3DKlingon D10

biotech

Modelling this for a friend, thought I would get this bit out of the way first, because if you cant do this bit, you might as well not bother.

Not sure if I have pushed the inside of the torpedo (sensor?) bay back in too far, easy fix if I have.

BolianAdmiral

Looks like a nice start! The depth of the sensor bay looks fine to me.

biotech

BolianAdmiral wrote: »

Looks like a nice start! The depth of the sensor bay looks fine to me.

Thanks!

Added a little more.

Starship

Good start.

The D-10 is that ship with a bulk sec hull, right? The blueprints that I now are to much simple.
it can give you a few ideas to improve her details: http://www.forum.fpkclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=787

BolianAdmiral

^

Thanks. I actually gave biotech those same refs... I think for the bottom of the hull, I will keep things as smooth as they are on the top. The guy building that physical model was using those Vor'Cha parts as supports for the large D-10 panels, so I think the bottom will be flat and smooth, per the original FASA orthos. TOS ships were never greebled too much anyway... the TOS D-7 was very simple, with a smooth hull.



We may have to end up trying different things on the bottom though, to see what looks the best.

biotech

Thanks guys, nice to have the board up and running again!

A small update tonight.

BolianAdmiral

Very nice... coming together well!

biotech

Thanks, a bit more.

biotech

And a few more bits underneath, decided to bring the back wall forward too from the sensor bay, as did seem too far once I put the internal bits in.

biotech

Even klingons need to look out of a window now and again.

TALON_UK

Damn, this is a blast from the past. When I read D-10 I was all. "Why have I heard of that? Now I know the TOS Klingon Cruiser is a D-7, so why?" And then those references above brought it all flooding back, playing those lead miniature fleet battles. The D-10 was one of my fave non-canon Klingon Cruiser designs. Be interesting to see how you work with it in 3D.

BolianAdmiral

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Yes, the D-10 has always been one of my favorite alien fan designs, and the only FASA alien design I really liked.

Great updates, biotech! The little sensor/torpedo equipment inside the bay looks great, as do all the other details so far. Remember to include these little notches on the aft part of the head's flat section... I know they're very easy to overlook.



It's really shaping up well so far! TALON_UK, would you happen to still have that lead miniature? I'd love to get a look at what the underside of the actual miniature looked like, as a detail reference for the bottom side.

TALON_UK

Possibly, though that is going back quite a bit. If they've not been chucked out already they'll be festering away in my Mother's attic, I can have a bit of a rummage around for them next time I go to visit. If I remember rightly though on the Greeble front it was somewhere between the TOS D-7 and the TMP version of the Klingon cruiser in detailing.

BolianAdmiral

Cool... if you can find it, that'll be great. In terms of detailing, I'm going for a smooth hull, like the D-7, and the original FASA orthos of the D-10, so there won't be any raised paneling like on the TMP and beyond Klingon ships. I'm just kind of wondering if the bottom detail mirrors the top (only flat), or if there are different details.

biotech

Sorted the notches.

biotech

And a few more small pieces.

biotech

And some more windows.

evil_genius_180

That's looking really solid so far. The good thing about doing this part is that you could do a D-7 and/or K't'inga if you wanted to and use the same "head" as a start. (with mods for the K't'inga, of course)

spacefighter

personally i cannot see any difference between this, the d4, kronos1, or the other klingon cruisers(k'tinga, d7, d4, d33,etc). looks like a good model though.

evil_genius_180

The difference is in the secondary hull. The "head" and "neck" are basically identical to the D7.

spacefighter

evil_genius_180 wrote: »

The difference is in the secondary hull. The "head" and "neck" are basically identical to the D7.

what the rear wing root area, they look the same there as well.

BolianAdmiral

Very nice updates! The head section is really looking nice!

evil_genius_180

spacefighter wrote: »

what the rear wing root area, they look the same there as well.

These ships look the same to you?

spacefighter

evil_genius_180 wrote: »

These ships look the same to you?

i was talking about the k'tinga and d7 . anyway sorry about that, i can see why the bridge area is the hardest to model.

biotech

Since all trek ships need nacelles, I thought it was time this ship had at least one!

BolianAdmiral

Looks good so far... I like the detail!

evil_genius_180

The nacelle is looking good so far.

spacefighter wrote: »

i was talking about the k'tinga and d7 . anyway sorry about that, i can see why the bridge area is the hardest to model.

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, that was the point behind the K't'inga. It was supposed to be the D7 with more details. You were supposed to be able to see it on screen in TMP and know instantly what it is. And then, in those wonderful closeups, ogle the details.

evil_genius_180

The nacelle is looking good so far.

spacefighter wrote: »

i was talking about the k'tinga and d7 . anyway sorry about that, i can see why the bridge area is the hardest to model.

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, that was the point behind the K't'inga. It was supposed to be the D7 with more details. You were supposed to be able to see it on screen in TMP and know instantly what it is. And then, in those wonderful closeups, ogle the details.

biotech

I see the site is back, so here are some updates.

spacefighter

i can see the design properly now, it is coming on well.

evil_genius_180

Great stuff. It's not my favorite Klingon design, but I always like your work.