Author Topic: TOS WORK - 7/6/09 update more ship wip (Read 10193 times)

Phoenix Bondi · « **on:** May 29, 2009, 03:30:20 PM »

ok guys im doing alot of time and work into this, but here is my connie, this will NOT interfear with moon's but i will have all 3 types of the connie avalible at the end of it, anywho after all the trouble's i've had with the shuttle bay i finally have the main hull finished with a few minor tweek's still to be done

gdata · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:35:53 PM »

very detailed...what's the polycount right now?

edit: and worth a cookie of course ;)

Shino Tenshi · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:45:16 PM »

Seems you finally got her @r5e right.

cookie incoming!

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:47:46 PM »

1984 poly BUT I've got a lot of cleaning on it still to be done, so I'm quite happy with it. if I do need to lower it I can edit the sensor array and the shuttle bay I just can't belive how HARD it was when I finally clicked it took me like 5 Seconds lol. i will say thought i've not attached the sensor array or the shuttle bay yet due to the fact i have gone bit high with the detail on her lol

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #4 on:** May 29, 2009, 10:51:30 PM »

Ok so I'm just off to bed now, not feeling great at all, but here she is so far

when this ones done it'll be the cage veriant, but I'm doing everything in bits basically so i can kitbash it if I wanted to lol hope u lot like her

being honest about it my favorit part of my connie is the sensor dish and bit behind it lol opinons

eclipse74569 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2009, 11:01:49 PM »

I'm not sure about the Dish...something seems a bit off...Come to think about it, I think it's the size...I think it's slightly bigger in diameter on the Cage varient. Smack me if I'm wrong!

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #6 on:** May 30, 2009, 11:10:20 AM »

ok everyone here is the final update before welding it together and doing textures, she stand's at 8762polys before being put together so im looking at 8.5k when complete, i might add the bar's to the saucer in mesh not texture since i should have enough, anywho here u go guys

the observation area for the shuttle bay!!lol

just showing off the nacel detail

here is the impulse and aft torp launcher

LOOK YUK!!! aparently the bridge on the cage connie is bigger!!

here you can see i've increased the sensor array size

MarkyD · « **Reply #7 on:** May 30, 2009, 12:22:06 PM »

Looks good, but the bridge area seems to extrude too much

Phaser · « **Reply #8 on:** May 30, 2009, 02:50:02 PM »

Looks like you've got the shape of the upper saucer, the impulse engine, and deflector housing down nicely!

As for the rest of it, it's good for a start, but if you're going for accuracy, you'll want to redo the deflector dish, bridge, underside of the saucer, and nacelle grills. I'd also add polys to the nacelle pylons to give the edges a more rounded appearance. Oh, and you forgot the three extrusions on the bottom of the nacelles, behind the bussard collectors.

I'd be happy to give you tips and reference images if you like. Just send me a message on WLM. Again, good start.

FourChan · « **Reply #9 on:** May 30, 2009, 03:11:04 PM »

In my opinion, you'd wanna remove the rings on the underside of the saucer, due to reference pic from The Cage

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2009, 07:22:33 PM »

Ehhh, the ends of the nacelles seem a little bit off, and if you're doing The Cage version first, the deflector's too small. Also, I'd smooth up the bridge a little bit. Still a nice piece of work though.

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #11 on:** May 30, 2009, 07:27:18 PM »

Quote from: markyd on May 30, 2009, 12:22:06 PM

Looks good, but the bridge area seems to extrude too much

That's coz its the CRAPPY cage connie mate, can show u pics if need be bro! but yer, YUK!!

Quote from: FourChan on May 30, 2009, 03:11:04 PM

In my opinion, you'd wanna remove the rings on the underside of the saucer, due to reference pic from The Cage

humm, just watched the episode to cheak, yer they're there but mine's slightly too low, redo that bit me think's

Quote from: Shadowknight1 on May 30, 2009, 07:22:33 PM

Ehhh, the ends of the nacelles seem a little bit off, and if you're doing The Cage version first, the deflector's too small. Also, I'd smooth up the bridge a little bit. Still a nice piece of work though.

any chance u can show me i've increased the size by 1/4 than that of the normal one so any help would be nice

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #12 on:** May 31, 2009, 12:23:49 AM »

UPDATE

ok bad news, I might have to lose some detail on her as she's hit 11k she still needs cleaning and welding together but I can't see that saving me 2k maybe 1k tops. but none the less this is a HUGE improvement on the last few pics I showed

The new Impulse area - as pointed out to me by erwtng so thanks very much

new nacelles more CAGE cannon now (more poly's but worth it)

increased the sensor dish some more, but might have to lose the in groves around the saucer-how do u guys feel about that? it'll run with them, maybe laggy for low-end PCs

Nebula · « **Reply #13 on:** May 31, 2009, 12:56:06 AM »

very well done

Centurus · « **Reply #14 on:** May 31, 2009, 02:17:31 AM »

If I may suggest, add more segments to the saucer to give it a smoother round appearance, and maybe chamfer the edges of the saucer rim also just ever so slightly.

Villain · « **Reply #15 on:** May 31, 2009, 07:35:07 AM »

Before you go for accuracy, you must first ask yourself if you want to go for accuracy based on the original tv version, or the newest DVD release version. The new version has more work put into the hull details (Like the "Bomb chute" on the underside of the engineering section). Though it's looking nice indeed!

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #16 on:** May 31, 2009, 07:58:24 AM »

Quote from: USS Prime on May 31, 2009, 07:35:07 AM

Before you go for accuracy, you must first ask yourself if you want to go for accuracy based on the original tv version, or the newest DVD release version. The new version has more work put into the hull details (Like the "Bomb chute" on the underside of the engineering section). Though it's looking nice indeed!

any chance you can get me some pictures of what u mean?

Villain · « **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2009, 08:03:19 AM »

This is what I mean. The models are more detailed and the textures are far different, though really, it's up to you whether you wish to go with the old model or the CGI Connie. There should be a boatload of images on memory-alpha.

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2009, 08:13:13 AM »

HOLY FRACK ! :shock: that's amazing thats gotta be the best remastard pic ive seen, only just finished tos remastard season 1, in all honesty i dunno which one to do, i thought they're the same just BETTER QUALITY??? i've looked for pics of the cage connie every where to no avail, any help from anyone would be awsome!

Villain · « **Reply #19 on:** May 31, 2009, 08:15:16 AM »

I could cap a few images for you if you'd like, as I've been using the dvd's for my connie. ;)

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Author Topic: TOS WORK - 7/6/09 update more ship wip (Read 10193 times)