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The dual flush vents aft of the pennant, the starboard thruster, and the other vents aft of the ramscoop. The "coils" connecting the main body and the ramscoop cap should not be blue, but copper instead.
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∙ (Dat) Dual flush vents aft of the pennant. I thought those were after transport emmiters? Thats what my non-canon Ent-D cuttaway says they are. Anyway, I added them.
∙ (Dat) The starboard thruster. Added these. They are supposed to be copper but will be a darkish grey on my nacelle.
∙ (Dat) The other vents aft of the ramscoop. Added these. This is what I saw as "missing" thanks! (this is what happens when you do work at 2am and have worked 9 hours that day.
∙ (Dat) The "coils" connecting the main body and the ramscoop cap should not be blue, but copper instead. Changed these to a dark dark grey with a small hint of blue. Looks more "modern". I want to stay away from earthy-tones. I think earth tones really sunk the whole feel of the Ent-D, ESPECIALLY the bridge's colors.
∙ (Harry) And the pattern blending in with the light side of the nacelle makes it look a bit strange. I'll play around with this a bit more. I think its too contrasting. Actually, you are probably picking up the fact that I made the pattern LIGHTER then the rest of the nacelle, which is another change I made.
∙ (Harry) On another note, the pennant is the wrong shape and color. But that's probably intended Wasnt intended, I actually ment to change that before I posted that draft. I changed them and thickened up the lines. Looks pretty cool now.
I'll post my latest version as well as some of my peliminary hull designs later today. Thanks for the input guys!
Any suggestions would be great.
Im still debating over an oval or perfectly round saucer section, and what nacelle placement would be like.... Im even considering placing the nacelles sideways or at an odd angle.
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Something else you might try it to use a gradient fill on the white plating. Now it appears to be all the same shade of light grey which doesn't change, although the background shade does.
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quote:Originally posted by Proteus: belive it or not that is a gradient.
I don't believe it! What might help is using some sort of contoured gradient fill, which follows the edges of the shape, rather than a one-dimensional (top to bottom) gradient fill. A contoured fill might better give the impression that the rear of the nacelle curves. Of course, a lof of programs can't do this.
Even if you don't have a contoured fill, you can used the gradient fill to suggest that the nacelle curves sharply at the sides and is flatter on the top. It looks like you have set starting and ending colors but nothing in between?
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I think the gradient that is there gives the effect of it bending - but I know what you are getting at - that there should be a 'central' gradient on top that breaks the top-to-bottom gradient, to give the illusion that the top is still relatively flat... but just making them drop off (the gradients that is) more quickly at the top and bottom would work wouldn't it?
I think maybe a quick fix to that situation would be to make the top gradient 'darker' cause the bottom is pretty light already.
BUT that doesn't really worry me - I think it looks snazzy!
I love your subtle hues in the bussard collector.
I've always wondered what the transparent material is that makes up the bussard collector... or is it just an opaque alloy/metal that starts to glow with when it is 'charged up'?
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The way a 1-D gradient works in Freehand (and I'm sure Illustrator is similar) is that you can specify the starting and beginning colors and can also drop in other colors any where along the way. Having the top being mostly one shade is simple to do.
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