3DStar Trek ENT - Half Saucer / Intrepid Type WIP - 3ds Max

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• Doomsponge0 Posts: 0Member

  April 2012 #2

  Looking really good so far.
• Starship465 São Paulo - BrasilPosts: 1,976Member

  April 2012 #3

  

  YouA’re doing a great work!
• evil_genius_1804256 Posts: 11,034Member

  April 2012 #4

  

  Yeah, great work so far. This is my favorite ship from that series.
• Rekkert4055 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPosts: 2,305Member

  April 2012 #5

  

  Great start! Same as evil_genius, this is my favorite Earth ship from Enterprise.

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• utra0 Posts: 0Member

  April 2012 #6

  Thanks people, ive also been working on a "delta/ winged type" model and the Vulcan cruiser, im hoping to create the ships of the major races, (Earth, Vulcan, Andorian, Teller, Romulan ect) then maybe create some stills of the Earth /Romulan war, since the war was according to TOS meant to start about 2 years after the series finished, i doubt much will have changed in two years.
• Doomsponge0 Posts: 0Member

  April 2012 #7

  Remember, don't be afraid to make stuff up. It's one thing that's always bugged me a little about some science fiction CG art- how all the [insert faction here] starships are exactly the same class of vessel. Whilst sharing a basic hull isn't rare (and it isn't necessarily just a lazy method to save effort, the Ticonderoga and Arleigh Burke class cruisers and destroyers the US navy use today use the same hull). Bending the believability of a conflict just to fit 'canon' (and there is next to none on the Romulan war anyway, so don't worry) can be just as bad, if not worse, than making up things to fit an empty space.
• utra0 Posts: 0Member

  April 2012 #8

  I often add my own improvisions on something im working on, this model series was really for high-poly practice, though i dont expect the model to be more than 50k polys lol.
  
  You are correct though, in reality no two ships of the same configuration are even close to identical, a good eye can spot and recognize a ship without seeing the name or registry on the hull, look at the early Aircraft Carriers for this one, while many were built from the same blueprints there hull supports were rarely the same ship to ship, while modular based design has increased the similarities there are still noticeable differences.
  
  In trek the only time i ever noticed ship differences within the same class and type were the two NX class ships in Enterprise Columbia's hull was slightly different color than Enterprise, the Deflectors were difrent along with the bridge and corridors.
• aylaa120 Posts: 0Member

  April 2012 #9

  GREAT START HERE GOOD WORK
• Pearse0 Posts: 0Member

  April 2012 #10

  There are a few other cases, but they're mostly side effects of the models being heavily modified, and then being difficult to return to their original configuration. For instance, the Galaxy class Venture has phaser emitters on the tops of the nacelles because the model was previously used as the three-nacelled Enterprise, and those elements had been left on more through luck than by design.
  
  The Ambassador class ships have a few differences, too, as do the NX and NCC versions of the Excelsior.
• utra0 Posts: 0Member

  April 2012 #11

  Thanks to everyone for your comments and feedback it has greatly helped, i thaught id post a little spoiler from one of my other WIP ENT-ERA ships.
  
  The Vulcan Cruiser.
  

  Vulcan_Cruiser_01.jpg 169.9K

  Vulcan_Cruiser_02.jpg 235.2K

  Vulcan_Cruiser_03.jpg 226.6K
• evil_genius_1804256 Posts: 11,034Member

  April 2012 #12

  

  That looks fantastic so far.