EVE Online: Re-designing the Cormorant Destroyer 

Just as an additional piece of info, the Description for the Cormorant has always listed its design as provided by an undisclosed 3rd party. While the old design looked like anything else produced by the State, the ship now looks like that 3rd-party was Murya Mordu of Mordu's Legion, which effectively means this redesign strengthens the lore tie-in.

I love how this guy went through his thought processes on the Flycatcher! As well as the Cormy in general. This is his first ship redesign? Hats off to you sir! Not only are your desgins beautiful, you actually put decent thought into them! EVE players love that. o7

Lovely redesign on one of my favorite destroyers! Thanks for sharing the work that went behind this CCP Games; I would love to see more of these in future redesigns!

Never knew it took that much time milling a design over and over again to get it perfect. Brilliantly done, I'm flying one right now on the sisters of eve epic ark. It's gorgeous.

Always a joy to listen to a master of his craft. o7

I like it, now how about the Imicus/Helios that has been in dire need of a redesign.

I really like where these ship redesigns are going. Lots of moving parts gives a great 'working ship' feeling. Very good work. FYI CCP - The Proteus nose was still in need of some HD skins when I last looked at mine. It's pretty low-res in some places.

Really awesome to see this! Hope to see more of the game design of Eve Online in the future CCP!

Great job. One of the best redesign ever!

YAAASSSS!! I've been wait SO LONG for the Corm to get a facelift (like many others), and this is such a beautiful redesign! Caldari have always looked the best, imo, and these sleek designs only solidify that! Well done, bud!

This looks great, nice job!

how nice work. I don't know anything about design et stuff but I love the process explaination do not hesitate to share more :)

Such a great work!

Great work, CCP Acid Burn! I'm loving the design, and it makes me want to fly the Cormorant again just for the look.

You made one of the (imo) best looking small ships look even more badass - thanks dude. Now i gotta skill Caldari.

A talented man in an equally talented team.

this man has the single most awesome job on earth right now, imo.

I know some people dislike the new Caldari designs, but I'm really a fan. The State has always had some of the most bleeding edge tech in New Eden and its cool that their ships are starting to mirror that.

10/10 CCP Acid Burn. Can't wait for this redesign!

Amazing! Good job man!

Great work!

Looks great! Wouldn't mind seeing Kestrel some re-designing either.

Very nice! keep it comming.

looks great!

You did a great job! But the old cormy design will always be classic to me... I'll miss it

Just beautiful

I wish we could see the redesigns of the thrasher, i mean i want to see it in game, but the beauty in the designs that WEREN'T chosen are stunning as well, perhaps a tier 3 destroyer? (tier not tech) having the role of fleet support perhaps, (cap, drone, specific fleet bonuses or even salvage duty destroyers to be fit as a heavy dedicated salvager? but regardless, beautiful job with the cormorant, it NEEDED it

so if you could do more segments like this showing the designing process that'd be great :)

My advice is to design details that makes sense. For example if you like antennas, put it on an exploration ship, an ECM ship, things that emits rays/radiation. To put it on a cormorant doesn't make sense just because you like them. Skirmish ships should be more sleek than boxy. A rotating satellite dish when scanning is activated makes so much sense.

as someone who loves the flycatcher, this makes me want to resub...

More of these videos CCPlease, It's cool to get an insight into the design process :D If you were to start a mini series of these videos on various elements of behind the scenes design and trouble-shooting and stuff, that would be great :)

after the thrasher took so long, I was already figuring that we would see the other old destroyers redesigned as well. awesome job!

Ayo CCP Acid Burn this is a sick redesign!

