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  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    edited January 2020 #692
    This configuration looks much better head on too. So thanks to @Barricade for the suggestion. There is of course, more detail work to be done.

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  • evil_genius_180evil_genius_1804256 Posts: 11,034Member
    Appreciated @Starship

    I might like the above with the split saucers instead. The two side bubbles on the neck are a mall/restaurant/Recreation.

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    I like this one the best. The spheres on the side look better than the saucers and I like the elongated saucer at the base and dual saucers up top. I think it all balances nicely.
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  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    Thanks my friend.
  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    edited February 2020 #695
    Still Chipping away. Some of this has not been converted to Lightwave's "Principled BSDF" and so there is snow on it.

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  • FreakFreak1088 Posts: 4,361Member
    She looking good.
  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    @Freak Thank-you sir. Also @evil_genius_180 and @Lizzy777

    I've started a Decatur Class. Why not!? I've got the saucer and engines already.

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  • Lizzy777Lizzy7771249 PNWPosts: 754Member
    The fun part of Trek kitbashes is anyone can use the same parts over and over to make a myriad of different ships.
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  • LoopholeLoophole48 Posts: 67Member
    I was never a huge fan of wrapping the pylons underneath the secondary hull but I think you made it work!
    Brandenberg
    Standing among giants
  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    I can't take credit for the original of course.

    @Lizzy777 Very true. However, the part I have to do over is that difficult shuttle bay at the back.

    @Loophole Must agree. There are a number of ship designs I have never cared for, yet when I tackle them they grow on me. It's true in this case.

    Thank-you for the "Likes" @Rekkert @Lizzy777 @MadKoiFish @Loophole and @furswift
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  • evil_genius_180evil_genius_1804256 Posts: 11,034Member
    I've started a Decatur Class. Why not!? I've got the saucer and engines already.

    Nice start. I'm a fan of that design.
  • ashleytingerashleytinger1998 Central OhioPosts: 1,233Member
    Nice work so far. The Ascension/Belknap has been a favorite since I got Starship Design at a convention way back when. Gods I'm old.
    Brandenberg
  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    Thanks @evil_genius_180 and @ashleytinger

    I'm now a fan of it too.
  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    A new angle. More work on it.

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    I also wanted to mention that I went back to Disneyland Anaheim, and got one ride on the new "Rise of the Resistance" Star Wars Galaxy's edge ride.
    If you get the chance - you've go to see this! The scale of the thing is massive. I've stood in a life size Docking Bay of a Star Destroyer with 200 Storm Troopers all lined up and at attention. Behind them is a HUGE screen depicting space outside of the docking bay with ships moving across it. Crystal Clear. There are tie fighters, shuttles and other ships in the bay with you. We were being taken to interrogation after getting tractored into the bay.

    How we got into the bay is a mystery. We started in a forest boarding a resistance shuttle. Blaster damage appears as you travel through this thing. Guaranteed to make you walk away scratching your head and asking, "How did they do that?"
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  • Warp Propulsion LaboratoryWarp Propulsion Laboratory913 BrooklynPosts: 322Member
    This is coming along quite nicely! Such a graceful design, I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it. :)
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  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    I made a lot of progress on the front and most of the hull and neck. Some detail on the front needed and I haven't quite finished the shuttle bay aft.

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  • MadKoiFishMadKoiFish9712 Posts: 5,302Member
    Really like the shapes in the secondary hull on this.
    Brandenberg
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  • RekkertRekkert4037 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPosts: 2,302Member
    Nice! I love the Belknap ever since doing the bridge for it. :lol:
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  • evil_genius_180evil_genius_1804256 Posts: 11,034Member
    The secondary hull is looking great so far.
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  • shaved_apeshaved_ape433 USAPosts: 158Member
    Nice work so far. The Ascension/Belknap has been a favorite since I got Starship Design at a convention way back when. Gods I'm old.

    I had the same thought about this shipp looking like the Belknap, or even a variation of the Churchill Class too. @Brandenberg has done a great job so far.
    Brandenberg
  • srspicersrspicer390 Posts: 335Member
    This secondary hull was the most difficult to machine & carve as a physical master pattern. I only had basic blue prints to work from.
    Yours looks great!
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  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    Rekkert wrote: »
    Nice! I love the Belknap ever since doing the bridge for it. :lol:

    Can you put the url for where that work is? I want to look at it

    scifieric
  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    A big thanks all.
  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    Another angle - been working on smoothing and unifying the model.

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  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
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  • evil_genius_180evil_genius_1804256 Posts: 11,034Member
    That's looking really nice
    Brandenberg
  • FreakFreak1088 Posts: 4,361Member
    I was not sure on those Pylons but they are really starting to grow on me.
    Brandenberg
  • ashleytingerashleytinger1998 Central OhioPosts: 1,233Member
    There was a comic either set between Star Trek V and Star Trek VI where Kirk is in Nogura's office, and he's talking about better protecting the Constitution class nacelles by bringing them down below the saucer. I always thought this class was the result of that thought. I mean yeah I'm sure the writer was putting thought towards the Next Gen Enterprise, but I figure Nogura is a more immediate kind of guy.

    I'm really loving how she's coming together.
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  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    There was a comic either set between Star Trek V and Star Trek VI where Kirk is in Nogura's office, and he's talking about better protecting the Constitution class nacelles by bringing them down below the saucer. I always thought this class was the result of that thought. I mean yeah I'm sure the writer was putting thought towards the Next Gen Enterprise, but I figure Nogura is a more immediate kind of guy.

    I'm really loving how she's coming together.

    I didn't know about that one. I'm really glad you shared it. Yeah this design isn't something I would have immediately thought of but it works and works well.

    Thank-you @evil_genius_180 and @Freak
  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    edited February 2020 #720
    On another note: I'm going to have to taper the front some toward the deflector because the two side sensor structures really need to be better smoothed into the main hull. Of course the bottom one is just fine because of the steep slope there.

    Also one construction thought should anyone want to try this ship. It was inevitable but I had to slightly twist the engine pylons along their length toward the underside of the main hull. It's subtle but really made things cleaner.
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  • BrandenbergBrandenberg1655 CaliforniaPosts: 1,937Member
    I had to adjust the deflector size down to add some detail around it. I tapered the front too, fixing the side sensor bodies.

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