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Fugly doesn't come close to describing that atrocity. It is the only ship actually detest. I have a model of the Medusa, and some call that a monstosity. No, my next project is to rebuild Nebula Class (again). I Never did get that one nailed down to my satisfaction. The saucer's done.
Andrew: yes I'd gratefully accept any further pics you have of the Pasteur... cheers
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quote: Reverend: Believe it if you can, all decals are modelled! right down to the Starfleet Medical logo. It was easier in this instance to get a finer precision in matching it to the physical model. Mapping images across a sphere isn't the simplest thing, besides, drawing the logo for instance in Photoshop would've been my idea of a nightmare. I see that some of the windows appear to be close to the edge in places but the shadow along the rather severe smoothing angle makes it deceptive.
Oh I believe it alright. I can tell that those are not image maps, the edges are too sharp and there's no stretch distortion. You've done a fine job with the logo, but if you did want one drawn then you only needed to ask. I've had it on my 'shelf' for years. I understand that Photoshop's vector suit is a little less user friendly that PSP's but I can't see how you'd have any difficulty drawing it I've you've already managed to model it. It's just points and vertices.
The Olympic is definatly ugly but at least it has character, something that cannot be said for most other fan designs. Besides, I like ugly looking ships.
As for the Elkins...I'd rather just ignore this one altogether or squint really hard and pretend that it's really Sternbach's proto-Voyager.
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What vector suit in Photoshop...? it must be a separate plugin, or are you talking about Adobe Illustrator? Either way, Photoshop is about as useful at Paint - you're basically limited to freehand design. (anyway, it's tailored for the manipulation of existing images, not their creation). I wonder if PSP available on Kazaa..
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I stand by my first assessment, fugly ship but well suited for it's purpose. It looks like an early TNG ship with a chromosome missing, if you know what I mean. The Elkins looks ok from a distance, I like the look of it from above and from certain side angles, but Jesus it's ugly looking close up and any view that shows the underside. It's kinda like a huge Voyager 'speedboat' shuttle when viewed from above, but like a collision from below.
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I've had it on my 'shelf' for years.
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