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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Makotokat</b> <br /><small>Member # 1041</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,10,27,10,39,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 27, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:39 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Not a lot of time with 2 kids but my mind still has ideas. Latest is a workup based off early concept sketches. Bit of an anime feel to it as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://img687.imageshack.us/i/medusa1.jpg/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/630/medusa1.th.jpg" alt=" - " /></a><a href="http://img4.imageshack.us/i/medusa2u.jpg/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7468/medusa2u.th.jpg" alt=" - " /></a><br />Just basic shapes right now. Forward command globe (11 decks) with a boom reaching back to the shuttle bay/cargo pod. I liked the sketch with the overhead doors soI incorporated it. Two power units combining both warp and impulse power and a sensor pod/deflector slung underneath. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jason Abbadon</b> <br /><small>Member # 882</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,10,27,19,46,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 27, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:46 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I like the general configuration but I think the nacelles should be the long daedalus (or Enterprise, if you prefer).<br />The ship looks a bit too <i>Lego</i> cutesy, all shortened and bright;y-colored.<br /><br />Also, instead of the two jack-in-thebox doors on the hangar, you could have them slide <i>down</i> along the hull- less ship to clear during a takeoff taht way, and it would just look cool, in my less-thanhumble opinion.<br /><br />I <i>am</i> digging it though- is that just the deflector at the end of the ventral boom?<br />Maybe have a Connie-style "radar dish" deflector facing both fore and aft (sorta a FJ hamage)and a pair of phasers on the sides facing starboard/port for maximum coverage.<br /><br />Hmm...you could actually have just the doors for retracting Phase cannons instead of the "bead" phaser emitters- you culd even have them on the boom instead (along with a pair or two on the sphere, of course).<br /><br />Also, I want a pony. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Makotokat</b> <br /><small>Member # 1041</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,10,27,20,10,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 27, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">08:10 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> The nacelles were a bit of an experiment. I think I might extent the back end of them back a bit. I like the original idea of Power units though, with an engineering control room inside each nacelle.<br /><br />I like the idea of more of a garage door arangement on top. Mechanically it would be simpler.<br /><br />That is a deflector. I intend to place the dish 'inside' the dome on a mount that will allow it to turn and still be visible. A rear one would be a good idea. One of my sketches had a torpedoe tube on either side of the deflector housing.<br /><br />I like the phaser bead. again the emitter will be inside the housing.<br /><br />Ponys are available at starbase 17...see the PX officer. Tell him 'Gene' sent you <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jason Abbadon</b> <br /><small>Member # 882</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,10,28,19,38,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 28, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:38 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> As long as the ponies are well-cooked and barbeque sauce is provided, I'm happy.<br /><br />As to the nacelle control rooms, maybe you cold show something like the "gondola" control stations from DS9- that is to say, an extention from the nacelle pylon with a window- and, once you're at that detail stage, some red warning pinstripes detailing where the nacelle would eject in an emergency.<br /><br />Hmm...maybe a full set of RCS on each nacelle to manuver it away from the ship in such an emergency? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Makotokat</b> <br /><small>Member # 1041</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,10,30,7,39,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 30, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:39 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Made a few changes.<br /><a href="http://img196.imageshack.us/i/medusa3.jpg/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4753/medusa3.th.jpg" alt=" - " /></a><a href="http://img27.imageshack.us/i/medusa4.jpg/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9813/medusa4.th.jpg" alt=" - " /></a> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Guardian 2000</b> <br /><small>Member # 743</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,10,30,13,56,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 30, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:56 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I'm reminded of the old "<a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=timeship%20lynx" target="_blank">Timeship Lynx</a>" for which I've always had a perverse fondness. Nice. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Makotokat</b> <br /><small>Member # 1041</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,10,30,22,33,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 30, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:33 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Nacelle update!<br /><a href="http://img22.imageshack.us/i/medusa5.jpg/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5800/medusa5.th.jpg" alt=" - " /></a><a href="http://img40.imageshack.us/i/medusa6.jpg/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5348/medusa6.th.jpg" alt=" - " /></a> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jason Abbadon</b> <br /><small>Member # 882</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,11,2,23,36,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">December 02, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">11:36 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Cool-er!<br />Just lose those green dome thingers and we're all set!<br />The green gives it a sora Christmas-like quality that is just too bright and cheery.<br /><br />I like the clear blue part- maybe add some ribbing to that area though...or some thin white struts- just to give the blue area a "solid" look. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Makotokat</b> <br /><small>Member # 1041</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,11,4,8,49,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">December 04, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">08:49 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Made some changes to the nacelles. Black grills now cover the power chambers. Bussard domes are fleshed out more in line with the original concept sketches.<br /><br /><a href="http://img21.imageshack.us/i/medusa7.jpg/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7060/medusa7.th.jpg" alt=" - " /></a><a href="http://img704.imageshack.us/i/medusa8.jpg/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/3573/medusa8.th.jpg" alt=" - " /></a> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Mars Needs Women</b> <br /><small>Member # 1505</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,11,4,14,57,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">December 04, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:57 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Sweet, this has come across real nicely. Kinda reminds me of Masao's Wasp Class. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Jason Abbadon</b> <br /><small>Member # 882</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,11,4,19,54,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">December 04, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:54 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <i>Now</i> we're talkin!<br /><br />That is looking great- it just needs some hull panels (maybe a deflector grid on the sphere) and some Starfleet markings, an exterior hatch or three and it's a masterpiece. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <br /><br />Hmmm....maybe some Connie markings here and there as well- that red rectangle that denotes the cargo bay hatch for example.<br /><br />Love those naelles- a great look.<br /><br />I think only the saucer (and maybe the shuttlebay) need additional details...though you were going to add some deflector dish thingers on there, IIRC. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Makotokat</b> <br /><small>Member # 1041</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,11,5,12,57,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">December 05, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">12:57 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Thanks. I seem to be pretty good with nacelles. Next I intend to detail the struts and put windows and hatches on the nacelle to denote the control bay. Some of the details are rough right now. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Makotokat</b> <br /><small>Member # 1041</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2009,11,7,8,16,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">December 07, 2009</span> <span class="timeformat-0">08:16 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Detail on the strts is coming along nicely<br /><a href="http://img257.imageshack.us/i/medusa9.jpg/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/634/medusa9.th.jpg" alt=" - " /></a> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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