Another Traveller Mini-Movie

[Andrew Boulton]

No, I haven't finished it already, but here's a sneak preview of the #2 cutter from a Broadsword dropping off a module, which in turn unloads a g-carrier.

http://www.cix.co.uk/~fubar/Traveller/ctest.avi

 

[fredofmars]

Looks good so far!
When the cutter is almost down, the line between the cutter and the module crosses the horizon and I can see a flash of white between them.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Yeah, I noticed that. The gap's a bit bigger than I thought. Easily fixed.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Here are the models I've built so far - a Broadsword (unfinished), an SDB, and the cutter & g-carrier. The merc logo should give you a clue to the music I've chosen...
http://www.cix.co.uk/~fubar/Traveller/allships1.jpg

 

[Jame]

Are they all to scale?

 

[RainOfSteel]

Again, absolutely fantastic!

 

[RandyT0001]

Looks good! How about names for the happy fun ball and SBD on the side as was done on WW2 aircraft? How about 'Bouncing Betty' for the Broadsword and 'Razor's Edge' for the SBD? Is the SBD based on the standard deckplans? I'm really looking forward to this movie.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

The SDB is loosely based on the deckplans and pic in Supp7 (I've reduced it from 3 decks to 2, because it looks better), and on Jesse DeGraff's pics. The Broadsword & Cutter are based on the plans & pics in Adv7.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Here's the first scene. Crank up your speakers...

http://www.cix.co.uk/~fubar/Traveller/striker_s1s.avi

 

[Gruffty]

Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
Here's the first scene. Crank up your speakers...

http://www.cix.co.uk/~fubar/Traveller/striker_s1s.avi

Abso-%$&%*?@-lutely fantastic!

 

[Jame]

A possible sequence: the Broadswords drop the cutter, which drops the GCarrier, which (armed this time) chases the air/raft to the port - getting shot to sh*t

along the way, where the air/raft boards the merchant, which has to dodge the (shooting) Broadswords on the way out.

 

[Scarecrow]

Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
Here's the first scene. Crank up your speakers...

http://www.cix.co.uk/~fubar/Traveller/striker_s1s.avi

Much better than the first one. You need a dim fill light diametrically opposite the primary. It'll define the shape of the ships more and make the scene less 'dark'.

Crow

 

[Andrew Boulton]

I'll try moving the fill light.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

The first battle begins...

http://www.cix.co.uk/~fubar/Traveller/striker3s.avi

 

[Scarecrow]

Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
The first battle begins...

http://www.cix.co.uk/~fubar/Traveller/striker3s.avi

Brilliant, mate!

No crits.

Now hurry up and finish it =)

Crow

 

[fredofmars]

On the Broadswords, it looks like they have their Cutter drives running as well as their own. That certainly could happen the way they are setup, but it doesn't seem like what would usually be done.

For me, it is easier to watch a bunch of text, and then have the pictures (or vice versa) rather than interspersed.

In CT the SDBs and Broadswords would probably be using triple-turrets rather than single-turrets. Are you thinking in TNE terms?

When the SDB launches the missiles, I see a brief flash from the drive moving past a gap in the panel that opens above the missiles. This adds to the realism of the movie since this is what I would expect.

 

[mike wightman]

Stunning...

 

[Andrew Boulton]

"On the Broadswords, it looks like they have their Cutter drives running as well as their own.

In CT the SDBs and Broadswords would probably be using triple-turrets rather than single-turrets."

In situations like these, the answer is usually:

a) Oops

b) I'm lazy

or

c) It looks cooler like this.

"For me, it is easier to watch a bunch of text, and then have the pictures (or vice versa) rather than interspersed."

It's pictures all the way until the end.

 

[kaladorn]

Nice work so far Andrew, though from a game perspective, I don't fancy the odds of a Broadsword vs. what looks like 3 Dragons....

 

[Andrew Boulton]

It's *2* Broadswords vs 3 Dragons. Both sides are gonna get hurt.