Hobbs's WIP

[Vortex]

Damned fine work there Hobbs.

How about doing something with the ends of those nacelles? Maybe black or gold? They seem a little blank at the moment. (Saucer is looking far better.)

[hobbs]

lol i was waiting for that suggestion lol

will look at it but will need to remap that section lol

[moed]

Looks great Hobbs!

I think that the aft section of the secondary hull where the nacelle struts come together and attach need some more details also.  It looks too "clean" for lack of a better word.  All is looking excellent but some subtle extra details here and there will complete the model IMO.

[hobbs]

do you have any suggestions? and do you mean texture rather than model details?

[Vortex]

Wanted to give you chance to get to it first. :p

If you can, how about modelling in an big observatory window there? It definitely needs something to take the space. Cargo bay, maybe?

[hobbs]

not sure where you mean.

where the nacelle struts meet is Engineering, then the bey aft of that is the Core. foreward of the connection point for the nacelle struts on the slope is the aft end of the cargo bay that runs from the front massive bay doors.

[Vortex]

The very back in that last shot that you uploaded.

[hobbs]

oh... thats the aft end of the engineering section which houses the warp core.

that whole section can be removed and replaced thus upgrading the warp core or it can be jettisoned in the event of an imminent core breach.

not sure what i can put there

[hobbs]

well that was annoying and yet satisfying lol...

... I went to the model of my ship to see what i could do with that aft plate... and discovered that there was a piece missing midway along the ship... it was only a few mm of a poly face missing but it was there... i finally fixed it but never got to really do anything wit that aft face nothing worked.

[Nebula]

could put a small observation dome there.

[Locke]

Hey Hobbs, remember my Regal class?  Had a similar problem with the neck.  Maybe try some type of thing like I did here:



But take a look at the ships of the same era: pre-TOS to post-TOS/pre-ST1.  The details you find there will give you the inspiration for what you need to do.

[hobbs]

Hey Hobbs, remember my Regal class?  Had a similar problem with the neck.  Maybe try some type of thing like I did here:

But take a look at the ships of the same era: pre-TOS to post-TOS/pre-ST1.  The details you find there will give you the inspiration for what you need to do.

yes i remember it... did you ever release? (looking on bcff in 2 mins)

yes i was going to do that and look at other ships... maybe some sort of grating... like a warp reactor "radiator" 

[Locke]

yes i remember it... did you ever release? (looking on bcff in 2 mins)

yes i was going to do that and look at other ships... maybe some sort of grating... like a warp reactor "radiator" 

Nah, never got it released.  Was never able to get it into the game.  I suck at using MPE, and no one else ever completed a version on their own as far as I could tell. 

[TraxZion]

I like the engines

[hobbs]

ok i know its feeble but i did this to the aft section

[hobbs]

added something

[Locke]

It works.  Not too much, but very solid.  Now drop a couple of cargobay doors between the bridge section and the pylons, and I think it would look great!

[Vortex]

Yup, that's looking good.

[hobbs]

It works.  Not too much, but very solid.  Now drop a couple of cargobay doors between the bridge section and the pylons, and I think it would look great!

hmm you talking about a through cargo bay? cause the main bay doors are at the front

[King Class Scout]

*facepalm* why didn't anybody ever ask me when it came to hardpoints?  I'd gotten pretty good at it.

is there any more detail going on the gold bits?