So this one time, I built a fleet...

Post by **Atomsk** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:44 pm

...and then I forgot to post it here. You might have seen it if you follow the Brikwars pool on Flickr, but if not, here it is for your enjoyment.

There are individual photo sets for most of the ships. You can check them out at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rstill/

I used some of the ships in a months-long space campaign last summer. None of the other players had more than one capital ship. It was rather unfair.

Post by **RagnarokRose** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:47 pm

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...wow.

Atom, that's just... wow. I can't believe you actually built a fleet.

Post by **Atomsk** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:19 pm

You should see what I did with my Browns and Dark Grey pieces.

Post by **RagnarokRose** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:39 pm

Pics. Now.

Post by **trebnos1** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:41 pm

Agreed. These look great, btw. I like the carrier a lot.

Post by **dilanski** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:11 am

Do you happen to have pictures of this...

MONTH LONG CAMPAIGN!!!!!!!!

Post by **Atomsk** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:38 am

Yeah check my photosteam, I think a few pictures of the ships were in some of the battles. Due to the rather uneven distribution of the teams, I didn't get to use my full fleet until the very end. And I think one of the other players was in charge of photographing that battle, which means they'll never get posted

Post by **Tuefish** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:20 am

The armor construction on these looks similar to Vol capital ship design...

...this could be the race/faction from which they stole/traded.
Awesome work by the way.

Post by **Theblackdog** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:36 am

Really nice technique with these ships. The hull plating gives them a great overall appearance but when you look close up there's still a lot of detail. Awesome work.

Post by **Bragallot** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:25 am

Great work, interior and all. The only remark I can give is that the guns seem kinda small.

You named them all after Confederate generals : O

Post by **Warhead** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:29 am

An awesome achievement, great stuff!

I like the snot style you used.

Post by **masterMISICK** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:46 pm

truly epic i wish i had the peaces to make some thing like that

Post by **Atomsk** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:42 pm

Tuefish wrote:The armor construction on these looks similar to Vol capital ship design...

...this could be the race/faction from which they stole/traded.
Awesome work by the way.

I have no idea who the 'Vol' are.

@Bragallot, I'm glad someone finally noticed. I thought the flag on the front of the General Lee was a dead giveaway to what I was going for.

As for the guns, aside from the monster on the front of the blue ship, they are all 2" or 3", because anything larger is very difficult to hit anything with. Particularly going at 20"/turn.

Post by **Bragallot** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:50 pm

Lol, hadn't noticed the flag yet. As someone who's pretty interested in history and has had to do some research on the American Civil War I luckily recognized a few more names than just Lee's alone though

You mean you even built this fleet with the tactical picture in mind?

In that case, I'm no expert but... since they will not be firing at figs won't it be much easier to hit their targets even with bigger guns just like smaller guns would work better against fighters? Since big guns will mostly be used on big enemy ships?

Post by **Atomsk** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:30 pm

Bragallot wrote:Lol, hadn't noticed the flag yet. As someone who's pretty interested in history and has had to do some research on the American Civil War I luckily recognized a few more names than just Lee's alone though

You mean you even built this fleet with the tactical picture in mind?

In that case, I'm no expert but... since they will not be firing at figs won't it be much easier to hit their targets even with bigger guns just like smaller guns would work better against fighters? Since big guns will mostly be used on big enemy ships?

No one else had ships this big, so I just covered my ships with double barreled turrets to take out whatever came nearby. Actually the biggest threat was infantry shooting out the windows and jumping inside with jetpacks. I immediately removed said windows, and armed the crew with handguns.