I spend some hours trying to create a fresh spacemanbow 2 ship and its options.
This is what I came up with:





As you see this looks very very similar to the original,.. my attempt to give it a fresh new look failed.
So my question to you is:

Would you like to design a ship and option for spacemanbow 2 ??
The main ship's size is 18x17 pixels and can have 2 color per horizontal line.
The options are 16x16 and can have only 1 color per horizontal line.

The available colors are: blue, red, yellow, white, black, lightgrey and darkgrey.
Thanks in advance for your help !!!

It's hard to make up a new manbow sprite.....

My try:

As you can see it's hardly a space ship
Maybe this can give you some inspiration.

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It's hard to make up a new manbow sprite.....

tell me about it !!
thats why I took the original and tried to change it until something .... original came out...
I like the idea of having no wing at the top.
Thanks for the help !!

What's wrong with using the original and changing it a bit? Konami won't prosecute you.

Why not look for inspiration at the original : manbow (sunfish)

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The main ship's size is 18x17 pixels and can have 2 color per horizontal line. The available colors are: blue, red, yellow, white, black, lightgrey and darkgrey.

At least ppl need to know which colors you can use together, if you layer 2 sprites then you can choose only 3 colors, but which ones depends on the colors of the 2 sprites. Without this info ppl could be drawing something that can't be reproduced properly..

a whole fleet of ships

And a whole flock of sheep!

sorry, couldn't resist

my try looks more like a mambow with som fantasy and some nice red guns
i tryd to keep a bit to the original but then modified it a bit

http://www.sega-universe.de/images/screenshots/megadrive/thunderforce4/02.png

maybe this game can be a source of inspiration.
Thunderforce IV on the genesis has very well designed ships,
very modern and definitely not dated at all.
if you need an emulator link and the romfile :
{mod: no warez links please!}
you'll find a genesis emu too... worth playing

I'd say don't make it chunky but keep it thin,
it's a fighter, not a cargo ship ^_^
a combination of sharp fins in anime style always looks nice.

Poke, thaz a warez link... not?


Ships are a pain in the butt. Tried it my self few times, did not really succeed

here's a poor attempt from the old days:
http://www.thefuzz.nl/msx/read_ge5.php?file=files/gfx/ge5_files/GAMEPIC1.GE5

yes, I'm afraid you're right ro...sorry bout that...

let's state it different then : THUNDERFORCE IV, SEGA MEGADRIVE...

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my try looks more like a mambow with som fantasy and some nice red guns i tryd to keep a bit to the original but then modified it a bit

Well? does it look like shit/does it look good ?

It's too much noise/pixels/lines, twist your head and it could as well be something made for an Aleste-remake. The basic shape is maked by all those 'extras'...