Enigma Class 3D Model U.S.S Epic By Tobias Richter

[Saquist]

I commissioned Tobias to get this ship done.
He's worth every penny and his work is impeccable.
Here is some of his work.

Background on the ship:

I designed it around the time of Voyager's first season.  It is a blend of Intrepid and Excelsior.
I got the long nacelles with black trim  and Secondary hull from Excelsior. The Cargo bay in the back of the secondary hull.  The nacelles sit on top of the Pylons to mimic Excelsior upright appearance.  The Saucer warp engines also mimic Excelsior's impulse engines.  The Voyager elements are the "lay down" style shape that removes the neck completely.  The bussard scoops and the top detail aswell as the articulating pylons.  The shuttle bay. The saucer as many details from Intrepid such as the deflector .

But the ships is designed by Romulans and Section 31.
So it will have a green deflector.   The nacelles are particularly aggressive looking.  The ship is extremely armored and stealth.  Very very few windows and finally the Romulan response to the Defiant's phaser cannon's ...A pulse Cannon array on the front of the saucer powered by a dedicated Warp Core. This weapon in game would fire like 12 Defiant phasers all in a row producing a rapidly traveling blade of energy similar to the Plasmatic Pulse

His updates so far.









http://imageshack.com/a/img440/3410/2tjq.jpg

I've been communicating with Tobias mostly on the shape that the ship is supposed to take but the details will largely be his.
I alreadly like what he's done with the top of the nacelles and the articulation joint.  Very Visceral.

[flarespire]

This is a very well thought of and unique design, I really like it, cant wait to see how she progresses. (Cookie Torp away!)

[newhalo123]

I hope when it's done, we can get it in game. Even though the poly count will most likely be astronomical, I presume some people have the pc for it to work.


The ship looks absolutely amazing though, His work is just perfect. I can't say enough how good this looks.

Also, is this model even going to be released for someone to hardpoint? What I mean is, since you are paying for his work, ("I commissioned Tobias to get this ship done. He's worth every penny and his work is impeccable." ) I am not sure how this is gonna work... I haven't seen anyone do this for a model yet here, so i am curious if it is yours to give out as it is your design, or his, as he made it a reality by being paid...

In any case, Great ship!

[WileyCoyote]

I'm very curious of how much this cost you.

[eclipse74569]

I'm very curious of how much this cost you. And can I have some of that money???

Fixed!

But seriously...that HAS to cost an arm and a leg!!!  Or your first born!  It's an interesting design to say the least .  Though the bottom saucer I feel is lacking.....but I chalk that up to the mesh not being complete yet

[WileyCoyote]

But seriously...that HAS to cost an arm and a leg!!!  Or your first born!

I guess $250-500 minimum.

[Saquist]

We're continuing to work on the Deflector and the Cargo space in the rear.  The detail is a bear.
I prefer to be discrete about cost but suffice to say more than a grand.

[KrrKs]

wow.
I guess the model wouldn't even load in BC! Do you have any information about the current Poly count?
I'm also curious about how much communication there is going on between you two (especially regarding all those little details).

[Saquist]

Currently 335,760 Polys
174,350 Vents
FPS: 535.203

[Bones]

Damn, both design and model are fantastic  I hope this one comes to BC eventually ;)

[FarShot]

Since the isn't BC intended just yet though, I'm going to move this thread to a more appropriate forum.

[newhalo123]

I would love this for Excalibur when both are done! Bc might not be able to handle it, but Excalibur will! And this would be an awesome ship to show off the game with.

[FarShot]

Just because an engine is better does not mean it can handle this.  We're going to be talking about insane memory usage trying to render in real-time what will likely exceed 500,000 polygons soon.  This is without texturing as well.

[Darkthunder]

Why do people always assume that "More polygons = Better" ? I'd rather see a well-crafted 20k polygon ship which I can have dozens onscreen at the same time, rather than looking at a single 500k polygon ship in slideshow-mode.

[CyAn1d3]

Why do people always assume that "More polygons = Better" ? I'd rather see a well-crafted 20k polygon ship which I can have dozens onscreen at the same time, rather than looking at a single 500k polygon ship in slideshow-mode.

... glad im not the only one

[Darkthunder]

Forgot to add, Textures more than make up for "Lack of polygons" in most cases. Add to that, modern day techniques such as bump mapping, ambient occlusion etc. There's really no need for "500k polygon models" in a game environment.

[Saquist]

I was floored by these updates. 
It's amazing how Tobias takes my direction and goes even further with it and often knows exactly where I'm going or even knows a better way.  He's a greebling Master.  I struggle with small details like this.  He makes it look absolutely effortless.

[nxadam1701]

Flawless. I'm happy for you. It's not everyday someone gets the vision actually made. More picture please.

Adam

[KrrKs]

That level of detail is astonishing! 
(Wait, do you want to use the model in some kind of CGI movie?
-Seeing a render of a shuttle or something flying in or out of those Bays would be freaking great!)

Are those out -sticking bits Tractor projectors?

[Nebula]

This is just wow!!!

I can't help but be reminded of my own ship in this thing.