Author Topic: Warships in the work - Commissions by PLOG. (Read 115512 times)

Wrangler · « **Reply #540 on:** 29 July 2017, 14:43:14 »

marauder, was this one of your funded creations?

Small Craft landing ship! That's something i always thought the universe needed. ^-^

Maingunnery · « **Reply #541 on:** 29 July 2017, 14:46:42 »

I had it commissioned.

http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=30150.0

Wrangler · « **Reply #542 on:** 29 July 2017, 14:53:56 »

Quote from: Maingunnery on 29 July 2017, 14:46:42

I had it commissioned.

http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=30150.0

Sorry, i missed it. IT REALLY COOL, by the way. Thank you for having it made!

Maingunnery · « **Reply #543 on:** 29 July 2017, 14:58:33 »

Quote from: Wrangler on 29 July 2017, 14:53:56

Sorry, i missed it. IT REALLY COOL, by the way. Thank you for having it made!

Thanks, I am also considering several more SC designs and a SC carrier DS.
I will need to work them out, post them, and see what the feedback is before I commission them.

But I do say this, I was strongly inspired and motivated by this thread (Thanks marauder648!).

jimdigris · « **Reply #544 on:** 29 July 2017, 18:21:54 »

My thanks to both Maingunnery and Marauder for commissioning such beautiful designs. O0

Weirdo · « **Reply #545 on:** 29 July 2017, 18:37:17 »

That guy looks like he's holding on to the Mackie's harness so that it can't wander off too far...

Dragon Cat · « **Reply #546 on:** 30 July 2017, 00:02:16 »

Quote from: Wrangler on 29 July 2017, 14:43:14

marauder, was this one of your funded creations?

Small Craft landing ship! That's something i always thought the universe needed. ^-^

That's very cool

marauder648 · « **Reply #547 on:** 30 July 2017, 00:18:29 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 29 July 2017, 18:37:17

That guy looks like he's holding on to the Mackie's harness so that it can't wander off too far...

Well it does say that you should get it use to the harness before letting it go frolicking in the fields with the other Mechs. Sometimes they are stubborn though and can be a bit eager, but they adapt eventually.

Wrangler · « **Reply #548 on:** 30 July 2017, 06:33:48 »

Kurita's Kyushu-Class Frigate is in fluff equipped with small craft that airlift 3-mechs at a time back to the ship when dropships aren't available. Partial due to it's ability to drop a regiment of BattleMechs from orbit as party crashers on planet. }:)

I am Belch II · « **Reply #549 on:** 30 July 2017, 07:14:21 »

These are such nice updates and more realistic updates to the ships.
Is there any way to have all the photos in one page or one link??

Daryk · « **Reply #550 on:** 30 July 2017, 07:29:22 »

I thought Plog had a gallery of all of his ship commissions on Deviant Art...

marauder648 · « **Reply #551 on:** 30 July 2017, 07:41:33 »

Quote from: Daryk on 30 July 2017, 07:29:22

I though Plog had a gallery of all of his ship commissions on Deviant Art...

He does.

http://mattplog.deviantart.com/gallery/44167891/Techs-Mechs

Daryk · « **Reply #552 on:** 30 July 2017, 08:43:18 »

Thanks Marauder... my Google-fu was weak this morning.

willis · « **Reply #553 on:** 30 July 2017, 15:48:45 »

There are two more commissions over on Deviantart, a re-vamped Quixote and a missile warship.
Anywhere I can get some stats for these babies?

marauder648 · « **Reply #554 on:** 30 July 2017, 16:09:00 »

Not a clue who they are for, but they are magnificent none the less :)

marauder648 · « **Reply #555 on:** 16 September 2017, 03:38:11 »

I dunno if anyone remembers the Delranes Fighting Ships book I did;

http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=55756.msg1281473#msg1281473

Well good news, we're currently working on a revised edition, and this will be done in the correct landscape layout as well as include the Inner Sphere vessels from TRO:3057 with the re-done art, as well as the non-canon vessels and station. Its being proof read and should be finished for December :)

Maingunnery · « **Reply #556 on:** 16 September 2017, 03:58:21 »

Keep up the good work. 8)

Daryk · « **Reply #557 on:** 16 September 2017, 05:28:11 »

Marauder, if you'd like to include the Mark VII Plog did for me, just let me know. Thanks again for connecting me with him!

Wrangler · « **Reply #558 on:** 16 September 2017, 07:37:25 »

Neat!

