I'm a secret admirer of this thread. I check it at least twice a day in hopes of discovering something new. I find the designs very inspiring. I hope you're not running out of old sketches.
Thank you. That's not something that I'm used to hearing.
Before I started posting things here, if anyone happened to see what I was scribbling, and if they were curious enough to ask about what I was doing, and if I told them what I was doing, their reply would invariably be "Oh yeah... like that 'Star Track' " as their eyes glazed over.
So, thank you, and everyone else for commenting. Input is always welcome. I know what it's like trying to figure out what the hell to say.
And, I think there's a few years of old (and new) scribbles waiting to be revisited.
Normally, that could only lead to an inflated ego. Fortunately, my ego was long ago beaten into it's component atoms by a team of experts using state-of-the-art cudgels.
Thank you, Sanderlee. I had thought of changing the first image on this thread, but I kinda like the colors. And I'm lazy.
Tag: 0000 104660-0069125
Type: explorer
Status: self initiated reserve mode
Location: Galactocentric 90 degrees to ecliptic
(Orion 021.00+00002.45)
Culture: Aspirant
Est. Age: 840 million years
Size: 4.18 km
Nickname: God's Own Turnover
interesting but the ships in this thread are all quite weird. i think the engines on the right hand side(they are engines?) are nice but i am not much of a fan of ships that look too alien. what is the idea of this thread, ships found ,long abandoned by an advanced race, floating in space being discovered by early human interstellar explorers? if so that is kind of cool as an idea but it is amazing that the ships have not received more damage in the millions of years they have been drifting for.
...what is the idea of this thread, ships found ,long abandoned by an advanced race, floating in space being discovered by early human interstellar explorers?
Essentially, the idea for the thread is to have a place to dump 40+ years of scribbled ship design ideas. I now have access to serviceable (but still buggy as hell) software, and I get bored. I made up the derelict 'framework' to explain the obvious technology differences between the designs, and started imagining.
As an explorer this new ship almost looks regal! :thumb:
Maybe when it was created the race was highly advanced but ready to collapse from within. Think of the Roman Empire. At its height it was completely rotten to the core but boy did they build things in a big way. I would say that this ship makes as much of a political statement as anything else.
I love the shape and the colour you have chosen for it. If you could do intricate scroll work as part of the design it would be over the top
Played with some ideas for details. Rough scroll work as cavebear suggested. It reminds me of the details on the gun ship I did several pages back. I'll keep thinking on it.
interesting but the ships in this thread are all quite weird.
That is exactly what makes this thread so cool. I find that the ubiquitous images of popular sci-fi classics do serious damage to my own creative process.
nice patterning, i could certainly imagine such details existing on an alien craft and i can see some of the similarities to the turkish cannon, also cannons and things from that area in that era often had similar patterns on them so the similarities extend.
Now that is one impressive explorer :cool:. If they ever found a new system with sentient creatures I’m sure that they would be awed by the shear spectacle of the beast! :thumb:
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Seriously, I'm liking this one so far.
Tag: 0000 500538-2302900
Type: starship / cargo hauler
Status: scuttled
Location: Canaman Convergent
(Orion 063.00-01024.13)
Culture: Cognizance Arising
Est. Age: 64 million years
Size: 841m
Name: Strongbox
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OK, as I said prior to that happening, I like the design of this. You can look at it and figure out its function very easily.
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Still working on the engines.
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Thank you. That's not something that I'm used to hearing.
Before I started posting things here, if anyone happened to see what I was scribbling, and if they were curious enough to ask about what I was doing, and if I told them what I was doing, their reply would invariably be "Oh yeah... like that 'Star Track' " as their eyes glazed over.
So, thank you, and everyone else for commenting. Input is always welcome. I know what it's like trying to figure out what the hell to say.
And, I think there's a few years of old (and new) scribbles waiting to be revisited.
Several of these designs are fabulous!
Will definitely be following this one now!
Normally, that could only lead to an inflated ego. Fortunately, my ego was long ago beaten into it's component atoms by a team of experts using state-of-the-art cudgels.
Thank you, Sanderlee. I had thought of changing the first image on this thread, but I kinda like the colors. And I'm lazy.
A few more details...
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Tag: 0000 104660-0069125
Type: explorer
Status: self initiated reserve mode
Location: Galactocentric 90 degrees to ecliptic
(Orion 021.00+00002.45)
Culture: Aspirant
Est. Age: 840 million years
Size: 4.18 km
Nickname: God's Own Turnover
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Thank you. Really. For "Strongbox" the engines are to the right in the last three images.
Essentially, the idea for the thread is to have a place to dump 40+ years of scribbled ship design ideas. I now have access to serviceable (but still buggy as hell) software, and I get bored. I made up the derelict 'framework' to explain the obvious technology differences between the designs, and started imagining.
One ( a tanker) did, but space is vast, and mostly empty... and not all luck is bad.
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Maybe when it was created the race was highly advanced but ready to collapse from within. Think of the Roman Empire. At its height it was completely rotten to the core but boy did they build things in a big way. I would say that this ship makes as much of a political statement as anything else.
I love the shape and the colour you have chosen for it. If you could do intricate scroll work as part of the design it would be over the top
Yeah, that's a tough shape but a cool one. It reminds me of an Art Deco style wing.
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So do I! Looking great rojen :thumb:
That is exactly what makes this thread so cool. I find that the ubiquitous images of popular sci-fi classics do serious damage to my own creative process.
Me too! It reminds me of the Sultan's Seal on one of the blunderbusses I photographed in Istanbul.
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Added some more.
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Now that is one impressive explorer :cool:. If they ever found a new system with sentient creatures I’m sure that they would be awed by the shear spectacle of the beast! :thumb: