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that is possible to get around.. most of the other CGI schematics we've seen use the camera lens adjusted to NOT show perspective (Nova, Prometheus). Its a camera feature that is easily adjustable in modeling software I use. For whatever reason though, they chose not to.
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quote:Originally posted by Akira62497: ok im lost have i made a mistake? the nacells are to bowwom peices trust me look at the model i studdied it for ever. If i have made mistakes please let me know so i can correct them.
Sorry, it has nothing to do with your schematic, but as soon as you draw a sideview (this is what I do at the moment), you'll encounter the problem.
The ship with the large nacelles has a perspective (like all of the images of this hip I found on the net, including the .gif I used here, the DS9TM-drawing and other schematics), and this is what I wanted to do, too. Below you have another Centaur, this time the nacelles and saucer are scaled 1:1, without any perspective.
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By my calculations the CG side view shows the nacelles and saucer 1:1 (no perspective). I'm concerned though that in reality perspective is being employed, since it seems to be in all the other views, meaning that Mojo and co. got their dimensions wrong.
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Compared to the topview maybe, but you have to take into concideration that the nacelles are completely redone, meaning you cannot compare the original model with the CGI. Otherwise you're probably right though.
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i have the side view done except for the miranda roll bar that cant find anywere i need it by 612x265 i have tried drawing it but cant get it to look right
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Fascinating, Mike! I never liked Bernd's original suggestion that the ship be scaled to fit the Miranda bridge and rollbar. But it looks like the double-deck hemisphere idea actually works.
My only question is whether the shuttlebay "doors" are actually big enough. From what I can tell, a shuttle would actually have to take off at a 45� angle in order to get through those doors! Not impossible, of course, but contrary to all the other straight-out configurations we've seen.
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Akira: Good start. But you need to thicken up some of the detail lines around the bridge module and adjust the perspective on the saucer windows. You may also want to retrace some of the other lines in the saucer...they're looking kind of blurry. Other than that, it's looking good.
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quote:Originally posted by Dat: Hey Akira, the gangway hatch should actually be either at the upper half or lower half of the rim. The rim is two decks thick, not one.
I didn't think the Excelsior had the gangway hatch at all. And it is centrally located on the Connie-refit.
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Akira and I had been discussing his works in progress outside of Flare and I suggested to him that he should add a gangway hatch or an airlock for access to the ship other than from the shuttlebay and transporters. He is taking some creative liberties here, but is mainly basing his work off the kitbashed plastic model.
And it makes better sense for the hatch to be at a deck level and not between decks when the saucer rim is two decks thick.
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Great graphic-in-progress! I'm really liking this. Looks like the Centaur/Baracus is shaping to be the most fan-obsessed ship since the Prometheus!
Methinks I'm going to design the bridge module for the ship. Perhaps two versions - one for the variant (?) with the Miranda bulge, and one for the CGI version...
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my aim is to do a website illustrating the differences between the war-era centaur and its postwar refit, which would be the CGI.
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