This is looking great. As regards to how the secondary hull blends into the mesh, could you not curve it a little like the Sovereign? That doesn't curve as much as the Prometheus but also isn't quite as sharp as you current version.
That better for sure, although I'd still say you're coming up a fair bit smaller than what was seen on the show;
There 3 a bit bit decks under the phaser strip there. It looks to me as if the top of the saucer is probably 12/13 decks high taking in to account the bridge module. Your model is looking roughly the size of the intrepid class whereas I 'think' it's a fair bit bigger. Feel free to tell me to shush, lol, just pointing out what I see.
According the Rick Sternbach, those cutouts on either side of the Alpha Hull's main deflector are Torpedo Launchers.
It is your model, of course, but I kind of like this theme started by the Nova class, where the torpedo tubes are cut into the hull, and the Beta hull continues this theme.
Ok I hadn't seen sternbachs drawing there, his scaling there is far closer to how you have it. The production model seems to convey a much larger ship.
The mesh is also missing this dip in the hull near the outer edge:
BTW, I've always hated the multivector crap - this ship would be perfectly awesome as a normal ship (even with four engines), and IMO the multivector thing was just gratuitous crap that ruins it. The hidden "saucer" engines were particularly awful.
Other than the two accuracy issues mentioned, this is looking very good so far.
I think it looks better without that weird dip, FWIW. I know this is an idealised version of the ship and it's shaping up great so far.
The MVAM never bothered me much as the ship was designed for combat. It's a quick way of bolstering numbers if needed. The mini-nacelles and three warp cores were ridiculous though.
I think MVAM would have worked better if it was saucer+top as Alpha and bottom as Beta. two warp capable combat ships about the size of an Akira would have been "groundbreaking" from a tactical POV. The saucer with the whack-a-mole nacelles was silly.
If i were to do a prometheus myself, that's how I'd do it as a "production" version.
I love your rationalized version however, but i personally reckon the "canon" window cutouts over the sternbach concept ones, if the ship feels larger, the MVAM looks less silly for space utilization.
Prometheus is said to be 414m long with 15 decks. Voyager is 344m long and also 15 decks.
I mostly go with Sternbach's sketches because they better match to the stated size. And I think the dips on the saucers top and edge make it look rather dented. So I initially decided to not go this way but try to achive a clean look that will mix elements of the Intrepid and Sovereign class.
i have to agree that the smaller size makes more sense with the multivector gizmo...small ship splits into 3 to take on a bigger one.... i guess it makes sense haha.. having a larger ship split into 3 for combat seems kind of pointless... or dumb??? who am i to judge???
I love how it's coming along! I noticed you didn't include the larger deck 2 structure that's present on the concept sketches but not on the finished model, was that just too different from what was seen onscreen to include?
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It's interesting seeing the two ships together like that. They certainly feel like the same family but different. Imagine if the Prometheus had been pulled into the DQ instead of the Equinox.
I love how it's coming along! I noticed you didn't include the larger deck 2 structure that's present on the concept sketches but not on the finished model, was that just too different from what was seen onscreen to include?
I did it but then I thought the deck1 structure looked silly on top of another similar shaped accented structure at deck 2.
I'm reallllllly hoping to see this project completed one day. It's so far the best and most detailed version of the Prometheus I've seen.
There are several Prommy models out there, but sadly they're not highly detailed (no offense to those modelers), it makes it hard to do closeups and realistic images when those models don't hold up the closer the camera gets to the ship.
I would love to be able to play with this model one day and create some awesome images and animations with the mesh. I wish I was good enough a Prometheus Class model myself, but sadly it's definitely beyond my modelling skill level right now.
The problem is, you're bumping an incredibly old thread to the top of the "Recent Posts" list. While we all would like to see this project completed, bumping it to the top makes people think that there are new updates. When it's not your thread and it's incredibly old and you post in it, that's called necroposting, and it's frowned upon, as stated in the forum rules:
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...your windows are much larger with different deck spacing, which to my eye has made you model look a lot smaller.
The not matching seperation cut on the back is already fixed.
There 3 a bit bit decks under the phaser strip there. It looks to me as if the top of the saucer is probably 12/13 decks high taking in to account the bridge module. Your model is looking roughly the size of the intrepid class whereas I 'think' it's a fair bit bigger. Feel free to tell me to shush, lol, just pointing out what I see.
It is your model, of course, but I kind of like this theme started by the Nova class, where the torpedo tubes are cut into the hull, and the Beta hull continues this theme.
BTW, I've always hated the multivector crap - this ship would be perfectly awesome as a normal ship (even with four engines), and IMO the multivector thing was just gratuitous crap that ruins it. The hidden "saucer" engines were particularly awful.
Other than the two accuracy issues mentioned, this is looking very good so far.
The MVAM never bothered me much as the ship was designed for combat. It's a quick way of bolstering numbers if needed. The mini-nacelles and three warp cores were ridiculous though.
If i were to do a prometheus myself, that's how I'd do it as a "production" version.
I love your rationalized version however, but i personally reckon the "canon" window cutouts over the sternbach concept ones, if the ship feels larger, the MVAM looks less silly for space utilization.
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I mostly go with Sternbach's sketches because they better match to the stated size. And I think the dips on the saucers top and edge make it look rather dented. So I initially decided to not go this way but try to achive a clean look that will mix elements of the Intrepid and Sovereign class.
i have to agree that the smaller size makes more sense with the multivector gizmo...small ship splits into 3 to take on a bigger one.... i guess it makes sense haha.. having a larger ship split into 3 for combat seems kind of pointless... or dumb??? who am i to judge???
I did it but then I thought the deck1 structure looked silly on top of another similar shaped accented structure at deck 2.
There are several Prommy models out there, but sadly they're not highly detailed (no offense to those modelers), it makes it hard to do closeups and realistic images when those models don't hold up the closer the camera gets to the ship.
I would love to be able to play with this model one day and create some awesome images and animations with the mesh. I wish I was good enough a Prometheus Class model myself, but sadly it's definitely beyond my modelling skill level right now.
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