2006.345 (December 11, 2006)

Gemini Gold Goes Back To School

Here's another comparison between scenes in Gemini Gold and the original Privateer. Unlike John Cordell's last renders from Oxford, these are screenshots from the latest testing build of the game. When the next release finally makes it out, players will see fully animated trains dropping people off on campus here. Today's GG images are the same resolution as the environments from P1, so comparisons should be pretty easy. The moons still look a little bit conspicuous, but John's done a neat job of retaining a lot of authentic style while sharpening up the overall look.

WC Fan Art Goes Back To School

Powell99 was reading Action Stations recently, and this inspired him to sketch the TCS Ark Royal. He based the design on other carriers of the era such as the Victory or Concordia. High tech 3D renders and computer generated fan art are cool, but sometimes it's nice to see a paper & pencil sketch like this.