Empyrion - Galactic Survival

Empyrion - Galactic Survival

40k Cardinal-class Heavy Cruiser
29 Comments
_jo.nat_  [author] 19 Jul, 2020 @ 9:13pm 
@Voodoo, actually I LOVED both the BFG games as well as the original tabletop. I did my best to shape the ship using models from the games after borrowing OctoMoose's Space Engineers design to use as a base. I was previously looking at making the escort class ships for the Space Marines. I find starting small helps, plus it's more compatible with Empyrion as 40k ships are insanely huge.

@AresOfThrace thanks! Feel free to add to them your favourite Marks of Chaos ;)
[☆] AresOfThrace 19 Jul, 2020 @ 4:28pm 
Incredible ship, looks not only very thematical but also functional! This definitely inspires me to great deeeds of unholiness in the name of the dark gods.
Voodoo 30 May, 2020 @ 2:57pm 
@5hinzou wow yea i would love to see a strike cruiser in this game, that would be ridiculous. Idk if you play Battlefleet gothic armada 2 but that game could provide a lot of cool look into the ship models.
Unfortunately my pvp building is a bit lacking so I'll need to run multiple tests to have it ready, and yea I'm also eagerly waiting for a12 before hopping back in again
monsh 30 May, 2020 @ 10:11am 
Exceptional adaptation! You've really captured the aesthetic of that 40k design.
_jo.nat_  [author] 24 May, 2020 @ 9:10pm 
@Voodoo Thanks very much! I'm still around, watching Alpha 12's development closely, waiting for more PVE updates and also hoping for Steam achievements someday while I play some other games. It was great fun building them! I've only ever played PVE so I have no idea regarding PVP. Please feel free to update them and label them as PVP variants. For the Chaos ships it would also be awesome to see them modified with the Chaos Mark variants, but the modeling was a bit beyond my capabilities. I would also love to see someone make similar kits for the other BFG races like Tau, Necrons, Tyranids, Orks, Space Marines, etc... would be freakin' awesome if we could get them all added as official NPC faction ships now Eleon is asking for player created NPC factions! Anyways, I'm glad others are enjoying them :)
Voodoo 21 May, 2020 @ 7:28am 
Hey idk if you still check on these page but you did a great job on these builds man. First time seeing your design was actually another player's ship sitting alone in the middle of nowhere, what a gorgeous ship, i think it was one of your frigates. Needless to say i insta downloaded a bunch of yours afterwards.
again, great work, these ships are gorgeous and doesnt require much modifications to make them somewhat pvp competitive
_jo.nat_  [author] 30 Jun, 2019 @ 6:24pm 
@Kaloriaa Updated with some information for you :)
Trinity 30 Jun, 2019 @ 9:03am 
it surely is way to big to use it for 1 person ^^
Weez 26 Jun, 2019 @ 11:53am 
DUDE! Subscribed.
Zebron 26 Jun, 2019 @ 10:27am 
No resources shown?
RSI-3D-Infinity 25 Jun, 2019 @ 9:21pm 
well made awesome art work
_jo.nat_  [author] 25 Jun, 2019 @ 6:48pm 
Please feel free to also check out my other cruiser classes which have succumbed to the whims of the dark gods! If you're looking for something slightly larger, but not quite a Grand Cruiser, here's a Hellfire-class Heavy Cruiser from the BFG additional ships compendium: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1779693732
_jo.nat_  [author] 25 Jun, 2019 @ 6:45pm 
I added some nice screenshots for you to enjoy ;)
Kakarotto 25 Jun, 2019 @ 2:34pm 
Im no franchise fan but i was feeling warhammer all over. Thanks for sharing. Regards.
RSI-3D-Infinity 25 Jun, 2019 @ 2:23pm 
:D heresey detected
jrandall 25 Jun, 2019 @ 1:29pm 
Sweet looking ship! Awesome work!
DarkFall 25 Jun, 2019 @ 10:38am 
Glad to see this finally getting the recognition it deserves. I would up vote, fave and subscribe, but I did that the day you posted it... :steamhappy: ;)
_jo.nat_  [author] 25 Jun, 2019 @ 7:19am 
Btw, just to be sure, I did get the original shape from OctoMoose's design over on the Space Engineers Workshop, then heavily modified it for use in Empyrion. He certainly deserves original credit. If you're into Space Engineers, please go check out his stuff too: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1617851893
_jo.nat_  [author] 25 Jun, 2019 @ 7:07am 
If anyone wants to have a go at turning the ship to Chaos and marked by a particular Chaos god, be my guest! I'd love to see what you come up with! I assume Tzeentch might be the easiest due to it mostly being floating pylon things.

I plan to go back and update my Imperial Navy ships to Alpha 10 next, which may take a while, then I might have a crack at the Necrons due to their easier geometrical shapes.

Tau would be interesting, though the lack of "rail guns" on Empyrion CVs may be an issue. I suppose you could use Pulse Lasers or Laser Turrets for Tau Ion Cannons. Missiles would just be Rocket Turret spam I guess.

If anyone's up for a challenge, have a crack at building some Tyranid ships! I'm not sure what you'd use weapon-wise though.
Elythas 25 Jun, 2019 @ 5:00am 
Best factions = T'au, Chaos, Necrons
Please make the T'au Hammerhead land warfare vehicle
Andbrew 25 Jun, 2019 @ 3:14am 
fat man
RDF_5th_Seeker 25 Jun, 2019 @ 2:19am 
He protects.!!!
Kentaki 24 Jun, 2019 @ 11:29pm 
its look fucking amazing, how long was you constructing this monster? :D
neojapan007 24 Jun, 2019 @ 8:21pm 
the emperor approves
Rocket_Surgeon 24 Jun, 2019 @ 7:07pm 
Too heretical for my taste.
toko099o 24 Jun, 2019 @ 6:43pm 
*does some color edits and adds a few symbles* BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
CookieCommando 24 Jun, 2019 @ 6:23pm 
THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!!
< blank > 24 Jun, 2019 @ 5:17pm 
This is cool, however I have to say "T'au for life!!!"
Kula808 24 Jun, 2019 @ 3:00pm 
Great alien look. Good use of blocks