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Author Topic: TOS era Ship Lobo Active Member Member # 669 posted                       Hi. My first try of an TOS ship. Its a hmmmm "Pre-constitution". cya Lobo -------------------- "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die..." Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged Aban Rune Former ascended being Member # 226 posted                       Very nice...though it looks post Connie At least to me -------------------- "Nu ani anqueatas" Aban's Illustration The Official Website of Shannon McRandle Registered: Oct 1999  |  IP: Logged capped I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP Member # 709 posted                       i was gonna say that too, but then i realized the post connie looking design elements were lifted from NX-01. *ducks* -------------------- "Are you worried that your thoughts are not quite.. clear?" Registered: Sep 2001  |  IP: Logged MinutiaeMan Living the Geeky Dream Member # 444 posted                       It looks like a sort of half-step past the normal Connie, in the direction towards the refit. Nice work! -------------------- “Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” — Isaac Asimov Star Trek Minutiae | Memory Alpha Registered: Nov 2000  |  IP: Logged Lobo Active Member Member # 669 posted                       Ok ok! If anybody think thats a Post-connie. Is it now a post connie. Lobo -------------------- "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die..." Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged Antagonist Active Member Member # 484 posted                       Hey! Quick, alert Starfleet! Somebody stole a piece of their nacelle pylon! That piece missing out of the nacelle pylons is cool looking. And I like the darker greyish tones you used, almost makes this ship look more agressive. Maybe its just me but I think the saucer looks lower and closer to the engineering hull to, giving it a kind of a low-rider feel. -------------------- Move .sig!! Registered: Jan 2001  |  IP: Logged First of Two Better than you Member # 16 posted                       It does look more agressive. Maybe it's a "Mirror Universe" near-TOS-era ship? -------------------- "The best defense is not a good offense. The best defense is a terrifyingly accurate and devastatingly powerful offense, with multiply-overlapping kill zones and time-on-target artillery strikes." -- Laurence, Archangel of the Sword Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged Lobo Active Member Member # 669 posted                       Hi. I made the pylones more similar to tos, a few little changes and add my starfleet command insignia. I will still make other views. cya Lobo [ March 02, 2002, 08:20: Message edited by: Lobo ] -------------------- "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die..." Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged capped I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP Member # 709 posted                       I love your ship, Lobe, but I have one admittedly minor quibble.. the font of the registry. I'm a graphics major, so i take text and fonts pretty seriously, but at the same time i realize that pretty much no one else does, so its not a big deal. You see, the text on TOS ships (and ENT, thankfully) is a Navy font (most people use a variant called LongBeach) but the origin is that it is the actual typeface used by the US Navy from WWII on on their ships, and also AF planes. Roddenberry and Jefferies, being Naval and Aviation buffs, wanted it like that. Unfortunately, somewhere along the lines, either AMT ERTL or another licensee of Trek started using a thinner thicker font, the computer version is Deusex. Thats the one you have there, although some Enterprising fan called it TOS Hull and offered it on his page. I remember being very upset because two of my TOS models i built as a lad used it (the 3 ship Fed-Kli-Rom set and also my large constitution). I know that several of the boys around here have the correct font for their 3d models and also their 2d graphics. it really helps the look of the ship. OK, its not that important at all. BTW, this font is still exclusively used by Star Fleet Battles, because they like to be different. -------------------- "Are you worried that your thoughts are not quite.. clear?" Registered: Sep 2001  |  IP: Logged Lobo Active Member Member # 669 posted                       Hi. first. thanks captain mike! what for a font should i use? here is the Top view: cya Lobo -------------------- "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die..." Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged Fabrux Epic Member Member # 71 posted                       I had the font once, but it got lost in a format. Anyways, it's called Microgramma Bold something-or-other. Do a web search for it and you'll probably find it on a Battlestar Galactica site. That's where I found it. Also, I really like how you made the front of the saucer similar to the NX-class. Cool! [ March 03, 2002, 08:43: Message edited by: Topher ] -------------------- I haul cardboard and cardboard accessories Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged capped I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP Member # 709 posted                       um.. Microgramma Bold is the font used for Movies and TNG ships.. Im talking about TOS I downloaded one called USNLongBeach, but it was only a demo, but i actually editted out the demo characters, but i screwed up the 'A' character, and my version is a little distasteful because its a self-made edited crack of a copyrighted demo i shouldnt have stolen. I'll try another search, unless somebody else has it (i know RedAdmiral has the correct font on his 3D models, so maybe he knows, and maybe its shareware) For post movie ships, i have a font called Palindrome which is a shareware version of Microgramma. BTW if you believe in Franz and the SotSF boys, between the USN font of TOS and the MG font of the movies/tng, the used Microgramma NOT-bold on ships from the 2260s-70s era. -------------------- "Are you worried that your thoughts are not quite.. clear?" Registered: Sep 2001  |  IP: Logged Fabrux Epic Member Member # 71 posted                       That's what I said. I had different versions of the Microgramma font, and one of them was the TOS font. -------------------- I haul cardboard and cardboard accessories Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged Lobo Active Member Member # 669 posted                       Where can i download the right font? Lobo -------------------- "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die..." Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged Fabrux Epic Member Member # 71 posted                       I'm not sure. I did a search trying to find the site where I had downloaded the font before, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Looks like most people want you to actually pay for this font. Weird. -------------------- I haul cardboard and cardboard accessories Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged

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