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Man, this one is starting to hurt. Trying to do something with the body pissed me off, so I made a new one much more closely matching the D7 original. I am going to try putting a bit more stuff on top and bottom though, to see how it looks. If that fails I'll maybe switch to Vor'cha style.
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Teriyaki style it is! Here's another attempt, this time with a more contemporary design for the body. Still not sure about this, looks a little heavy when viewed from above, but I think it's progress.
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Yeah, I like it. It's got a good TOS feel with a bit of extra greebling, but not over Eavesy.
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quote:Originally posted by Fabrux: Looks good! Starting to get a little shorter and wider?
Actually it's slightly narrower and the same length, but thicker looking and with a longer wing section. I'll have to play around with the proportions a bit to get it better looking.
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Have you tried doodling with the large empty spaces of the wings? Perhaps make one triangular slit or two parallel slits/holes through each wing, as an experiment? Or if not empty holes, perhaps Banshee/Akira-style supercharger domes or some other nefarious equipment to break up the smoothness. Also, here's an idea; corrugate the main surface of the wings, like a washboard, or the solar panels of a TIE Fighter. It could be a new kind of panel for aiding cloaking or somesuch. [/brainstorm.
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Lets wait until he's cracked the basic shape of the thing before we get all excited about the detailing.
Not sure how to describe this, but it might look better if the central "wing" piece tapered back at a steeper angle, perhaps ending up flush with the impulse block?
Also, crazy idea but I wonder what it would look like if the wings could swing up like a BoP's? If it's on the small side it should be feasible for it to land and the extra functionality might help to divorce it a little from the D-7/K'Tinga.
Of course once you've finished this, you're going to need a Romulan ship to blow up.
[edit] Actually, if I can dig up the files for this old thing I may have to steal your original nacelle design. I think they'd suit quite nicely.
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Yeah, the Romulan could be a go-er. I'm rather bored of knocking out Federation stuff, as apparently is everyone else. People seem to want to get some baddies for the Feds to fight in their RPGs, animations and fan fictions.
Rev's right, simple detailing on the surfaces is the last thing we worry about, but the holes and cut-outs is something to think about. I cant hinge the wings easily due to the angle of the joint between body and wing. If I fold them along that natural line they will hinge backwards and up, looking rather unaerodynamic. I'll have a look at ways to do it though.
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Axeman: About the corrugation, it wasn't necessarily texture I meant but actual furrowed surface in the wing itself. But regardless, I'm not sure I will be around a computer in the coming weeks, so I throw stuff out there while there's still time, food for thought for later or whatever.
Could be good to have streaks of both the D7 and Vorcha in the same package. The pointy "shoulders" of the current model are very nice, maybe couple it with that beefier neckbase of the Vorcha-model, which gave it sturdiness in the midsection.
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