[May Release]: Betta class Light Skimmer

(Edit: Go ahead and refresh that CG&T download page, the Betta light class skimmer drone (And Plakat Monowheel) should be up now~
As usual I recommend downloading things separately so that things don't hang up
I'm excited to see what kinda wonky stuff comes outta this one there's a lot of interchangeability~

Added winglets as a last last last minute edit, and now I'm done for the month. these have been added to the CG&T folder, once the supported ones come back I'll be adding those and make another notification from to this post~
~Pipes)

Ok so it's that time of the month again where I make a blurb about the state of things and what's going down this month~

In the realm of the current skimmer models, I had to drop the monowheel. Designing around the wheel while trying to keep it in line with the form of the piranha and then adding drones to it proved to be a way too cluttered and I kinda continued to just...hate it, and in a kinda desperate bid to make something that I was actually pleased with I set about re-working it for a third time.

"But Piper, you can't mostly rework the Betta again." you might think.

"Oh yes I can.  With the power of caffeine, making a conscious effort to not sleep, and the right montage music, anything is possible."

Now all this has kinda left me feeling like for the time being I am going to refrain from making more vehicles, at least, for a little bit. Every single one of them has left me feeling just, bitterly frustrated after I wrap the kits up x'D and sure eventually I come around on them, but I'm never satisfied in the same way that I am when I complete one of the mecha kits.

I am going to be missing the lighter of the two skimmers unfortunately (at least for the immediate drop on the 4th), if I find some time in between the surgery stuff, I'll see if I can't put something together with the monowheel, I've got enough mostly finished assets for it at this point.

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With all that said I am more content with the third iteration of the Betta. All the engines are on individual ball joints for angling/rotation (and for any kind of horrible kitbash you can come up with that involves ball joints xD), the drone hub uses the sensor-less bottom and technically can fit any drone excluding the shield drones I think if your so inclined. The weapon slots work with any of the undermounts but this kit will have it's own more angular brrrt cannon, fusion and sensor suite. Overall I think this fits the form better and I'm about as content as I think I'll be. Renders shown with a 60mm base.

I'm gonna be sending these over to Atlas today, and the initial file set will be up as per usual on the 4th with the supported files following as soon as I get them back and tested~

Now I do initially apologize for all the monowheel supporters, but I really wasn't feeling it on this particular one from the initial concepts, but it should have it's own stand alone model sometime this month to go along with the Betta.

~Pipes

(Also for new folks, patreon and CG&T tend to be slow and finnicky for the first few days of the month while the servers catch up with all the pledges and such. If you're having any trouble you can always reach out to the patreon-tech-support board on the discord which is the easiest way to get in contact with me (patreon no longer emails me notifications for messages despite me having it on), but for right now, usually it's just gotta work through it's own server load~ I apologize on their behalf for the delays if any~)