its always the federation ships that end up on the forums anywhere and everywhere i'm sure if people wanted they could seriously invade every sector with the number of ships laying around and thus i decided to work on something different i'm sure you know what faction it belongs to
but those who dont ... its the dominion ship based off the battleship but with some minor changes to put my take on it only a top 3/4 perspective view for the minute as the under side and back arent modelled yet
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This is the WIP section so comments like that don't need to be stated.
as for details i'm focused on getting the rest of this built up before i dive into its detailing i've actually only built this on one side and then mirrored it over this so the textures line up and look decent ... as i'm still figuring out how to make the uv texture and unfold it .... right bk to work i go hopefully update this tonight
Nice start. I like the Dominion warships, it's nice to see one being done.
anyhow not much of an update render redid the wing as it had a few mesh errors looks alot nicer now imo but here ya go added a few details and got the major stuff done ... just need to do the windows and some more panels .. maybe a few tubes and i'm thinking of redoing the nacelles and as for the warp panels ... i'm thinking of using tubes though not sure on it yet dont want to over do the poly count lol
ripped the nacelles off the model and started bashing away at this
any idea's as to what it'll be replacing ?
well if your not sure take a guess .... will tell you what it is / or will be after i've got the full blocking out done
well stated lol
Indeed, the Federation ships are in majority, but it's kinda logical if you think about it. The most popular races are either the Feds or the Klingons, so they naturally get the most attention.
sufice to say that seeing the andorian battlecruiser ... and the fact they had become part of the federation i decided to see what an earth built andorian would look like .. and on that note here she is
the karris line of ships flagship ( to my empire haha ) ... the U.S.S. Karris
That's not to say I don't like it. However, I would like it better without the Starfleet-style nacelles.
EG is right though, the member races may be free to join Starfleet and serve on these ships, but it's just as likely that the companies, groups, system-patrol organisation, etc. still employ the ships from their own yards. Partially as a sign of pride, partially out of tradition, partially even simply because it's easier to build a design that your race made (since longer than the Federation exists) than some non-native design. After all, we saw a Trill transport, a Vulcan transport, a Medusan courier, a Rigellian freighter, a Hekaran science vessel, and according to Azati Prime, the Klingons are a part of the Federation in 2550 and yet we see a Klingon Vor'Cha in the Battle (though you can expect especially such a proud race to keep their ships, their rank structure, their uniforms separetely intact).
or maybe for some reason the andorians handed over the blue prints and had andorian engineers and starfleet engineers work together to design and build this version ... as it doesnt yet have any back story and needs a major redo anyway ... who knows how it came about
on a side note ...... i've been checking the layout and trying to get the right amount of decks for my ships intentions ... she works out at 10 decks currently ... a little bigger then the amount i was for but no big deal just means adding a few more rooms lol
and trying to do that while basing it on fed designs / ideas is harder than i thought .... primary problem faces crossing through the middle of what should be an empty hull once i can figure the deck plan ... the hull will be redone to be as needed .... even if made in a few sections
fyi atm current hull is around 5500 polygons
rear hull
nose
wings
nacelles
they where kept sepperate to avoid crossing face issues
let me know what you think of the nacelles ... btw the blue is a place holder colour with self illumination
Or you could try redoing the doomsday machine from TOS. I know that the budget and effects were scarce for TOS and that the doomsday machine kind of fulfilled it's intent of being just a giant devouring maw that fired doomsday bolts, but still people have done some damn good reimagining of it, like here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhPjam4MUeY
The redesign was pretty good.
Example:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=star+trek+animated+series&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=CF44704976787CF71AAEE1619E09B5CE2883F581&selectedIndex=730
the models still got a lot of work to be done including a few pieces that need to be remodelled as usual for me .... but heres a few stats for her
4 impulse engines
new time disks - what i'm now calling the dilation-shift drive ( thought it sounded cool lol )
4 chroniton micro-cannons
the cockpit interior includes --- pilot seat wall steps to get in and out , one replicator and storage space for ground weapons, fire suppressor etc
this ship is crewed by one under normal circumstances but will eventually be able to seat the pilot and 1 passenger
as usual thoughts and suggestions are very welcome guys