The Corm redesign looks great. My opinion: Put CCP PointyBits in the closet, and take away his god damn tablet. The new Blackbird and Griffin are complete ass. They're literally just a trash heap of polygons with bicycle spokes sticking out everywhere. The new Caracal looks like it was made without any thought. Just made a new model for the sake of making a new model. I like that the new Corm retained its original motif, while making it sleeker and obviously improved. Now just take away those stupid antennae or put them in spots where they make sense instead of at 45 degree angles at random corners. Last note: Glad to see someone is finally keeping variants in mind with the remodels. A huge criticism I've had of every single redesign since the Moa has been that every variant of a new model is completely the same. Zero unique features. Case in Point: Executioner. Crusader and Malediction used to have fins. Ramp it up a little bit, instead of just giving it a minor detail like a ramming guard on the front end. And stay the hell away from my Punisher and Omen.

Nice redesign, I really liked Eve's destroyers when I played years ago. Maybe its time I returned to Eve Online.

Why are you remaking the Corm when there are ships like the Helios in the game. Im so confused.

New corm hull still holds up. Still looks great

Looks great, but thought the angled overlaping fins/flaps looked really good, much more interesting than the flat blocks on the side. Still looks nice though.

That looks cool

Looks great even though I always liked the original. Reminds me of something that would be in Warhammer 40k. I can't wait to see what you guys do with the Heron!

awsome! basi is next i hope

Ferox and Myrmidon would be awesome redesigns

CCP, You guys are the frikkin best !!!! Keep up the great work and keep designing cool ( Caldari ) ships please :D

thanks CCP I cannot wait for my new cormy !!!

Oh my goodness that's a sexy ship. Also more like this. I enjoy the development videos.

the red sight light on every time you say "wing"

Awesome! Now it just needs that 8th hardpoint.

tbh I don't think the cormorant really needed it but it does look a lot more modern Osprey/basilisk next plz

A beautiful design, but it's missing something, it doesn't capture the aesthetic of the original cormorant. The cormorant was, and still is in this day and age, a beautiful ship. It feels traditional, military; always felt like it had the bridge up front and barracks or pods behind it. It was segmented out but still had a sleek shape. This new design, while sleek, doesn't capture those things as well. Put the bridge up front, don't give it a flat beak - the original is chunky, not flat. It's not a speedster frigate, it's a destroyer, a punchy piece of military hardware. It needs less sleek and more oomph. And give it the pods back, make it look like they can be refitted in dock and would house barracks (cormorant) or ewar computing and projection equipment (flycatcher). In short, bring it closer to the original shape, because somewhere along the line it slipped and it doesn't look right. But keep this design for something, because it's not bad in its own right and the design skill behind it is solid. It's just better for a new design than a redesign of the cormorant. She's a beloved ship, do her right.

looks nice! too much of the old cormorant lost imo: I was attached to that hull

Slicer redesign when? I want some of those sick Executioner animations on a slicer. :D

Well, everyone I know likes it. Also, I would like to add that we would like to see more videos like these.

I think it looks good

So can you show us next the artist with the obsession with Phallus shaped ships?

What I always wanted to know, why are critical ship infrastructures always unprotected like engines or weapon platforms? E.g. like at 2:48 The design at 2:15 is much better, there the weapon platforms look much more stable. There is no drag in space, they don't have to be sleek. Caldari ships are actually designed for frontal flight, the thin front silluette to fly directly towards the enemy, which makes no sense in game, but in real life :D What I mean, they can be a bit beefier. I also never understand why antennas for sensors always have to be so fragile :D I mean these are warships. Why do they not have simple armored domes for the sensors & co. Similar to modern radars, even if that is not really armor. Desing 6 at 0:45 is a cool destroyer design by the way, with a bit more armor it could replace the Corax submarine, although that is actually quite nice. By the way, it would also be cool if ships are not simply overwritten. Leave them in & so you have older models over time, this would make special ones stand out & some probably become very rare, collector's items :D older versions could also be optimized & cheaper to produce. So that a noob, rather times the 2-3 generations old cruiser uses, instead of the latest generation, which is super expensive :D Wars would also be funnier, because you can throw more resources into the room. There would certainly be cool fights, from obsolete fleets against high end fleets or so :D Design 4 is by the way good as a Caldari drone ship :D I know the video is now old & has changed a lot. But still ^^

badass more please more please

Where are the redesigns for different races and for ships people actually use! I would love a new scythe/scimitar or a new aeon model.

