Its been a while since I actually posted anything on my old ENT era starships thread but as of today I will start working on rebooting that project again. Since I lost my hosting space and the images I posted (luckily i have the psd files still on my harddrive and backups).
I really want to make a nice manual out of it, like before, and let it be printed out proffesionaly in the end. As such a new page and direction design wise will be needed. I probably will change some designs as well since I find them not detailed by now.
To give an idea in which I am planning to head I've made a WIP of a page. I will probably add some text but will keep that limited and let the drawings and designs do the talking. So if you notice some old designs being changed that is because I will be adding more detail as I go.
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As for the starting image I added some minor tweaks and colored it which went faster then I thought.
I still think I will have to work on the page layout some more... perhaps look at programs like indesign or quark for that. If someone has pointers for the layout let me know. Will add some text later on, mainly specifications and technical details.
I'm sure you've been busy with TCW, glad you've come back to share.
@JohnnyMuffintop: It is a same to tell that I haven't been working on TCW anymore due to it ending production. It was a fun period in a wonderful team and I learned a lot.
@TrekMD and somacruz: thanks it is fun to be back designing ENT era ships.
@FireBall: I have seen the designs and I don't know if I will actually work them out. Because of several reasons, one being I am curious where or how the model will be used and secondly it is Drexler's design.
Hope to finish it during the weekend... redesigning and adding more detail takes quite a lot of time compared to the earlier design
A little update on the Cutter :
What do you use to do your drewings in?
@Somacruz: you have got everythin right so far so great to see the little cutter shapng up quite well.
@Arnier100: thanks! glad to hear you like the designs so far. And no need to buy it will eventually add a pdf for download.
@larundal: thanks and I am using photoshop CS2 as my main work/art program.
the finished mantaray (highly scaled down but it would take up quite some space to host)
And a request: which uit should I work out next. I've added a image with the old images I made (and I might add some new units) which could use some more work. Also if there is a class of vessel you would like to see let me know.
Do you have any plans for more orbital/ground installations? Or maybe more specialized vehicles like transport ships which carry the pre-assembled starship parts to the dockyards in orbit?
Some peope might still remember it
I don't know how it happened but it seems that the third page didn't show up for me so the rest was posted in reply to your earlier post
Griffon of course , it's the best one ! (no one will probably know why I brought that one up just for laughs) Seriously though, I think the Mercury could get a bit more love. Oh and if anything, I would like to see some ECS ships.
Another previously untapped potential would be the offworld mining facilities. Maybe in the asteroid belt for the metals to build Earth's early fleet or the Lunar-based Helium 3 mining for the first impulse drives.
@lennier1: already working on such designs since they (support vessels) tend to be neglected. So hopefully I will be able to post more soon
@KmprAârak and TrekMD: thanks for the support. It might take some time but I have a good feeling about the manual. Will keep it simpler then my initial plan and redesign the ships made so far (if not recycable).
@somacruz145: the model is getting better and better, which really helps me to keep motivated and indeed it would have been interesting to see more ships but ENT had only a short run time. Shame but it leaves a lot of imagination to make our own ships to fill in the gaps.
@joelcann: for most design in post 20 I have all the orthos (side/front/rear/top/bottom) yes. Only the Kurt Class and Iowa Class have not been completed in my first try.
Thats the idea yes and since tractor beams are not yet in wide use it uses a robotic arm to grab cargo containers. It is also possible for this vessel to carry a warpnacelle or large hull sections in it clamps. Also additional sections can be added making the vessel longer and capable to carry brigger equipment or cargo modules.