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Nim, I think they were referring to the deflector array being too big, not the saucer section. The deflector is a tad large... but I figure there's a reason why it's big. Given that the deflector can do pretty much anything, maybe bigger is better.
I'm having trouble sizing this puppy too. Judging by the windows I saw on the screen caps, I'm thinking it's not all that big of a ship. Maybe 2/3 the size of a Connie.
I got a deck count of 12, but that was after I did my fudging with the details. One good thing about doing a completely unknown ship is that nobody can say I'm wrong
As you can see, the scanning is far from extraordinary. For some reason it's having a hard time picking up the line work. I think all the white around it is confusing it. To much reflection.
The shuttle and the banner look pretty close but don't have the subtlty of the original. On the crewman, the circle that you can barely see around him is clearly visible all the way around on the original piece.
The only other part I have done is the deck chart. If you look on the original mockup, you'll see a front view of the ship with Commander Patrick's face next to it. I drew subtle lines over and behind her head to the right from each deck hieght and labeled the space between the lines with Deck 1, Deck 2, Deck 3, etc. 12 in all.
I'll keep you posted.
[ October 23, 2002, 13:02: Message edited by: Topher ]
As you can see, I figured out how to get a better scan. The white paper was wigging the scanner out, so I cut a rectangle out of a black piece of paper and put the hole over the part I wanted to scan. It cut down on the reflection big time. You can now see the unfisihed drawing bits around the finished parts...
[ October 23, 2002, 13:03: Message edited by: Topher ]
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Oh Baby ! Aban you are an damn good artist!
Lobo
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Thanks guys. I'm pretty pleased with how it's going too. It'll be kind of a cool contrast in the end... I'll have a lot of little schematicy drawings all 'round, then a fully rendered and colored starship in the middle. I can't wait to get back to it.
I added some color to the Bussards in that front view as well as some contruction lines and fun little things last night. With a minimum of ego, I've gotta say it looks pretty sharp with that red in there. I'll wait to post anything else until I have a bit more done. I'm working on the lettering at the moment.
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