Just got round to rebuilding this one, and much of the work was based on the model pic, so hence it demanded a little rescaling... More renders soon:
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Excellent. Hey, have you ever wanted to do shots of these babies at warp?
Mark
Posted by Jan (Member # 1133) on :
Looks really good, I like it. This reminds me to continue work on my Niagara.
BTW, does this ship have an impulse drive? As far as I remember, they forgot to add one to the studio model.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Nice work Red!
Mabye add the side and forward ACL to brighten up the saucer some. While I didint go for the canon look on my own Freedom, I think there's room for a small pair of impulse engines on either side of the neck on the saucer's ventral side.
You making the connie torp launcger (waaay overscaled here into the ship's deflector? The Intrepid's deflector emitter fits perfectly into that space (with no scaling even!).
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
As far as I'm aware this ship has no deflector, it uses what ever subtle (or invisible) system the Miranda and Constellation uses. Indeed, I have mounted on the nacelle a torpedo launcher array instead.
There may yet be impulse engines on the Freedom, as seen in the below image (seen alongside my old Freedom model). I can't determine this for certain, but I was tinkering with the idea of adding them (in this fashion) to the model.
Posted by SoundEffect (Member # 926) on :
Nice rendering Red!
I left the saucer module impulse engines on the model I built, USS Firebrand. I didn't see the harm...they do need to be somewhere after all
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
IIRC the Firebrand has a secondary navdef in the lower saucer section.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Who can say? The schematics from Fact Files and STTM are waaay off in the bridge area so the rest is highly questionable as well.
Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
Well, yeah, but we have a ventral photo of the Firebrand...
Make of that lump what you will. It looks a bit like the quantum torp launcher of the Sovereigns, even.
Anyway, if that is a secondary deflector, where is the primary unit? The odd protrusion below the nacelle, perhaps? The saucer doesn't have the "auxiliary deflector" insets that a Galaxy kitbash would have.
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Timo: Well, yeah, but we have a ventral photo of the Firebrand...
Purchase your Niagra Class Starship in the next 15 minutes and we'll throw in this slightly used Freedom Class Starship for just 9.95! (While Stocks Last)
Any specs on what that little thing at the bottom of the nacelle is for... it has windows!
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Mmmm... rarely seen starships.....
Awesome work. I too would be in favor of adding a single impulse engine at the top of the neck right under the saucer. The graveyard photo of it would certainly allow for something to be there. So unless there is something else that would contradict that, that's where I would put it.
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
Nice model that soundeffect. It's interesting to note that you have given it capacity to separate the saucer.
A quick update, after a few adjustments..
quote:Hey, have you ever wanted to do shots of these babies at warp?
I have actually done that (when whim takes me), such as in this animation here, which was of the Proto-Excelsior during field trials.
Disregard the previous two images. I've replaced them with better, high res renders with more detail.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Cool... Though the shadowing looks a little long.
The Freedom class is rapidly ascending in coolness factor - it's already better than its Saladin class originator IMO.
Mark
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
There are no cargobay leaf-doors?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
You thickened up that silly "fin" thing under the nacelle.....intresting. It still makes the nacelle look like it has a heel though.
Bueatiful panel work on this ship: the odd shape behind the bridge dome in particular.
This is your best rendering to date, IMHO.
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
Well thank you. I didn't actually thicken the fin beneath the nacelle, as that's how it really is, as you can just make out on the model photo. Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Hey, you're right! I hate that feature so I completely left it off my own model....what do you supose it's for?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Hey, you're right! I hate that feature so I completely left it off my own model....what do you supose it's for?
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
I've always thought it was some sort of sensor suit or observation cupola, or possibly some engineering support equipment. Most Federation starships have some sort of hull at the bottommost part, containing stuff like the antimater generator, antimatter pods, antisocial crewmen...
Mark
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Maybe it's an extendable docking arm? Or maybe it houses the warp core ejection system?
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Hey, there's a thought. The core has to go SOMEWHERE, and if the Freedom's nacelle is anything like the GCS, then there's a nacelle control room space there that can be easily used to connect to the warp core.. Or even to house Engineering itself.
Mark
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
It's the deluxe cabin for visiting admirals and diplomats. ...and yes, it is ejectable.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
***LOL***
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
It's got two windows - or four counting both sides... maybe it's just a cool observation lounge?
12-under? Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
It's a "timeout room" for unruly crew/ passengers.
On some ships, it's converted to a huge jacizzi: for those mack-daddy captains.
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