AHL turrets (opinion sought)

[Hemdian]

A friend of mine is modeling the ever popular AHL and the topic of turrets came up. The CT version has triple laser turret batteries, dual fusion gun turret batteries, and triple sandcaster turret batteries. I have a simple render of the three turret types and I wanted to get people’s input before green-lighting them.

In the following picture the first turret is supposed to be a dual fusion gun turret, the next two were supposed to be a triple sandcaster turret and a triple laser turret ... but I was half thinking that the sandcasters look like lasers and visa versa:

And here is an entire battery of the third type of turret (the squares are 3m x 3m ... which is equivalent to each turret taking up one game square and having an empty square in-between):

 

[77topaz]

Good rendering.
Indeed, the middle turret looks like a "ray" type turret, while the third looks like a "solid object" type.

 

[Rigel Stardin]

Why have barrel on the sandcaster turret? They are basically a small missile that deploy the sand. A three hatches or openings could be a depiction. You could flatten the turrent as well...

 

[aramis]

In the top image, it doesn't look like anything holds those turrets into the elevation gear.

 

[Blue Ghost]

Middle turret for ray gun stuff.

 

[HiverLord]

In the top image, it doesn't look like anything holds those turrets into the elevation gear.

You have good eyes, Aramis. I wouldn't have spotted that if you hadn't mentioned it.
And I agree; they appear to be just 'sitting there', resting on the mount. Not a good situation...

 

[shield]

Don't forget the fusion gun turret is twice the size of the standard triple BL or MR or SC turret

 

[snrdg082102]

Evening Hemdian,

I like what I see, however I've always pictured all the turrets as having different a barrel of some sort. Of course the image was reinforced by Striker and Fire, Fusion and Steel design systems.