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?
Tim Curry shouting “SPACE”
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:
There’s always the main factions’ logos:
Global Defense Initiative
Brotherhood of Nod
Great. Never should have trusted images
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.
I did not previously, it was just blindingly obvious there was more than one game. Didn’t expect to have to learn this much
Didn’t expect to have to learn this much
You have activated the Command & Conquer fanbase. Good luck haha
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.
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.
There are two aesthetics: C&C versus C&C Red Alert.
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C&C uses Tiberium, factions are GDI vs Nod, iconic Nod structure is the Obelisk, iconic character is Kane.
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C&C Red Alert uses gold+gems, factions are Allies vs Soviets, iconic Soviet defensive structure is the Tesla Tower, iconic character is Tanya.
I’d say mixing aesthetics would look odd to a fan, so probably best to pick one. If you don’t know which is preferred, C&C (non-red alert) is probably the safer choice.
Updated info is Red Alert 2. I’m changing goggles to monocle, anything else?
Is the monocle a reference to a particular character? Oh, like the guy on the box art? Hah, I’m not even sure what that character is supposed to be.
Iconic Red Alert 2 stuff would probably be:
- A Kirov bombing some iconic american building like the statue of liberty or white house
- Tesla Coil frying infantry to dust
- GI’s deployed in their sandbags
- Yuri’s psychic paraphernalia (ex. his headwear with the tubes running behind him, or his phone with a little antenna on it that he uses to mind control people he calls)
- Tanya with her dual pistols
The money you gather in RA2 is mostly gold ore, with some gems. I expect some yellow sprinkles with a patch of primary-colored sprinkles would be good for this.
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Tesla coils!
If it’s not a mural of Kane, you’ll soon hear the hums of stealth tanks.
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.
A bit excess for request, I’m just doing toppers. Are the goggles in the posters obvious enough?
