Gitano is sadly redundant especially as its now ID driven - just too weak. Guessing its a throwback to Turanic days (but don't quote me on that). Miss the TRF - better performing than the CSF. Prefer the look of the CSF model.
When you look at the Light Fighter listing, small starter ships almost universally have a powereful big bro, but not this ship! Starts unwanted & ends unwanted. That said I see Junkers as more white van drivers than swish fighter jocks & I'd rather buy a CSV for the money.
To be distinct from the Collector a Gintano-II needs to turn its back on Junker engineering & focus on agility over cargo space & armour. It also needs to be able to fire better weapons & mount a quality shield.
Not a junker opinion but...
First good think would be to buff it to be at least distantly similar(stat-wise) to mk2 LFs...
Other than that, the concept looks sweet, however i fear you will hear a lot of "OMG not Fl enough"...
' Wrote:Not a junker opinion but...
First good think would be to buff it to be at least distantly similar(stat-wise) to mk2 LFs...
Other than that, the concept looks sweet, however i fear you will hear a lot of "OMG not Fl enough"...
:P, you can make almost any ship looks FL'ish only used native textures;)
OK, just one semi-serious idea. It's (or could be supposed to be) junkers fastest strike ship, only one cappable of sudden attack. So give it some "mimicry" - make it look like piece of scrap. They (we) are junkers, so why not to disguise as junk ;-)
On the whole its a good start & obviously a Junker vessel.
The front tusks look preditorial & instantly reminded me of a Bayonet. This I like.
I'm not that fond of the Starblazer side fins, but perhaps from another angle I'll appreciate your modeling intentions better.
Hopefully others will provide input & a new LF will be born.
' Wrote:OK, just one semi-serious idea. It's (or could be supposed to be) junkers fastest strike ship, only one cappable of sudden attack. So give it some "mimicry" - make it look like piece of scrap. They (we) are junkers, so why not to disguise as junk ;-)
actually good idea...but scanners, ye know...:unsure:
' Wrote:On the whole its a good start & obviously a Junker vessel.
The front tusks look preditorial & instantly reminded me of a Bayonet. This I like.
I'm not that fond of the Starblazer side fins, but perhaps from another angle I'll appreciate your modeling intentions better.
Hopefully others will provide input & a new LF will be born.