good motion and i know they are correct for voyager but they seem a bit too small to hold a starship's weight against gravity. in the video i find it annoying and disconcerting to see the moving parts through the hull but the hull itself looks well modelled and textured. with transporters and shuttles i think i would leave the ship in orbit though.
I was in high scool when the episode The 37s premiered, which was when we first saw Voyager landing. I remember having a discussion with my buddies at school about the ship landing on those four tiny legs and how implausible it was.
It was explained by Rick Sternbach that there is a low-powered antigrav field generated by the Reaction Control Thrusters in conjunction with the Deflector Array that helps support the ship's mass on a planetary surface. This was definitely something I read online and not an explanation given in show.
I love this ship, ever since I first saw her and your model does her justice. Excellent work, I'm envious
That works great until the ship shuts down completely or loses main power or the RCS system fails. If the ship's mass was being supported by RCS thusters when any of those happened, the struts would break and the ship would crash onto the surface, causing massive damage.
But, it's a TV show. It's not like it's real. Like Chris said, airplanes do land on relatively small landing legs. Plus, we know they have tougher building materials in the future, so it's possible they're made out of some kind of super alloy, or something like that.
That works great until the ship shuts down completely or loses main power or the RCS system fails. If the ship's mass was being supported by RCS thusters when any of those happened, the struts would break and the ship would crash onto the surface, causing massive damage.
But, it's a TV show. It's not like it's real. Like Chris said, airplanes do land on relatively small landing legs. Plus, we know they have tougher building materials in the future, so it's possible they're made out of some kind of super alloy, or something like that.
Like I said, it was an interview with Rick Sternbach in which this explanation was given, it's not something I haphazardly threw in the mix.
She is out now. Check back my website and grab it from the downloads section.
For all non C4D users I'd recommend to try the FBX version first.
The main files come without landing legs and with closed doors. I saved the lowered legs and opened doors in a separate file.
The texture archive is required for all files.
I also saved the light rig in a separate file, but I have no clue if they had been export properly. But the model doesn't have so many lights (2 spot lights and some running lights).
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I love this ship, ever since I first saw her and your model does her justice. Excellent work, I'm envious
But, it's a TV show. It's not like it's real. Like Chris said, airplanes do land on relatively small landing legs. Plus, we know they have tougher building materials in the future, so it's possible they're made out of some kind of super alloy, or something like that.
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Btw those sticking out front torpedo launchers are looking so misplaced and silly, I hate them.
No problem. I think BlobVanDam's Voyager has one of the most accurate deflector dish areas, that I've used anyway. Yours is right up there with his.
Yea, I always wondered why they couldn't be recessed... but it's grown on me.
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Like I said, it was an interview with Rick Sternbach in which this explanation was given, it's not something I haphazardly threw in the mix.
For all non C4D users I'd recommend to try the FBX version first.
The main files come without landing legs and with closed doors. I saved the lowered legs and opened doors in a separate file.
The texture archive is required for all files.
I also saved the light rig in a separate file, but I have no clue if they had been export properly. But the model doesn't have so many lights (2 spot lights and some running lights).
Have fun with it and share your renders.
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