Very nice, Rune. It is a little bit of a shame that the coolest part of your original design was lost (the clamps) but I suppose that is fair enough; it was somewhat incongrous with the imperial ethos.
I like your design; however, because the
Imperial Turbolaser is a middle-game heavy defence weapon; we would have to replace your current turbolasers (I assume they are the AA defence, not the anti-infantry defence?).
However we are very much hoping we will be able to get commander upgrades to work with the new LUA stuff; so there is no reason why this couldn't be upgraded to have turbolasers later on in the game.
We do have a pretty good replacement for the turbolasers (that's the imperial Level 1 AA), or you are welcome to model your own (Still a good 12 hours till the competition is over). This won't be held against you in the competition.
EDIT: Seeing as between posting and rereading your post, I learned how to count, I've since worked out that the 4 turbolasers must be the four anti-infantry weapons. The same issue applies ultimately, but this time canon is on our side (turbolasers could be used as AA in-universe, but for balance reasons we keep them primarily anti-vehicle), as turbolasers, both in-universe and in terms of in-game balance would be rather overpowered that early in the game for killing infantry. What I said about the upgrades still applies though. Instead of the turbolasers, some sort of adjusted
e-eweb, or perhaps something based on
modern or
WWII precedents would work well. Again, if you don't have time to provide something, we are able to use our imaginations.
If I were to make any direct criticism, it would perhaps be that the main command tower looks like it needs some sort of finial on top of it; looking a little flat compared to the complex detail of the rest of the model.
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Daan:
Looking at your model, I can see that it might not be 100% possible to get it working in Spring the way you want it; also, it isn't as well developed as some of the other submissions as say, runecrafter, or Jack_Cloudy.
That being said, I don't care what everyone else says, I really like your design. I think it has a definite flair to it, and is one of the most imaginative designs submitted here. The general form has improved in leaps and bounds over previous versions. I think with a little more model practice, you've got the potential to be a huge asset to this community.
