u/Glum_Entertainment93

Image 1 — Say hello to MERCURY-610! :)
Image 2 — Say hello to MERCURY-610! :)
Image 3 — Say hello to MERCURY-610! :)
Image 4 — Say hello to MERCURY-610! :)

Say hello to MERCURY-610! :)

Hello! After reading everybody's comments about my baby, Nomad, I threw everything I knew at this new iteration. I might come back and edit her a bit, because I couldn't get a handle on the 1/4 glitch or the 180° glitch, but I really like what I could do with what I had. In a perfect world, I would have the thunderbird cockpit up front instead of the titan because I don't really like its interior, but it's whatever. The ends justify the means, lol.

Overall, I'm not sure how I feel about the branches of the winds or the cockpit, but I think I'll get used to it.

My cockpit and overall structure was inspired by u/wimlach's 'System Command Vessel' build! (If this tags them, sorry!) I just think it's one of the best builds on the sub rn. :)

u/Glum_Entertainment93 — 3 days ago

Any ideas to help make my corvette not super ugly?

Hello! I've been working on this corvette for a while. Her name is MERCURY 510, nicknamed 'Nomad'; This is my 5th iteration, and it's the best of all of my designs so far, but I came back after a few weeks and realized I don't like it very much. I do like what I'm trying to do, with the scale-down on the side. I like the silhouette of the high-positioned rump and the low-positioned cockpit, but i've tried a couple ways to make that transition from high to low appealing, to no avail. Overall, she looks very stumpy to me and her silhouette could be pushed a lot farther. Here are a few pictures of her from different angles, including the side-view, which is what I like the most, and last two pictures are my inspo.

The idea I had for her was for her to be a sort of 'surveyor' type ship, with those windows on the bottom level letting me observe as I hover. Big and bulky is kind of the idea, but originally I wanted her to look a lot slimmer -- but I have no idea how to make 'thin' corvettes look appealing with my very limited knowledge on glitch-build techniques.

Are there building techniques or glitches/tricks i could use to help me get a smoother look? Any suggestions you may have to make the shape more unique while keeping the original idea intact at least somewhat? Oh! also techniques to get those side wings from the inspo pics; I've seen it done here on the sub but I have no idea how I'd pull it off. Same thing with the 180° rotation glitch build technique.

Any help or ideas would be appreciated! Thanks so much! :)

u/Glum_Entertainment93 — 5 days ago

Wrote out a partial letter for Syntax & Vocab expansion

Hello! This is another entry into my internet journal for AZA. This time around, I wanted to work on bulking up my vocabulary so I could start really getting into the weeds of syntax and grammar. If I don't have words to arrange, how can I work out the rules of arranging them?

Some basic notes:

-This is vaguely VSO, but it's currently in the process of evolving into more of a free word order; I just arranged it like this to help beat the cases into my head.
-Speaking of cases, my native language doesn't use them so I'm still learning how they work and how to use them. If any of my cases don't line up logically, please let me know :)
- Qualifying statement: my Genitive case is a specific form, it essentially goes: possessee --> genitive particle that essentially means "of" --> possessor. So it would mean, "fish of mother" or "knife of my father".
- A lot of my subordinating conjunctions are word-for-word translated, but that's not the final iteration of them. A few weeks ago I drove myself crazy going through my dozens of interrogative and relative pronouns (and applying cases to those!), so I just needed it to be simple for now, lol. I needed a foothold so I can further develop my overall vocabulary :) If you would like to point me toward resources of slavic/proto-germanic conjunctions (subordinating or not) to reference, that'd be great!
- Recently, I've added a bit of a Gothic flair for some more Old Germanic energy to the vocab. I'm really liking it so far. It's added to my grab-bag of languages (proto-slavic, baltic, proto-germanic, old norse, icelandic, etc, etc...). It feels like I'm using seasonings on a dish. A little of this, a little of that, lol.

Overall, I really like where AZA is heading. Hopefully, I'll have an official name for it and a tag for it beside my name soon! I'll have to figure out how to do that...

u/Glum_Entertainment93 — 13 days ago