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submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by Catfish@aussie.zone to c/games@lemmy.world
 

Hey all, I've never played this game and have been asked to create a cake [edit:partially] on theme. No specified edition. Have made a set of terrain pieces, but what does this really need to be obviously C&C rather than any other hex game?

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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

Tim Curry shouting "SPACE"

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

rather than any other hex game

Well, the first thing you should know is that C&C is NOT a hex game. So if you make hexagonal terrain, whoever is wanting the cake is going to be really confused.

That's like making a Halo themed cake and asking is there anything you need to make it obvious other than zombies.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 10 hours ago

Believe this has been covered earlier. The mobile version is hex. Requested cake is not C&C only therefore not total foul. Feel free to faint when I put Mario mushrooms on it.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

There's always the main factions' logos:

Global Defense Initiative

Brotherhood of Nod

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Great. Never should have trusted images

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Yeah, in my opinion these two faction logos are the most iconic images about C&C for me. The idea with tiberium crystals is nice if you want to do a diorama cake, but the logos are probably better.

... And if you want to take the tiberium idea,please use green food colour in sugar crystals and not uranium glass shards XD

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 13 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Started, need drying time before detailing 😺

sugar game decorations

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This looks great! Post finished cake please, it's going to be epic

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

Thank you. Approx 2 weeks to go...

[–] Kraiden@piefed.social 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's sick! I'd love to see the final product once it's ready if you feel like posting!

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 4 hours ago

Thanks! Will be pieces made by me, arranged by friend. About 2weeks to go 😺

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 8 points 11 hours ago

Oh wow, those tiberium crystals look really nice!

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 3 points 11 hours ago

If I want to murder somebody it will not be via 50+ years of maybe sitting next to a cupboard of shiny things

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 24 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Tiberium crystals

You could make them out of shards of uranium glass and shine a blacklight on them for a really awesome effect. Not sure if that's a good idea to put on cake though.

But this is THE thing that is C&C

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 20 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You could make them out of shards of uranium glass and shine a blacklight on them for a really awesome effect.

This is in the same realm as using glue to stop the cheese sliding off your pizza. Have you had your daily allowance of three small rocks today?

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 9 points 15 hours ago

Har de har har. I'm not falling for that. I can eat as many rocks as I like.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 17 hours ago

Noted, thanks

[–] username_1@programming.dev 19 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

C&C rather than any other hex game

C&C is not a hex game

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sure looks like it on google images, do correct me

[–] username_1@programming.dev 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

C&C is a typical RTS. No hexagonal tiles in any of the C&C-related games. One C&C game was even more like a first-person shooter. But none was a turn based hex-tiled game.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Then I have been steered very wrong...

hex game

[–] Kraiden@piefed.social 23 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

oh god, ye that's the shitty mobile game. Very unlikely this is what they meant. Tiberian Dawn, Tiberian Sun, Tiberian Twilight are the games you're looking for probably. More likely the first 2 than Twilight. it wasn't as well received

ETA: Shit and Tiberian Wars! Always forget that one! Don't take my nerd card!

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 16 hours ago

Thanks! Luckily hexes work for many things and there will be other games referenced also. Rude guy gave me a momentary brain blink 🤬

[–] username_1@programming.dev 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No idea where is that screenshot from. Maybe some mobile C&C fan project?

[–] JustGottaWhippet@quokk.au 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

Ooh, bugs! Fiddly but more fun than a tank

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 13 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I like the tiberium approach, but I'm thinking sugar crystals with food dye. A stick of cinnamon bark could serve as the blossom tree in the middle of the tiberium field.

Alternatively, bake a Mammoth Tank cake (somehow). Probably the most iconic C&C unit:

Alternatively, the Temple of NOD:

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

If it's not a mural of Kane, you'll soon hear the hums of stealth tanks.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You write "no specified edition", meaning the setting? Do you know that C&C has two main separate settings, one being the Tiberium one, while the other the Red Alert one? With multiple games for each setting.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 3 points 13 hours ago

I did not previously, it was just blindingly obvious there was more than one game. Didn't expect to have to learn this much

I'd say a very good decoration would be a black scorpion fighting a golden eagle next to a tiberium crystal.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

You could look up the flags for GDI and NOD and just make it a split design between those two, and it would be decently representative.

Unless you wanna go all out and make little edible Mammoth Tanks and Walkers and little gold and red guys fighting in a desert filled with green crystals being harvested by Harvesters.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

I'm not doing the baking part, just the topping bits. Noted that gold & red are the two tanks to make.

[–] sblxck@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps a simple split down the middle, with a faction on either side (NOD + GDI), and some tiberium in the middle? As if the sides were warring over the crystals.

Depending on how detailed you wanna go, you could research some iconic units and add them. Seeing Kane’s beautiful bald head on a cake would be excellent.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A bit excess for request, I'm just doing toppers. Are the goggles in the posters obvious enough?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm getting age verify bullshit on those links. I do mean cover art, goggles with one lens gold and one red (now know what these mean thanks to below)

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I got the bullshit warning too, but you just put 2000 or any other year and you're good to go. I will note though that neither cover shows Nod (red/black faction)

What you might be looking for (fanmade) https://www.moddb.com/groups/c-c-paradise/images/you-own-us-this-case

Or maybe this (simpler, also fanmade) - https://www.deviantart.com/bioclonex/art/CnC-Dawn-Another-Alternative-Cover-1134978426

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

The second one is perfect. Hoping to make a set for a mini of Their cat.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Tesla coils!