I know, it's not Christmas yet, but hey - it's no big present either.
As some of you might already know (especially those who stumbled upon my "WC2-era ship images" thread), I'm trying to create a Wing Commander table-top game. Needless to say that this is a non-commercial project which I'll share gladly with the WC community once it's finished.
One of the project's issues is fitting WC vessels on a standard-size hex grid. I've decided to use two general scales: One for fighters, and one for capships. (Just in case you wonder why the Broadsword is bigger than a Clydesdale... )
To this end, I created a "size comparison tool" where you can drag and drop all kinds of ships around the screen to balance the scales.
Anyway, I thought you might enjoy playing around with some WC2-style ships (if just for some reminisce), so I chose to put it online. You can get it here:
WC2 Ship Size Comparison (ZIP archive, 1.5 megs; will only run on Windows!)
And yes, I'm open to suggestions and criticism concerning scaling and naming of ships (or conning towers on wrong sides).
P.S.: All ships with a name given instead of a class ("TCS Sheffield," for instance) are ships which don't have a (definite) known class.
P.P.S.: I could also need some hi-res images/renders of WC2 missiles (DF, HS, FF, IR, Torpedo) and decoys (chaff pod).
As some of you might already know (especially those who stumbled upon my "WC2-era ship images" thread), I'm trying to create a Wing Commander table-top game. Needless to say that this is a non-commercial project which I'll share gladly with the WC community once it's finished.
One of the project's issues is fitting WC vessels on a standard-size hex grid. I've decided to use two general scales: One for fighters, and one for capships. (Just in case you wonder why the Broadsword is bigger than a Clydesdale... )
To this end, I created a "size comparison tool" where you can drag and drop all kinds of ships around the screen to balance the scales.
Anyway, I thought you might enjoy playing around with some WC2-style ships (if just for some reminisce), so I chose to put it online. You can get it here:
WC2 Ship Size Comparison (ZIP archive, 1.5 megs; will only run on Windows!)
And yes, I'm open to suggestions and criticism concerning scaling and naming of ships (or conning towers on wrong sides).
P.S.: All ships with a name given instead of a class ("TCS Sheffield," for instance) are ships which don't have a (definite) known class.
P.P.S.: I could also need some hi-res images/renders of WC2 missiles (DF, HS, FF, IR, Torpedo) and decoys (chaff pod).