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Not the entire nacelle, just the aft cap. If you turn the whole nacelle 90 degrees, the blue glow will be on top and bottom, which wouldn't be right.
It's looking really good. I had the same problem locating the impulse engines, and there's nothing definitive in the screencaps available. However, if you look at the cgi model from side and top and aft views, there is only one place they can be: along the outermost edges of the saucer. At first I understood them to be on the center hull module where the pylons come together at the warp field stabilizer, but that was wrong.
Question: How did you decide on scale for your Intrepid? I started by using the NX-01 saucer, and paring it down. That's how I arrived at a length of 180 meters.
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I have it scaled at 165m, I think - and that is based entirely on the scaled pieces of the Enterprise. That is, there is a subprogram in MilkShape that allows you to scale your models. I scaled the NX at 225 or whatever its length is, and all the parts were scaled accordingly. So as I moved the parts around they remained to scale and would recalculate the length as they were fitted into place and at last check it was 165m.
I did downscale the saucer 10% and increased the diameter of the nacelles by 30% just to give them the big bulky feel the CGI/screencap gives it. I will have to see about moving the caps on the nacelles and for now, I sort of have the impulse where the 'cobra hood' of the saucer attaches to the neck of the hull. I'm sure as soon as I can splurge for a new monitor I will be able to get a better grasp on the available screencaps to get a better feel for what I am doing.
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quote:Originally posted by Irishman: Not the entire nacelle, just the aft cap. If you turn the whole nacelle 90 degrees, the blue glow will be on top and bottom, which wouldn't be right.Later.
Didn't I edit that? Sorry - yes just the end cap.
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quote:Originally posted by Irishman: Not the entire nacelle, just the aft cap. If you turn the whole nacelle 90 degrees, the blue glow will be on top and bottom, which wouldn't be right.Later.
Didn't I edit that? Sorry - yes just the end cap.
Okay, fixed the end caps - working on smoothing over the neck/hull and the damned dimples on the saucer left over from removing the pylons originally on the Enterprise.
I happened across shots of an Intrepid mesh created by Mikew over at www.sci-fimeshes.com. He has called it done, basically because so little of the details can be inferred from the screencaps, and released the mesh for texturing.
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