So, ThePhxRises has been kind enough to take on the commission for the Alaska-Class Starship, from the old blueprint sheet from the convention days of yore. As far as I'm aware, nobody has ever modeled this ship, in CGI or physical media, so it looks like we're the first. Here are the first batch of WIP images. You can contact ThePhxRises for commissions here:
It really is an odd duck of a ship, but in a way, that’s why I like it, lol... then again, I’m the guy who also loves the Yeager and Elkins, lol. Like I told ThePhxRises, all we’ve ever seen of this ship is a pretty crudely drawn set of 2D views, and as is obvious, she’s a hodgepodge of a ship... so I’m just really curious to see how well the design and form translates into 3D, as a real “physical” ship.
Thanks to ThePhxRises! I always wanted to see what this design would look like in 3D, and now that I do, it definitely works better in 3D than 2D. It's a workable ship, for sure. She's just kind of an odd jumble of Excelsior and Constitution bits. Here's a few more images of the basically finished ship.
She looks great!
My unique niptick is about the external megaphasers, which looks weird... They could be integrated into the hul, but... since the mesh is faithfull to the original plans, I understand the megaphasers needs to stay where they are.
Unsurprisingly, she is well-armed. My favorite other part has to be the neck. I just love the way that it curves down.
Since she has a 5 digit registry, I'd be tempted to give her collimated phaser arrays, rather than phaser banks, to better reflect her apparent construction, which would be smack-dab in the middle of TLE, when Ambassadors reined supreme.
And I would not go with USS Nelson for her name, since it is such a commonly used name, in both fanon and beta canon. There are other admirals in history whose names are not used as often, but just as worthy. Not that the Wellington class is pretty, but she does exist...
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I think that was at least partially the intention, as she uses Ingram nacelles.
Heh, I don't know that I am either, lol. It's a weird shape to model, and I'm not even a big fan of how it looks.
Overall I think the design works, though.
We are not letting you live this down. Ever.
Because it is just not working.
There is a reason that the producer ignored FASA, and made a brand new design for the Ent-C.
On the other hand, the use of 4 pairs of mega-phasers-that's a brave choice...
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Thanks! I've actually made quite a bit more progress on the detailing since those images.
- Mike Oldfield
My unique niptick is about the external megaphasers, which looks weird... They could be integrated into the hul, but... since the mesh is faithfull to the original plans, I understand the megaphasers needs to stay where they are.
Since she has a 5 digit registry, I'd be tempted to give her collimated phaser arrays, rather than phaser banks, to better reflect her apparent construction, which would be smack-dab in the middle of TLE, when Ambassadors reined supreme.
And I would not go with USS Nelson for her name, since it is such a commonly used name, in both fanon and beta canon. There are other admirals in history whose names are not used as often, but just as worthy. Not that the Wellington class is pretty, but she does exist...
In a screen shot or in a show or movie, yes self lit is good but for schematics & ortho u need it lit up so u can see the detail of the ship