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The Vorlon
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Well, after successfully fixing the Warbird's sagging ass (ya, you'd like to know, wouldn't you? =P), I present the D'Deridex for your scrutiny:

http://sapphireeclipse.virtualave.net/D'Deridex1.gif
http://sapphireeclipse.virtualave.net/D'Deridex2.gif

Hmm, I feel like Klingon...

Maybe I'd better do the Constitution I and Galor first, though. =]

[ June 10, 2001: Message edited by: The Vorlon ]

[ June 10, 2001: Message edited by: The Vorlon ]

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Nim
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Do you still have a place for your other stuff? I can't seem to get past Sci-Fi Art. I lost some of your schematics before...

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Nimrod: In the unlikely event The Vorlon hasn't kept pristine copies of his previous masterpieces I've got 'em all in a nice chunky .zip.
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The_Tom
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Adam Heinbuch, Galactic Liposuctionist...

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Hobbes
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Wow, does that look intimidating head on.

Looking at all the tiny window dots you get the impression how just how massive this ship was suppose to be. Until they watered it down in size to make it more even with the Galaxy-class.

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The Vorlon
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More like Plastic Surgeon. I had to amputate the Warbird's ass, move it higher up, and then reattach it.

Before:

Note: this is often how diagrams start out. Lots of lines, the contrast can be horrible, depends on how good the original is when scanned, and how well it converts from colour to b&w. Yellow converts easily, red is a total pain... I fix this, remove the lines, fill in damaged areas, and sometimes missively rework sections.

Much better, no?

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Sheridan: "Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless and totally consistant with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon..."
Kosh: "Good."
Sheridan: "I REALLY hate it when you do that..."
Kosh: "Good."


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The Vorlon
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Although, the biggest pain by far is when you have to fix page creases, which sometimes cause a big piece of the diagram to be blurred, distorted or otherwise totally useless. In cases like that, you have to graft a new piece in by simple extrapolation. For the Saber Top view, about 1/5 of the forward saucer section was missing, and I had to replace it. The Steamrunner Bottom view, the middle of the nacelles, front of the Nav Def and front of the whole pylon structure was missing. I compensated by splicing in the same areas from the intact Top view, which was slightly different...

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Sheridan: "Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless and totally consistant with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon..."
Kosh: "Good."
Sheridan: "I REALLY hate it when you do that..."
Kosh: "Good."

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
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If the ship actually looks the way you have it, how did the original diagrammer screw it up so badly?
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The Vorlon
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I'm judging it based on the ERTL model which came in the Enemy 3-piece set. It shows that the back support piece is supposed to be in line with the nacelles, not below it.

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Sheridan: "Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless and totally consistant with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon..."
Kosh: "Good."
Sheridan: "I REALLY hate it when you do that..."
Kosh: "Good."

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bear
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Vorlon: You have always had the best diagrams , and I always wanted to ask if I could use them as reference when doing my flash diagrams.
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The Vorlon
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As reference? Sure! Just don't cut and paste them. =]

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Sheridan: "Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless and totally consistant with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon..."
Kosh: "Good."
Sheridan: "I REALLY hate it when you do that..."
Kosh: "Good."

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bear
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No, I would trace them with flash to keep the file size as low as possible. Thanks very much Vorlon.
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Bernd
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Adam, I share your pain.
Page creases
Red lines

I'd like to add
Page skew
Diagrams that are designed to be just a bit larger than the scan area


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Black Knight
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...I'm too lazy to fix page creases, I only did the simple ones.

BTW, Adam, I look forward to your new site redesign...whenever that may be...

(BTW, this is Dark Raven of SFA, 3DG, and now LWG).

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