Thought I'd give it a shot and knock something up, this is a basic idea I had for an Unfallen Dreadnought class ship. I wanted to go for something that looked imposing and organic themed. This is just a work in progress so I haven't added gun mounts or any particular details yet, I'll be sure to add and change parts. Please feel free to give suggestions and criticism. 

UndeadPuppy wrote:

Looks pretty good. The only things that I'd probably recommend would be more details and maybe some more colour variation between certain sections. It's a tad too  monochromatic. 

You're right, I was thinking seeing as the Unfallen are a Cyborg race utilising machinery and organic material, was going to incorporate dark metallic sections with the tree like hull moulded around them. These could mount the turrets.

UndeadPuppy wrote:

Hinin wrote:

DevildogFF wrote :

This is EXACTLY the kind of stuff I visualized when I created them. 

Also, the musings over a caste system and incorporated stone, etc. are awesome. I love the ideas. 

Great work!

As someone who wants to see as little controversy as possible on this forum, I want to ask something to the Amplicrew : Is the last contest winner allowed to be supporting someone publicly ?

I don't think it would particularly matter seeing how the community itself has the final say with the voting system. 

Define "support"

Ofc he can say "I like that, I like this" but I think he/she should stay away from promoting a particular submission as it would otherwise distort the contest. A open support or even promotion from his side speaking of the very winner of phase one could indeed manipulate the voting decisions of ppls.

Digitalhawk96 wrote:

Frogsquadron wrote:

I have to say that I've rarely had to fend off so many members of the Amplicrew who wanted to participate.

"But I have so many ideas!"

"Shh, it's a community faction, let the community do it and go back to designing AI!"

A good sign we made the right choice then.

Also here is a 100m ship, (ignore 300m written underneath, mistakes were had)

As you can see, on this "little" ship there is a single solar sail curving up from the underbelly. The 5 circles on the ship is meant to represent modules; on this design the modules would be spread across with upper flat sections. Featured on the front of the ship is the 5 eyes since the "little" ship is an Unfallen, a really big space Treant. 

On terms of colourations, I think natural colours like blues, oranges, browns and greens will work well on the living elements; I like the idea that the sails would be a vibrant glowing orange to contrast with the rest of the ship. Although more traditional colours don't need to be used since we are working with Alien plantlife.

Now the question is, is the ship the captain or is the ship acting like an on board ai? Or is it both at the same time... 

I like it dont get me wrong.
It is only that the front looks like the ameoba dreadnought from Endless Space One.

Okay, time to share some of my WIP (currently working on ships)

Full description not included but I've used the following lines

- wanted to avoid humanoid shapes. I've tried doing some creatures walking on flexible roots, then went for this more naga/slug look. The older and bigger the Unfallen the less mobile it is.

- they don't have face, but features some light, sound and varied chemical sensors. Most Unfallen use bio synthetic enhancements that give them vision on par with "animal" sophonts.

- they keep only a vestigial foliage for esthetical reasons. Unfallen feed from prepared food made from other plants. With their aquired mobily the have developped retractable feeding roots, and more efficient respiratory organs than basic foliage

- they tolerate grafts rather easily compared to animals and have since long used other plants as bio component producer. Most of their clothing is actually integrated withing their bodies

- Unfallen seedlings are quite expandable as only a few of them will developp a full conscience and mature into their long lived progenitors. As such, they and a array of other mobile plants subspecies are used for many tasks.

The civilian is circa 3.5 m high. The more diplomacy oriented Unfallen can wear more formal attire in order to put other species at ease

The warrior is middle aged and 10m high. Following a very defensive doctrine, these guardian wield both portable energy shield and point defense and weapons on par with other species vehicles. 

Indeed it was my initial source of inspiration. Since it was in another Endless game I thought it could be a neat visual link. 

Spaceships WIP, still subject to many changes.

uriak wrote:

Okay, time to share some of my WIP (currently working on ships)

Full description not included but I've used the following lines

- wanted to avoid humanoid shapes. I've tried doing some creatures walking on flexible roots, then went for this more naga/slug look. The older and bigger the Unfallen the less mobile it is.

- they don't have face, but features some light, sound and varied chemical sensors. Most Unfallen use bio synthetic enhancements that give them vision on par with "animal" sophonts.

- they keep only a vestigial foliage for esthetical reasons. Unfallen feed from prepared food made from other plants. With their aquired mobily the have developped retractable feeding roots, and more efficient respiratory organs than basic foliage

- they tolerate grafts rather easily compared to animals and have since long used other plants as bio component producer. Most of their clothing is actually integrated withing their bodies

- Unfallen seedlings are quite expandable as only a few of them will developp a full conscience and mature into their long lived progenitors. As such, they and a array of other mobile plants subspecies are used for many tasks.

The civilian is circa 3.5 m high. The more diplomacy oriented Unfallen can wear more formal attire in order to put other species at ease

The warrior is middle aged and 10m high. Following a very defensive doctrine, these guardian wield both portable energy shield and point defense and weapons on par with other species vehicles. 

Very nice! I love the masks!

I think more people should use masks or other native american/aztec/shamanic themed details in their design!

Beautiful ship designs as well! 

This contest has so many good entries, it feels almost like a visual feast...a vegetarian one, but a feast none the less. 

I wish I had enough artistic talent to enter the competition, but alas, I can't even beat a toddler at finger painting, let alone win an art contest.

DevildogFF wrote:

I'm practically teary-eyed at how well you guys are bringing the Unfallen to life. 

This is the best thing I've been a part of since I started eXplorminate. Well done, guys...well done...

We never actually asked, but is the Unfallen's homework a Forrest, Terran or a Jungle planet. I just realised that we don't really know much about their homeworld.

Ok, so shortly:

-The Caretaker, a tank-like unit:

-Some names for ships' classes, from mythological trees:

-Deoder, civillian;

-Bohbi, corvette;

-Ashvattha, destroyer;

-Walleecha, cruiser;

-Kalpavriksha, battleship;

-Yggdrasil, dreadnought (following Hinin)