Helot

Been gone a long time and was happy to see this place is still around and active. Was never very engaged but was a regular lurker. Hope to change that.

Was excited to see some old names still posting here.

Some latest I've done. Maybe 1 or 2 of y'all have seen these.

I do have one 5-view of the 3 images I originally posted.

Thank you and thank you!
So, I'm reorganizing too many libraries and files I have scattered about. I just like building models more than anything but thought I'd do 5 views of stuff as I catalog them. So, one more from the weekend. This is a Atolm design that he did a mod for SFC back in the day. I had the very rough MOD file that I improved upon. It's so Atolm.

An explorer class ship I've had on the back burner for sometime now has been moved into my texture queue. Not much to see right now. I modeled this a couple of years ago but it has sat with a few other projects gathering virtual dust.

Saucer always most time consuming for me but I made some good headway last couple days.

So, took a quick step back to reevaluate ship size based on observation by BolianAdmiral. Port were too big if ship is close to size of Nebula class (which it probably was when I started designing it).

Redo on saucer textures which were reapplied, moved on to some hull components and nacelles.



Really just need to do the big sensor thingy and deflector to be done. Some doodads will just get basic coloring.

I have a series titled 'Seldom Seen Ships of Star Fleet' that is comprised of odd, one off or low production ships. I imagine SF is like any navy or air force with low production, specialty or evaluation designs that get a lease on life but don't get the recognition of the more mainstream craft.

Here is a recently completed example, it's humorous backstory can be read here https://www.deviantart.com/helot/art/Iotian-Class-969794914

Yeah, docking ports are so ooo much fun to figure out. Like where you landed.

This is cool. The Lego linking for assembly seems smart.

Love the idea of a ship that's built around an asteroid! The original Red Dwarf had one embedded in its hull. Very cool.

Blender envy, sigh. Have to agree with other comments, I would be convinced these are studio model shots.