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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

Yet some more....

Illustrious Class

The Illustrious Class Cruiser (nicknamed by me, "A Bruiser Of A Cruiser") is the latest generation Federation mainstay. A subordinate of the Sovereign, she's designed for nearly every duty possible within the Federation borders. She is already planned to be produced in large numbers. The bottom of the saucer is actually very flat (yes, I know, you can't see it). The only thing that sticks out of the bottom is the deflector dish, which is in a very unusual design. Coming from the back of the saucer to the front, along the centerling, there is a large bulge which extends down about two decks. At the front of this bulge, it curves inward, going appr. 2 decks inward of the saucer's flat bottom. The deflector dish is located here, tilted 30 degrees above horizontal. This helps protect the deflector dish from being hit by enemy fire, but it is still aboe to perform it's job with ease.

Independence Class

The Independence Class Scout is designed to be a well sized yet manuverable vessel. Her design is slightly based off the Akira. The above the saucer engineering hull is designed to help reduce mass while still uses the same equipment needed. The ship isn't very powerful, and only features two forward facing torpedo tubes, as well as 1 aft facing tube. It does feature the new lateral phaser strip along her very front.

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Posted by KXZ (Member # 119) on :

I like the Illustrious Class. Do you think you'll do any other view of it?

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Posted by Epoch (Member # 136) on :

That is some really amazing work. I like them.

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

I tried a side view, but it didn't come out very right. Too tall. A front/back view also failed, again, too tall.

This can sort of be explained by the windows. The windows make the ship seem rather large. But it was designed to only be a bit larger then the Intrepid. So, it's very hard to scale the thing.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I'm far from qualified to talk about your individual designs, but this is a great body of work. Nice job!

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Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :

Incredible for pencil! Very nice. Did you use a straightedge at all for some of these?

Just a suggestion for text: Make it larger and darker.

Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :

Oh, and Independence is spelled wrong on the hull.

Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

No tools whatsoever were used on this. My only aide was the horizontal lines of the paper.

And the text is usually just lightly written in since it's temporary.

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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :

I like these designs very much. Especially the Independence class is very interesting. I would love to see a side view.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Oh, all these pics are just so bee-ooo-teeful!
Arr, I don't know whether to effusively praise you for creating some of the most interesting ships I've ever seen anywhere... or hate your guts for being such a damn superior designer and artist...

NO TOOLS used in drawing these?? Did I just read that right, NO tools?? ARRRRGH! VOYAGER GO BOOM!!!

Er... Ah, after the high -karma weekend I've just had, I'd better go with effusive praise. It's safer.

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

You heard right, no tools. I just eyeball it (usually drawing, checking, erasing, redrawing, checking, in an endless cycle until I get it right). These are also drawn with #2 lead from mechanical pencils, .5 size, except for a couple of the older scans (like the Independence)

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Yeah! .5 mechanical pencils rule!

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