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USSP WIPs (XI bandwagon 13/12)
« on: March 10, 2009, 10:46:55 PM »
Primes TOS-R Pack

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The UFP Camelot

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MSC Pegasus (White Base)

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RX-78-2

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USS Avalon

-New design, 50% done.

Type-6 Shuttle

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SA-77d Silpheed

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Universe Prime Kelvin
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Re: USSP WIPs (SA-77d First look)
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 09:44:55 AM »
In following of the trends of having one thread for all wips, I'm gonna do it too, especially if it'll help the forum.

Well, it's been a while since I started a new project, or did any 3d work at all, really. The recent introduction of the Vic Viper to BC had given me a little incentive to do something (As it is a craft design I just love), and what better to give a SHMUP fighter a good run for it's money than another SHMUP fighter?

Some may recognize it, though most probably won't.

Bomber variant stands at just over 9k, while the sniper stands at 8k.

To-do list:

-Model cockpit.
-Model RCS ports.
-Model vents.
-Finish modelling the main weapon hardpoint (Not the .py)
-Model the railgun variant.
-Find a patsy rube generous person with time to spare.
-Hardpoint/decide how I want to do the various weapons (Considering a torpedo system for the gunpod, pulses for the main gun and beams for the machine guns.)


The bottom image is for those who are interested, the first version of the model that I had made when I picked up modelling, in comparison to the current.

C&C welcome and encouraged.
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"The design is clearly ancient... Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Quote from: JimmyB76
der-ner-ner-ner-ner ..... der-ner-ner-ner-ner .....
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: USSP WIPs (New/reinvisioned project)
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2009, 10:20:32 AM »
I'm thinking of rebuilding the prime, this time with a small engineering section, however, I've never been good at TNG designs, and was hoping I could get some suggestions on how to tackle things like the blend between saucer and drive sections. I'm thinking she will somehow retain the look of the first attempt I made, with the slightly romulan look and nacelles hanging from above the drive rather than sweeping up from underneath

So, can anybody suggest how I could model the "Neck"? Not so much the design of it, just a method of such.
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: USSP WIPs (New/reinvisioned project)
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2009, 11:30:36 AM »
show us the ship you previously built mate. Im not sure what it looks like
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Re: USSP WIPs (New/reinvisioned project)
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2009, 10:33:01 PM »
The old one was hideous, and the more I think about it the less I want the ship to bear resemblance. It's more of a thing of "I can't figure out how to work the model from the saucer to the top-end of the drive". Now, I'd say I'm fairly comfortable with a few methods of modelling, but how have people who have attacked TNG+ era ships handled it personally?
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"The design is clearly ancient... Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Quote from: JimmyB76
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: USSP WIPs (New/reinvisioned project)
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2009, 09:02:20 AM »
Well, I've started rebuilding the SA-77d, she's alot more canon to the PS2 game "Silpheed: The Lost Planet" version. She currently stands at 6.8k polys give or take. Hull plates will be textured on, but I'm planning that vents will be modelled in to give some depth alongside the RCS system. The main weapon pod is only missing about 20 minutes of work, and the sub-weapons will be rebuilt, but that shouldn't take long either.
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"The design is clearly ancient... Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Quote from: JimmyB76
der-ner-ner-ner-ner ..... der-ner-ner-ner-ner .....
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2009, 05:17:27 AM »
A year in the rebuilding (Christ, it really has been a year, hasn't it?), but while trying to model a Galaxy Class with some help from my discovery of using Splines and Lathe Tool, I stumbled upon some inspiration somehow for the Prime.

She looks a little different, but it's still my girl under all those new hull plates. I've come up with a bunch of variations, but I can't decide which I like most. I'm sort of leaning towards concept 6, but it's still up in the air.

Please keep i mind, these are just concepts, and in no way are complete, I just assembled the basic shapes of the ship to give a rough idea to (myself, mostly) people as to how it will look in the end, whichever one I pick. So please, no comments about how the Saucer doesn't blend into the neck or how the drive section looks unfinished. The nacelles are also borrowed from the CG Sovereign used in KM 1.0, and will not be part of the final ship, these are merely placeholders. I'll only be using these (Minus the nacelles) to make blueprints from.

If anyone prefers a different concept please, by all means give your commentary. I may be able to salvage it for a second USP original. ;)
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"The design is clearly ancient... Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Quote from: JimmyB76
der-ner-ner-ner-ner ..... der-ner-ner-ner-ner .....
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2009, 07:29:01 AM »
6 looks great.
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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2009, 08:15:17 AM »
The saucer doesn't blend into the neck :P

On a serious note, I'd also say 6, but is there any difference between 6 and 5? They look the same from that angle.
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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2009, 08:16:04 AM »
The Nacelles are swept backward on concept 6, to a more Sovereign level. In 5 and all previous the nacelles are swept forward.
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2009, 08:33:00 AM »
Oh, I see. In that case, I like 6 the most. I've always liked the traditional straight/backwards pylons more than later designs.
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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2009, 09:33:52 AM »
I must say I like them all  :D
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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2009, 09:41:33 AM »
That's what I was afraid of. I'm quite fond of all of them, but I don't think I have enough inspiration currently to make them all unique, or at least give them a separate saucer module.. :lol:
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...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2009, 10:25:10 AM »
If I had to pick it would be 1 to be honest. She looks like a fast explorer/destroyer type.
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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2009, 10:59:48 AM »
A slipstream capable vessel, perhaps..?
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...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2009, 02:16:06 PM »
Perhaps, I'm not into all this slimstream/transwarp business. Maybe a fast destroyer, up there with the Intrepid and Promie warp speed wise. Kind of rapid employment starship to investigate or protect against minor threats.
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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2009, 02:47:00 PM »
They are all good but I opt for small to mid size or something a little different for a change... My top 3 preferences by order are 1,5 and 2. I know that's not much help but if I were you and you could only build one which would you like to have in game the most :?:
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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #17 on: March 31, 2009, 03:15:00 PM »
I like ONE, looks a bit like a tos BOP,  8)
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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2009, 10:42:06 PM »
Thank you all for your input, I am taking everyones suggestions and preferences into account, and apparently have predicted some things... I didn't have much time last night, but I did have just enough to try vary concept 1 a little more, and further improve the shape of concept 6 (Which I've decided will definitely be made, so now it's a toss up between the others people like). Hope people still like the Nova style. :P

If I do say so myself, I think 6 is getting close to the level of "Fluidness" I was after. Just wait till I actually make the pylons. ;)
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der-ner-ner-ner-ner ..... der-ner-ner-ner-ner .....
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...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: USSP WIPs (USS Prime concepts 31/3)
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2009, 03:22:40 AM »
Cool, torps on the front of one? or a deflector? looking forward to seeing the bridge :)
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