Thank you. I appreciate the comments. I always do. It's nice to know that someone is actually seeing this stuff, and getting comments beyond the dreaded "interesting". (God, that kills me.) I think design is my biggest strength. I think about 30% of my designs are pretty good. I need a lot of practice with what comes after though.
I am very bad at reproducing things accurately. I can't even reliably recreate my own stuff, and get it to match the look of what I had done earlier. That anyone can do that, especially with shapes as complex as Star Trek ships is really impressive to me.
Anyway, I'm reworking yet another old ship. This is the Bumberchute.
This one turned out great. Not only do I like the design, but the materials are nice too. I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey again last night and this looks like a design that could be a descendant of the Discovery 1.
Ah, the old throw stuff at the wall and see if anything sticks approach. I'm sure most of us have been multiple times. I like the design of the "wings" and how you layered them. That looks really cool.
I really like the way you did those windows, they remind me of a building. The lighting in those most recent renders really make them pop. In fact, I like the style and details of this ship a lot. Are those new modules under the central structure for cargo?
About the modules: A while back I was reading a book where part of the plot was a rescue mission. The ships available could have physically fit the rescuees, but the life support systems couldn't handle the extra people for the time needed to get them to a safe place. Everyone would have died. Good storytelling. Good economics. Bad planning.
So those modules are complete emergency power systems, life support systems and emergency supplies for X number of people for X number of hours for ships or facilities. They can be used in-place, moved to another ship and can even be guided to a soft landing on a planetary surface for colonies in trouble.
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I like the idea of having the reactors or drive fields exposed. What's the point of adding to a ships mass building a containment structure when a forcefield bubble is the things that's doing the actual containment?
I might try to add the bubble later. They usually look a bit wonky though.
I agree on the color scheme. The blue really pops against the gray and I like the colorful paneling you added to the front of the ship. The lighting looks great too. It's all very visually appealing.
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I am very bad at reproducing things accurately. I can't even reliably recreate my own stuff, and get it to match the look of what I had done earlier. That anyone can do that, especially with shapes as complex as Star Trek ships is really impressive to me.
Anyway, I'm reworking yet another old ship. This is the Bumberchute.
@publiusr I thought I had an idea, and then I lost it.
@evil_genius_180 I always wanted to see the Discovery II they mentioned in 2010.
@Mustang13Camaro68 I had never seen that movie. I looked it up. The filing model looks neat... like a fresnel lens.
Digging it.
Ah, the old throw stuff at the wall and see if anything sticks approach. I'm sure most of us have been multiple times. I like the design of the "wings" and how you layered them. That looks really cool.
So those modules are complete emergency power systems, life support systems and emergency supplies for X number of people for X number of hours for ships or facilities. They can be used in-place, moved to another ship and can even be guided to a soft landing on a planetary surface for colonies in trouble.
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I like the idea of having the reactors or drive fields exposed. What's the point of adding to a ships mass building a containment structure when a forcefield bubble is the things that's doing the actual containment?
I might try to add the bubble later. They usually look a bit wonky though.