Author Topic: The Loonatics present: Star Trek Invasion mod (Read 34707 times)

Nihilus · « **Reply #160 on:** June 17, 2012, 04:51:31 PM »

Quote from: mckinneyc on June 17, 2012, 08:39:31 AM

I always thought of it as a interchangeable pod like the Nebula which is why it has a launcher in the main body of the ship

This makes a lot of sense actually. Wasn't the Defiant Class supposed to be one of the first ships designed solely for combat the Federation has built in a long time? Yet the amount of Torpedo launchers the Akira Class has makes her seem like she was a warship and her registry number implies she's older than the Defiant Class which would then mean the Akira was a Federation warship long before the Defiant Class was built. Unless of course your theory is true and the Akira actually had some kind of sensor pod instead. Considering First Contact was the Akira's first appearance and the Dominion had already been encountered at that time, (which was the reason the Defiant was pulled out of storage to begin with), then the Akira could have simply been upgraded with a Torpedo platform to increase her combat rating.

Now I'd kind of like to see what kind of sensor pod the Akira Class might have been fitted with

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #161 on:** June 18, 2012, 01:20:35 AM »

The Akira is now ingame (fixed the torpedo area as well).

Enjoy.

I'm now taking a 1-month summer class, so there will be even less updates from me. But once I'm done, I'll resume.

Eloi · « **Reply #162 on:** June 18, 2012, 01:24:12 AM »

That looks really nicely done, Wiley. I'm glad we will finally have a really nice Akira to play with.

FarShot · « **Reply #163 on:** June 18, 2012, 01:37:22 AM »

She looks excellent. I'm curious about your thoughts while building her. Have any comments/critiques of the design, newfound appreciation, anything like that?

bdfd · « **Reply #164 on:** June 18, 2012, 03:17:02 AM »

Hi,
Stunning work (as usual)

Where can I download it ?

One sure thing, I'll rate for it nextly !

Captain_D · « **Reply #165 on:** June 18, 2012, 04:08:25 AM »

:eek WOW. that is beautiful man. Exceptional work.

Well deserved cookie.

mckinneyc · « **Reply #166 on:** June 18, 2012, 06:10:36 AM »

Love it Wiley, I think your best work to date. However there seems to be an issue with the nav lights

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #167 on:** June 18, 2012, 09:40:39 AM »

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However there seems to be an issue with the nav lights

I'll make those colored nav lights smaller. I'm using the JLS Akira hardpoint.

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Stunning work (as usual)
Where can I download it ?

Not out yet.

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She looks excellent. I'm curious about your thoughts while building her. Have any comments/critiques of the design, newfound appreciation, anything like that?

I've always liked the Akira- it has a balanced design. Plus, re-imagining the FC Borg battle as I was building her was fun too.

Constructing the catamarans were probably the hardest part of the design. I also had to invent a way of filling areas of blank hull with something, rather than just plain color.

As usual, I try to make the ship look as close as possible as represented in the movies/shows. Other then that, I knew the ship looked cool, and my interpretation was going to look awesome...it was just a matter of time. Now I'll be able to build ships that also have catamarans...

Nebula · « **Reply #168 on:** June 18, 2012, 11:53:20 AM »

Just a question what is this ship scaled to?

IIRC the Akira Saucer should be as wide as the Sovs.

mckinneyc · « **Reply #169 on:** June 18, 2012, 12:05:25 PM »

Quote from: WileyCoyote on June 18, 2012, 09:40:39 AM

I've always liked the Akira- it has a balanced design. Plus, re-imagining the FC Borg battle as I was building her was fun too. Constructing the catamarans were probably the hardest part of the design. I also had to invent a way of filling areas of blank hull with something, rather than just plain color.

As usual, I try to make the ship look as close as possible as represented in the movies/shows. Other then that, I knew the ship looked cool, and my interpretation was going to look awesome...it was just a matter of time. Now I'll be able to build ships that also have catamarans...

You have really done her justice Wiley. Would love to see your take on the other FC designs. I think she is going to be a fav with me playing BC and making screenshots. Again good job!

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #170 on:** June 18, 2012, 12:57:13 PM »

Have a cookie again Wiley, she looks absolutely brilliant!

Quote from: mckinneyc on June 18, 2012, 12:05:25 PM

You have really done her justice Wiley. Would love to see your take on the other FC designs. I think she is going to be a fav with me playing BC and making screenshots. Again good job!

Well, the Steamrunner was in Star Trek Invasion, so that's a possibility.

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #171 on:** June 18, 2012, 01:21:25 PM »

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Just a question what is this ship scaled to?

IIRC the Akira Saucer should be as wide as the Sovs.

I just did a size comparison to my Nemesis Sovereign, and the Akira's saucer is just as wide as the Sovereign.

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Well, the Steamrunner was in Star Trek Invasion, so that's a possibility.

USS Discovery as I recall. It was the ship that was caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole, and you had to rescue its escape pods.

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #172 on:** June 18, 2012, 01:28:45 PM »

Quote from: WileyCoyote on June 18, 2012, 01:21:25 PM

USS Discovery as I recall. It was the ship that was caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole, and you had to rescue its escape pods.

Yep. Fun times. I remembered mainly cause I booted up Invasion when you started this pack and took a look at all the models to see what exactly you were getting in to.

moed · « **Reply #173 on:** June 18, 2012, 02:40:38 PM »

Outstanding job Wiley

One thing though, and I realize this may not be canon but, I think the phaser arrays look too "plain" - seems like they just have a greyish flat texture and that's it. It may be because the resolution of your screen shots are not close up enough to the ship to see any details but in case the arrays are actually plain, I feel a model of this high quality should have more detail on the them.

Just my opinion.

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #174 on:** June 18, 2012, 03:46:42 PM »

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One thing though, and I realize this may not be canon but, I think the phaser arrays look too "plain" - seems like they just have a greyish flat texture and that's it. It may be because the resolution of your screen shots are not close up enough to the ship to see any details but in case the arrays are actually plain, I feel a model of this high quality should have more detail on the them.

They weren't that detailed to begin with.

http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/alex-jaeger-week-the-akira-class/

Nebula · « **Reply #175 on:** June 18, 2012, 04:47:50 PM »

If anything I think they are the same style found on the Galaxy class.

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #176 on:** June 18, 2012, 07:49:25 PM »

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If anything I think they are the same style found on the Galaxy class.

Time to break out the Galaxy textures.

eclipse74569 · « **Reply #177 on:** June 19, 2012, 12:09:28 AM »

Loving it!!! Once again I only hope I can master ship-building as well as you have!!!

moed · « **Reply #178 on:** June 19, 2012, 12:19:51 AM »

Quote from: WileyCoyote on June 18, 2012, 03:46:42 PM

They weren't that detailed to begin with.

http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/alex-jaeger-week-the-akira-class/

I see what you're talking about.

But what I was envisioning is something like what DJ does with his phaser strips: a kind of "ribbing" that I think gives them much more of a functional look.

In any case, it's a masterful work.

Spectacular job dude!

Meteorafallen · « **Reply #179 on:** June 19, 2012, 07:43:22 PM »

O.O They look awesome in-game Wiley! Are you sure you didn't just steal that from ILM, and they just blamed it on a "fire"? LMAO

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