quote from: Silverlion;282105Both

Missed this! Ask and ye shall receive, Tim!

-clash