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This project started out from a fairly simple question -- I was curious about how some of the Federation starships compared against the bulk of Babylon 5. I had the basic "five miles long" figure, but that was a little vague, and so I found a decent side-view image of the station, and sized ships like the Enterprise-D to the same scale.
But being a fairly well-trained Treknologist, I wasn't able to stop there. I ended up compiling a decent collection of Star Trek, B5, and Star Wars ships.
That was about two years ago. Now, I'm trying to update the collection with some of the other sci-fi shows, and with updated (and better-quality) images.
I've got some of the most common and well-known shows, but I'd like some suggestions for researching other series and movies. So far I've got:
Star Trek
Star Wars
Babylon 5
Battlestar Galactica
2001: A Space Odyssey
I've also thought of a couple of other series, but I'm either totally unfamiliar with the series and don't know what/where to look, or else haven't been able to find it. Top on my list is some kind of decent image of Farscape's Leviathan and Peacekeeper Command Carrier. I've also seen some shots of Space: Above and Beyond that suggested some impressive effects. It's dawning on me that Trek sites have some of the most detailed technology-oriented material on the web. Any drooling fanboy can grab side views of the Enterprise-D or even obscure ships like the Norway from somewhere, but I had to look for an entire hour before I found a decent side view of the Rebel Medical Frigate. And I still haven't found anything close to a straight-side view of Moya. (Yes, I've tried the Google image search.)
And so I'm looking for help from the best group of sci-fi enthusiasts with a penchant for things technological and pertaining to starships that I know. Credit will be given on the page that links to the image once it goes online.
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"V" city-ships "Independence Day" City ships and Mothership "Close Encounters" mothership
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Don't forget the Sulaco from "Aliens" & the Valley Forge from "Silent Running." Also, for the Rebel medical frigate, try searching using the term "Nebulon B."
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I never knew that the SeaQuest looked like a chicken being propelled through the air at Mach 2.
As far as other science-fiction goes, how about the Jupiter spacecrafts from the Lost in Space series and movie? As I recall, the Jupiter I and II from the movie looked pretty interesting, although on the small side of things.
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Andromeda... versus the NX-01. Oh wait, this is a comparison and not a deathmatch.
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Just for fun, you could also throw in some capital ships from the Wing Commander and/or Freespace computer games.
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Goa'uld: mother ships (generic) Goa'uld: cargo ship Goa'uld: Death glider Goa'uld: Apophis' huge mother ship Goa'uld: "Threading the Needle" death glider Goa'uld: Space Station
Tau'ri/Goa'uld Jet/Death Glider combo X-301
Nox city ship
Asgaard: Thor's ship, the Belisknar SP? Asgaard: The O'Neil
The Ashen: Harvester
The Gadmeer Terraforming ship from "Scorched Earth"
Martin's ship from "Point of No Return" Martin's people's ship from "Wormhole X-Treme"
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This is a preliminary GIF of my collection so far... all of the ships are properly sized, but they're TOTALLY disorganized. I'm working in Fireworks, and so it's simple to move each ship image and label individually, so I just have to move them around a bit. It's looking like I'll have to expand the size of the canvas, though...
One thing, though -- would it be possible to give some links (if you have them handy) along with some of these suggestions? I'm not asking anyone to do all the research, but a little pointer as to where I can start looking would be helpful. (Google and Sherlock aren't bad, but they're general, and it's hard to narrow things down too much.)
Thanks!
(Oh, and Michael: Both the Andromeda and the NX-01 are on there. The NX-01 is just a speck on the page, though...)
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You have put in the "Interstellar Alliance Victory class" twice. The Borg cube info text is also put in twice. Where the hell did you get a picture of the Clone Wars Pre-Star-Destroyer? I wanna know, not even the official site has them...
High points from me for remembering S:AaB-ships.
The "Earth Alliance Explorer Class" looks like a Bab-5 ship, but what is it?
The "Third Space Aliens Heavy Cruiser", what series does it come from, and what does the rest of it look like? :-)
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Cool, but, c'mon, put on Red Dwarf! It'll be one of the biggest ships on there.
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The Thirdspace aliens were from the B5 TV movie "Thirdspace".
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