Killer Wolf, you say your ships look bad without shaders, but I'm of the opinion of Mi Mroriarty. I think your designs are fantastic. I have to admit that the shader effects make them all the more so, but believe they would look great either way.
It's cool that there are those of you that know how to use those techniques, but I seem to have the same struggle with them as I do with understanding Java Script. You have to be able to visualise, and think in a certain way to understand either. The Wiki speaks of mixing colours, but all I see are a bunch of numbers, and letters. I understand them to a point, as I can now place flashers on my ships, but there is a point where I just begin to feel lost. Shoot, when I mix colours to create a painting, or screen work, I just mix the colours till I get the effect I want. That's what I do with my ships. It may not be as visually stimulating as shaders, but it's what I understand. That's all I have to go on, for now.
