Oolite Bulletins

Bumping this thread with a new request for the ship modelling geniuses out there..


Recently reading Cody's Inside Straight got me into listening to The Eagle's Journey of the Sorcerer again, which then led to me downloading and re-watching the entire Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy TV series from Youtube.. which, naturally, led me to thinking what a great Oolite ship the TV series' Heart of Gold would make, unlike the ship from the 2005 movie, which is seriously boring by comparison.

I took over a dozen screen-grabs from episode 3, which gives far and away the best views of Heart of Gold, and bundled them into a zip for anyone who wants to take a shot at modelling her. The screenshots are all taken at 1280x800, but I've re-sized 3 of them for this thread.

The zip can be downloaded from my box account here:
https://app.box.com/s/hrks9jjhk7bp93zrhvvk

For all the youngsters here who may not have seen her, this is the original Heart of Gold.








According to Wikipedia, the Heart of Gold is 150 metres long, which may or may not work for Oolite.. I'll leave that for others to decide.

Diziet Sma wrote:

According to Wikipedia, the Heart of Gold is 150 metres long, which may or may not work for Oolite.. I'll leave that for others to decide.

Should be perfect - it falls halfway between the Python and the Anaconda (130m/170m).

<nods, grinning>

Yeah but it looks like a....

Somethings are better left unsaid.

OneoftheLost wrote:

Yeah but it looks like a....

Somethings are better left unsaid.

The Psychopath Class ex-Rapid Offensive Unit Frank Exchange of Views was described as that in Iain M. Banks' book Excession.

Ulver laughed. 'It looks,' she snorted, 'like a d**do!'
'That's appropriate,' Churt Lyne said. 'Armed, it can f*** solar systems.'

NB: The words aren't starred in the book.

<sniggers> He did have a way with words - very fitting.

I would wish for...wish being the operative term. The Pitviper, Imperial Courier and Imperial Trader to Grifified ,Smivified ,Shipbuiderified,Sparafied or Staer9ified

OneoftheLost wrote:

Yeah but it looks like a....

Somethings are better left unsaid.

Clearly, there are some rather unusual designs of ... in your part of the world!

(Nice to see that two people have downloaded the zip.. fingers crossed!)

Diziet Sma wrote:

Bumping this thread with a new request for the ship modelling geniuses out there..


Recently reading Cody's Inside Straight got me into listening to The Eagle's Journey of the Sorcerer again, which then led to me downloading and re-watching the entire Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy TV series from Youtube.. which, naturally, led me to thinking what a great Oolite ship the TV series' Heart of Gold would make, unlike the ship from the 2005 movie, which is seriously boring by comparison.

I took over a dozen screen-grabs from episode 3, which gives far and away the best views of Heart of Gold, and bundled them into a zip for anyone who wants to take a shot at modelling her. The screenshots are all taken at 1280x800, but I've re-sized 3 of them for this thread.

The zip can be downloaded from my box account here:
https://app.box.com/s/hrks9jjhk7bp93zrhvvk

For all the youngsters here who may not have seen her, this is the original Heart of Gold.

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According to Wikipedia, the Heart of Gold is 150 metres long, which may or may not work for Oolite.. I'll leave that for others to decide.

Found this...http://www.propstore.com/product/hitchh ... miniature/ The actual model used in the series I gather. Started on the mesh... it's a B!#@H! Organic curves = high poly-count. But I am a trying...

Paradox wrote:

Found this...http://www.propstore.com/product/hitchh ... miniature/ The actual model used in the series I gather. Started on the mesh... it's a B!#@H! Organic curves = high poly-count. But I am a trying...

Mate.. you're an absolute legend! Good find, too! I wonder who was the lucky bastard that bought the model.. and what they paid for it?

Edit to add:

What a fantastic set of pics! Including several detail shots.. she seems to have had a rough time in storage at the BBC, going by the damage on the rear of the bridge, the missing 'button' from the set of 5 on the top of the fuselage, and the stains and marks. I doubt any of it was there originally, as 'aging', since in the storyline, she was a brand new ship. Certainly no sign of any of it appears in the screengrabs. I've added the pics to the zip in case anyone would like a set.

This could be brilliant!

Adding my own personal wishes to the list for the Heart of Gold:

First, a Witchdrive spin-up time of zero, so it can just go plip out of the system (infuriating if you're trying to kill it).

Second, some serious randomization if you follow through its wormhole. You could end up at any planet in any Galaxy, thanks to the effects of the Improbability Drive, and maybe even with new completely random cargo (or maybe even in a different, randomised ship? You go chasing it in your Cobra and end up two Galaxies away in a yellow Python armed with left Military laser and front plasma cannon and a cargo bay full of canned tuna or something).

Mind you, nobody ever accused me of being sensible.

Capt. Reynolds wrote:

First, a Witchdrive spin-up time of zero, so it can just go plip out of the system (infuriating if you're trying to kill it).

Second, some serious randomization if you follow through its wormhole. You could end up at any planet in any Galaxy, thanks to the effects of the Improbability Drive, and maybe even with new completely random cargo (or maybe even in a different, randomised ship? You go chasing it in your Cobra and end up two Galaxies away in a yellow Python armed with left Military laser and front plasma cannon and a cargo bay full of canned tuna or something).

Mind you, nobody ever accused me of being sensible.

I wouldn't say that.. I think those are brilliant ideas! (and so does my flatmate, even though she's only seen the 2005 movie so far.. just yesterday, as it happens..)

Though I think perhaps the normal spin-up time could be considered to be the crew having a freakout argument about what to do, before punching the IID button.

Capt. Reynolds wrote:

First, a Witchdrive spin-up time of zero, so it can just go plip out of the system (infuriating if you're trying to kill it).

The way the giant Thargoid saucer in Xeptatl's Sword disappears would suit, I reckon.

Cody wrote:

Capt. Reynolds wrote:

First, a Witchdrive spin-up time of zero, so it can just go plip out of the system (infuriating if you're trying to kill it).

The way the giant Thargoid saucer in Xeptatl's Sword disappears would suit, I reckon.

Infinitely improbable, but definitely possible!

Capt. Reynolds wrote:

This could be brilliant!

Adding my own personal wishes to the list for the Heart of Gold:

First, a Witchdrive spin-up time of zero, so it can just go plip out of the system (infuriating if you're trying to kill it).

Second, some serious randomization if you follow through its wormhole. You could end up at any planet in any Galaxy, thanks to the effects of the Improbability Drive, and maybe even with new completely random cargo (or maybe even in a different, randomised ship? You go chasing it in your Cobra and end up two Galaxies away in a yellow Python armed with left Military laser and front plasma cannon and a cargo bay full of canned tuna or something).

Mind you, nobody ever accused me of being sensible.

Hold up now! I am willing to try and model this thing, but making it do tricks will be up to someone else. };] Maybe just setting thrust=100 should give it some "zip"! };]