I'll miss the front end of the current Cormorant. Other than that, looks great. I like the fins on the T2.

Cormorant apparently redesigned by the last of the Brunnen-G

I hope they put all that textures and details of the illustrated design on the ship because when they create the 3D version, they always reduce the details.

I wish Dust 514 was on ps4 I remeber the good old days of Dust 514:PS3.........Good times

3:00 Yes. Also can you redo the Executioner hull again, and make the Crusader and Malediction hulls actually distinct like they once were?

So every Cormorant will be change or some that was made before change will stuck into old look. Although they could add this look to "Refit" ship with same stats but different look. I really need get back to game. But new ship looks **** AWSOME. I see that you are defnitly inspired by ships from Star Citizen.

Good Job

So by "re-design" they mean "complete overhaul"? It just isnt the Cormorant anymore... But i like it, alot really... o.O I like the idea of having the cockpit on the top/middle back of the ship rather than the side now, the old one on the wing just looked awkward and vulnerable.

Interesting video, thanks CCP! I would like to see more like this, let us players know what's going on in CCP headquarters. I very much like the design, I do agree it looked outdated and was a required improvement, however maybe it's not the most urgent one, Helios/Imicus and all the Gallente industrial ships look terrible, also (unpopular opinion ahead) Omen/Zealot and Maller/Sacrilege/Devoter need a bit of love. o7

I rely love the redesign of the cormorant and the Caracal and MOA is a favorite redesign. But there are so many ships still that is in need of redesign will CCP ever get their hands out of the butt and do that ?

Please CCP make more Artsy videos like this

when can we expect to see this in game ?

When will the new models go live?

did anyone else notice the dramiel back end of the new cormorant

Man oh man thats a nice drawing pad.

Did that ship really need redesigning?

4yrs later I’m still wondering why they thought they could make caldari look any better.

великолепно!

when will you redesign the ishkur?

thats nice

Nice.....Please redesign the Mining ships so that they don't look like box cars.

#BringBackOldScorpion2K17

Whatever happened to the Chimera redesign?

Caldari ship encased in armor. LOL! But looks good though

can a redesign be too good? now i want MORE

Why... You redesigned Zephyr? ;_;. (changed color from white to gold)

Are you guys making Eve 2.0 yet? If so, will it have station walking? Also, please make it an Xbox 360 exclusive. Thanks.

I have one very slight concern, while I much prefer the art dirction these days compared to the tradition historic designs, I think CCP should be very careful not to make all races generic and always tick the "ooo pretty" box. While some of the old designs are hideous, I dont want to see everything new look all sleek and samey. It is headed that way just a tad..... Either way overall I am happy.

EVED DUST REGRESARA A PS4 O SU NUEVA ENTREGA SERA LA QUE LO REMPLAZARÁ?

The Celestis and Arazu look truly awful. They're like some weird throwback to the 1980s. Please please fix. The Scythe is pretty bad too (as someone said below). Any chance that non-Caldari cruisers will get some love soon? awesome work on corm btw.

Yeah kiwis leading the way. Nice work o7

They should redesign the coercer.

Oh look, it's change. Give me a minute to find my torch and pitchfork.

cool

Of all the Caldari redesigns i've seen this is the only one that gives Caldari a sleek looking ship. Why did the others like the Kitsune etc just end up like shit looking metal bricks with antennas ?

T2 ships should have a totally different design, not the same as T1 with a different color.

Give us all UI-colors for alphas... plz... :((( After that i play again... ;)

I never played with, nor have I ever seen the old design before this video, but I love the Cormorant for the way it looks. The moment I saw it was the moment I wanted it. I would rather fly a small Cormorant than (as an example) a gallante cruiser... Those things are just too ugly (personal preference).

people still play this? How many are there online now?

Impressive. I wonder how many workhours this represent though.

Please so moar of this video! I need it, I need it sooo baaaadd.........

about time they got rid of that stupid fighter wing-thing that was on the port side

Great, now give the Corax better speed :)