Author Topic: WIPS: New Project (Antares Class) (Read 12847 times)

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #80 on:** May 18, 2011, 04:32:20 PM »

Although the Destiny is a nice ship (where do you think I got the star power idea from) This ship is not a very big ship. Right in between the Defiant and Nova classes. The ship's saucer is a triangle, so im not going to add more triangles to the design. The design is like a triple hybrid of the Nova, Prometheus, and a little bit of the Dauntless from VOY. The name FTLX i came up withfor lack of a better term. I wasn't about to call it a HyperDrive lol

007bashir · « **Reply #81 on:** May 18, 2011, 05:19:22 PM »

sorry, i just mean to add a triangle form for those collectors.

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #82 on:** May 18, 2011, 05:39:19 PM »

Quote from: 007bashir on May 18, 2011, 05:19:22 PM

sorry, i just mean to add a triangle form for those collectors.

Oh, I have the shape of the collectors down, but I need a front-end for them

Captain_D · « **Reply #83 on:** May 19, 2011, 04:17:08 AM »

Hate to hear about your lost work. Always sucks when that happens.

Maybe a grille design along the lines I crudely illustrated would work for the collectors, with a glow of some kind in the recesses.

I would have to agree with WileyCoyote on the windows, even on a Nova Class comparison those would be a bit big, about half that would look right. Also the bridge and engines look too small in size comparison to the rest of the design, would enlarge those about 25%, once again keeping the Nova Class in mind.

Don't mean to critique too harshly, Just my honest opinion the way I see it, just suggestions.
I really love the basic design and would like it to see it's full potential. Can see a great inprovement in skills since your last work so far.

Good Job.

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #84 on:** May 19, 2011, 05:57:31 PM »

Update:

Added detailing to the nacelles and enlarged them

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #85 on:** May 19, 2011, 09:36:25 PM »

Looks nice, but the nacelles look a bit boxy.

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #86 on:** May 20, 2011, 04:08:32 PM »

Update:
Added some more detailing to the Nacelles, Also resized the bridge a bit and moved it back slightly

Locke · « **Reply #87 on:** May 20, 2011, 10:51:02 PM »

This is a terrific ship! Is there going to actually be a way to fly it near a star and collect energy, or is that just a fun little tidbit?

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #88 on:** May 21, 2011, 09:31:10 AM »

Quote from: Locke on May 20, 2011, 10:51:02 PM

This is a terrific ship! Is there going to actually be a way to fly it near a star and collect energy, or is that just a fun little tidbit?

That's not a bad idea, during combat the ship could just fly to a nearby star, and have shields and power replenished as long as the collectors remained online. Not on release of the ship, but in an addon later as I have bubkiss scripting experience. If anyone wants to start on it, Go ahead.

sovereign001 · « **Reply #89 on:** May 21, 2011, 01:56:14 PM »

The ship shape looks fantastic, i really like it. The nacelles looks great too.

The bridge however doesn't fit on the ship. Its "too round" and it looks like it just "landed" on the ship. I mean, the entire top of the hull is flat and it's just there.. I would recommend to make a triangular bridge that fits perfectly on it.

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #90 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:19:06 PM »

Agreed, just replaced the bridge with a triangular/bubble design that fits better than the old bridge

(I know theres a mesh error on the side, im working on it)

Dawg81 · « **Reply #91 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:58:06 PM »

this design sorta reminds me of WZs very old diamond star class

Locke · « **Reply #92 on:** May 21, 2011, 04:48:26 PM »

Think you could give us another view? I'd like to see how the hull looks from a rear 3/4.

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #93 on:** May 21, 2011, 04:59:43 PM »

Quote from: Locke on May 21, 2011, 04:48:26 PM

Think you could give us another view? I'd like to see how the hull looks from a rear 3/4.

Sure Thing, Ive decided that I'm not going to resize the windows. I understand how it looks, but to me, it looks better with the larger windows.

Also, I'm not going to model the deflector or collectors as poly count is getting a bit high

Locke · « **Reply #94 on:** May 21, 2011, 07:40:34 PM »

As a personal preference, I tend to stay away from ships with overly-long and thin nacelles. IMO, those would look much better if they were a quarter shorter.

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #95 on:** May 21, 2011, 07:54:49 PM »

Quote from: Locke on May 21, 2011, 07:40:34 PM

As a personal preference, I tend to stay away from ships with overly-long and thin nacelles. IMO, those would look much better if they were a quarter shorter.

part of what you are seeing is the camera angle, they are a bit long on purpose due to the alternate type of FTL system. I may shorten them slightly.

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #96 on:** May 21, 2011, 09:08:11 PM »

Last update for the night, Re constructed and Re proportioned the bridge, looks better now, also shortened the nacelles a hair.

Locke · « **Reply #97 on:** May 22, 2011, 01:06:02 AM »

Okay, the nacelles are all right. I was a little concerned, but after this last update, you're looking pretty good. I'm curious: what are those protrusions coming out of the sides of the engineering hull?

Captain_Licard · « **Reply #98 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:22:09 AM »

They are solar energy collectors (go back a page and read the first post on this ship)

The most notable things about this 26th Century Ship are FTLX instead of warp drive and the solar energy collectors (SGU Destiny Star Recharge Concept)

Locke · « **Reply #99 on:** May 22, 2011, 12:57:46 PM »

Okay, I wasn't sure, but I thought that perhaps the cutouts on the saucer and the engineering hulls were "bays" for the collectors.

When (if) you release a second version with working collectors, perhaps you should use MVAM to make a version that opens them.

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