2DThe Great Experiment

madeinjapan1988

Well Folks,

I'm back. As some might have been aware, I departed 4 months ago for the United States Navy's Officer Candidate School. Three weeks ago I returned home a newly commissioned ensign. It was and remains the best decision of my life.

Now enough about that. Lets get to the art. My next project can most likely be guessed between the title of the thread and the image. Hope you enjoy watching this one shape up.


Medium View: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/275/7/4/the_great_experiment____by_madeinjapan1988-d2zyujp.jpg
Full View: http://www.deviantart.com/download/181344805/the_great_experiment____by_madeinjapan1988-d2zyujp.jpg

Capt. Eric Gardner

My friends....the Great Experiment....the Excelsior...ready for trial runs...and supposed to have Transwarp Drive

stfanboy

Congrats on the becoming a ensign. I like the Design.

oldmangreg

Best AR Excelsior I have ever seen.

Flanker

Wonderful job on the alternative look of Excelsior and also congratulations on graduating as a ensign, any news on where you will be deployed? If that is not classified of course.

Ow and hope to see more updates on Chronicles of Man as well

madeinjapan1988

Thanks all for the positive feedback. Its great to be back again. Here is a update with the early stages of coloring. Still lots of detail left of course.


FULL SIZE: http://www.deviantart.com/download/181394623/the_great_experiment__in_color_by_madeinjapan1988-d2zzwzj.jpg

James Midsen

I like this idea, of updating existing ships to the AR created by Abrahms...
I'll be following this.

stfanboy

If my grandmother had wheels she'd be a wagon. Madeinjapan1988, do you have anymore JJ style ships besides this one and the Newton?

Aresius

Gratulations, sir. (

Nice work with the JJ-xelsior

PixelMagic

Hey, you're back! Nice looking design, btw.

Rogerd

Been lurking here for ages. Love the work and good to see it back.

KazukiFennec

Congratulations on your commission, and, at the risk of being mobbed... I actually like the look of this better than the original Excelsior.

madmacs

Congratulations on your commission, as well. I know you worked extremely hard for it.

I like your concept, very clean and nice lines, very well done. I find that saucer section, though, does have some lines that are still a bit Ol'Excelsior. I find, your earlier amazing starship designs were quite more Josh. If I may, take a look a "Don't Shoots" concept of the same. I hope it can provide more food for thought.

Capt. Eric Gardner

stfanboy wrote: »

If my grandmother had wheels she'd be a wagon.

Come come, stfanboy...young minds, fresh ideas, be tolerent.

stfanboy

Scooty really hated the ship. I loved it when i first saw it.

BorgMan

I have to say that while the AR Enterprise had pretty big nacelles compared to the original, this version has HUGE nacelles. The original Excelsior compensated the long nacelles by being a bit flatter... I would suggest to move the pylons up and more to the front a bit to convey more of that Excelsior feeling.

In all honesty... I'm not really a fan of that nacelle. It has too much Enterprise written all around it and not so much Excelsior, apart from being long and big: there's no grille on top, no blue streak running around, actually nothing at all that links it to it's Excelsior heritage. When comparing the two different nacelles of the Enterprise, you can find a certain "why" as to how it was designed; I'm missing that "why" feeling here.

The rest of the design, though, flows very naturally from one shape into the other; I'm digging that a lot, as that really reminds me of how the Excelsior looked when I saw it for the first time. Not too keen about more than halving the neck ribbing, but I guess I can live with that

Rekkert

Wow, looks great! Have to agree with Borgman about the nacelle, but I love the rest of the ship and it really feels like the Excelsior class of the AR.

Capt.Hunter

I think it looks great. Is it your intention that this ship be the next step to the Constitution Class in the NR, or is it just the newest design that Starfleet is putting into service?

stfanboy

Any updates?

publiusr

I like the saucer fine, and the secondary hull as well. Reminds me a bit of Perception. Perhaps some elements of that might be added in terms of detail...

How about having the nacelles break apart in the middle, and terminate into clusters of antenna like spikes? For a section 31 spy type ship?

joelcann

Very nice indeed...love the design and am looking forward to the continued progress.