alright this is a really pathetic post but i'm a pretty bad artist - well when it comes to doing these tech/starships and futuristic watnot....but i have 'envisioned' (lol) a Galaxy-Class like design, which if anyone has too much time on their hands might like to try and construct something based on my suggestions....its not important but if anyone wants to i wouldnt mind seeing an end result.
1) start with a Galaxy class saucer except its width has decreased and length increased - ie.. galaxy style intrepid-shaped saucer.
2) a roll bar above the saucer (wit the torpedo/sensor pod housing located behind the bridge - so that the housing is not directly above the bridge deck.
3) a roll bar on the underside of the ship housing the engineering section+deflector, sort of like a steamrunner
4) the nacelles are attached either: with one nacelle on each side of the saucer where the roll bars join
-or-
attached to the bottom roll bar
so any artists who are interested thats a starting point - but of course since (if) u do decide to design something along these lines it would be fine and you can use as much artistic licence as u want....
if there happens to be a design very similar to what i have described above then...link me to it!
lol
well thanks in advance to anyone who wants to express their talent!
Buzz
Posted by Joe Brown (Member # 793) on :
The design sounds interesting... have you looked at any of the Dominion War scratchbuilds that were posted over on Starship Modeler? Some of designs that people built up for that contest have elements of what you are describing.
Heh...the second time today I've had my work quoted back at me. Airbody loves that long saucer with the flythrough shuttlebay.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Some of those scrtachbuilds and kitbashes are kick butt, man. Backing my theory that fans should be allowed to make models for the show... Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Now I've read through your proposal, I'm intrigued. But I think you need an original saucer design as the basis, something pointy like the Intrepid, but without a design that utilises a Galaxy cross-section. Otherwise, it'll still be too round and might interfere with the placing of the nacelles, which I think should be at the sides, not attached to the lower rollbar.
Posted by Fedaykin Supastar (Member # 704) on :
hey thanx to Joe Brown, for those links. yeah i thought that some of those scratchbuilds were really good and shouldve been in the show so i totally agree wit your comment Aban.
To Vogon, about the saucer i was thinking of something along the lines of a pointy Intrepid style saucer since a Galaxy shaped ellipse would be too wide (like u mentioned). But at the time i thought about the idea 'Voyager' had only just come out and most of the ship design ideas i had were based on designs seen in TNG - most notably the Galaxy Class.
Buzz
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Holy Kitbashed Starships, Batman!!
I hate these people. I hate them , I hate them because I could never ever manage to do this kind of work with these klutzy shaking hands of mine.
I wonder if anybody's ever thought of going into the kitbashed modelmaking business. Like, selling finished models to people who just want ships to hang.
I wonder what some of these things would go for... I mean, LOOK at that Romulan kitbash on that last site! Criminy!
[ March 16, 2002, 08:13: Message edited by: First of Two ]
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
First of two: What you should do is contact a builder and make him an offer. It can't hurt to ask.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Indeed. And there's a shitload of us at SM.
Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :
Say, what program should I use to create my own 3D starship models - like the Star Trek and Star Wars ones, and even my own?
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