Maingunnery · « **Reply #559 on:** 16 September 2017, 13:05:18 »

Quote from: Daryk on 16 September 2017, 05:28:11

Marauder, if you'd like to include the Mark VII Plog did for me, just let me know. Thanks again for connecting me with him!

The same for my Trader Small Craft.

glitterboy2098 · « **Reply #560 on:** 17 September 2017, 23:06:51 »

Quote from: Wrangler on 29 July 2017, 14:43:14

marauder, was this one of your funded creations?

Small Craft landing ship! That's something i always thought the universe needed. ^-^

can you fit a full mechbay on a smallcraft and still be able to fit everything else? or would they have to be loaded as Cargo?

Weirdo · « **Reply #561 on:** 18 September 2017, 08:11:42 »

Pretty sure cargo is the only option, given that mech bays weigh 150 tons, and Small Craft max out at 200 tons.

Wrangler · « **Reply #562 on:** 18 September 2017, 10:44:59 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 18 September 2017, 08:11:42

Pretty sure cargo is the only option, given that mech bays weigh 150 tons, and Small Craft max out at 200 tons.

There was fluff about the Kyushu using 12 modified cargo ships (Small Craft) which designed to ferry up the Mechs it dropped from orbit or deliver.

marauder648 · « **Reply #563 on:** 18 September 2017, 11:01:40 »

Weapons fire detected.
Scanning.
Class Identified.
Vessel Identified.
IFF registers.....Friendly.
SOL-34 returning to patrol pattern. End of line.

Any ideas, thoughts or comments?

Weirdo · « **Reply #564 on:** 18 September 2017, 11:19:03 »

Quote from: Wrangler on 18 September 2017, 10:44:59

There was fluff about the Kyushu using 12 modified cargo ships (Small Craft) which designed to ferry up the Mechs it dropped from orbit or deliver.

Never statted. I don't know what they'll look like if we ever get them, but I am certain they'll have to carry the mechs as bulk cargo, and I'd be surprised if they don't have a weight limit that doesn't allow the largest mechs.

Quote from: marauder648 on 18 September 2017, 11:01:40

Weapons fire detected.
Scanning.
Class Identified.
Vessel Identified.
IFF registers.....Friendly.
SOL-34 returning to patrol pattern. End of line.

Any ideas, thoughts or comments?

CASPAR? I think I prefer the original, but that is still a very pretty ship!

Maingunnery · « **Reply #565 on:** 18 September 2017, 11:25:41 »

Quote from: marauder648 on 18 September 2017, 11:01:40

Any ideas, thoughts or comments?

All those NACs sure look intimidating, but where are the ASFs doors?

Quote from: Weirdo on 18 September 2017, 08:11:42

Pretty sure cargo is the only option, given that mech bays weigh 150 tons, and Small Craft max out at 200 tons.

Yep, it needs to be transported as cargo. The procedure is as follows:
1. Mech walks into the cargo bay (from one of the two doors).
2. The crew strap it in using cargo straps.
3. The cargo restraint arms are manually placed against the 'Mech.
4. More straps.
5. Close doors and lift off.

This takes more time then most Mechwarriors are comfortable with.

Maingunnery · « **Reply #566 on:** 18 September 2017, 11:27:41 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 18 September 2017, 11:19:03

CASPAR? I think I prefer the original, but that is still a very pretty ship!

I think it is this ship:
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=58703.0

marauder648 · « **Reply #567 on:** 18 September 2017, 11:33:47 »

Quote from: Maingunnery on 18 September 2017, 11:27:41

I think it is this ship:
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=58703.0

Bingo! Let me introduce you to the Thresher class heavy cruiser of the Rim World Republic Navy. The somewhat shark like stylings are a very deliberate choice.

truetanker · « **Reply #568 on:** 18 September 2017, 14:25:04 »

Quote from: Maingunnery on 18 September 2017, 11:25:41

All those NACs sure look intimidating, but where are the ASFs doors?

I can see three large bay doors underneath the larger dropship, meaning they could be sharing the same front door. Like how a two car garage sometimes shares a single door.

Neato!

TT

marauder648 · « **Reply #569 on:** 19 September 2017, 02:19:33 »

Re the fighter bays

I circled the area of the fighter bay doors which are towards the rear of the ship and these are three sub hangars where fighters and small craft would be stored. Its not an ideal layout but this is kind of deliberate, its a kind of a design error made by folks who had not designed their own ship before (see the trials and tribulations of the Davion class Destroyer) as well as them being constrained by what ever Amaris going "Make it look like a bloody shark or i'll feed you to them. AFTER you watch your families being turned into chum. Capiche?"