I have a lot of concurrent projects apart from the Constitution which I've been posting on Discord. But thought I'd start posting here as well to document everything. I have a few to go through, so tons of images incoming. Also, they are all in initial states of development, so nothing set in stone. I'll post the images starting in the second post to keep this free for the thumbnail.
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The black areas are just a blockout for possible features. The big one below is supposed to be the Shuttle Bay.
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Also started a workbee, but I can't seem to find the file that produced this image. Might have to start over:
And finally, I'll leave a couple of images that should be self explanatory:
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And I also did some work on the Excelsior:
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Love it.
@ST-One I'm still thinking about that. My inclination is to not do it, but we'll see. Either way, the engines at the back of the catamarans will stay.
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@evil_genius_180, @srspicer and @ashleytinger I'm glad you guys like it. The Akira is one of my favorite ships. I have done it in the past, and almost started a new one, but while working on the Enterprise I thought about the fact that we see very few TMP variants, so this idea was born. I will do an Akira at some point, but @lewisniven is doing a great job on his, I'll leave mine for another time.
@Brandenberg Thanks dude. The cargo ship is really in it's infancy. I think the design needs more refinement. But I like the overall concept a lot as well. I also want to do a hospital ship at some point, but I kinda want to step away from the Daedalus/Olympic type ships with the big sphere. And a carrier as well...I have way too many projects going on though
As for updates, I'm afraid I don't have any right now. I started to sketch the bridge properly and also did some sketches on how I want to detail the catamarans. I'll do a prototype later today.
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Yeah, there's just something about the Akira, it's a sweet design. I started a TMP style one several years ago, but I never got as far on it as you have and I know it didn't look as good as yours does. One of the days I'd really like to do the NX-01, due to its origins and similarity to the Akira. Plus, it's a sweet looking ship.
I'm of two minds with the NX-01. I think it's an interesting design but it feels out of place in the era it was at. Maybe we need a TOS Akira as well
Small update, trying to figure out some panels for the catamarans. I'm not sold on the green panel. It would have similar styling to the green areas in the Constitution. Another idea is to style it like the Excelsior. I think I need to do a few more panels at the front and see how it all looks together before making a decision. The first image is a previous version. Just showing where it ends as its not clear in the second picture.
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Aren't you using some Excelsior ideas already in the saucer? Might be good to keep that theme going.
But go with what works for you.
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Have you stumbled onto Pierre Drolet's Sci-Fi Museum? https://www.pierre-drolet-sci-fi-museum.com/starship
Very useful closeups of NX-01 from the actual artist.
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Here's an idea I had for your ship after a quick edit in photoshop. It's a small change, but I think it adds to the look.
Have you though about taking the render into photoshop and drawing some idea out to see what work like MKF does?
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