Author Topic: UFOP Ares class Battleship concept work.... (Read 8528 times)

WileyCoyote · « **Reply #40 on:** March 12, 2009, 10:46:06 PM »

The nacelles remind me of the Siberia Class from Feyman Shipyards.
http://www.feymanshipyards.com/CruiserSiberia.html
It's a nice combination of the Sovereign, and of those weird ships from ST: Online. I like it. I should start making my own designs.

Raven Night · « **Reply #41 on:** March 12, 2009, 10:52:32 PM »

Now THATS an upgraded Excelsior hehe. I like those nacelles too, alot like my originals on this ship.

I didnt like the nose part so I removed it, and redid some of the smoothing groups. I will put the nose channels in with textures I think, or just have the channel reach the flat deck.

I think I like the longer chevron on top better than the original though. Here it is as it stands now, as well as a pic showing my planned changes if I keep the new dorsal chevron configuration.

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DJ Curtis · « **Reply #42 on:** March 13, 2009, 12:45:54 AM »

I'm liking it buddy. Looks great from above. I think a few extra polys around the nose of that bridge section would look good. smooth it out a bit, unless of course you were going for a sharper look, which is cool.

Raven Night · « **Reply #43 on:** March 13, 2009, 02:46:13 AM »

I was actually trying to "club" it, remove some of the rounded edges in favor of a more blunted boxy look here and there, but it might not be working in front of the bridge. Maybe I should round it out a bit more.

I still have to work underneath as well, im trying a few things with the deflector channel just rear of the quantum pod.

DJ Curtis · « **Reply #44 on:** March 13, 2009, 03:15:11 AM »

hey man, keep it blunted if that's what yer rollin for.

FarShot · « **Reply #45 on:** March 13, 2009, 09:01:31 AM »

I like it blunted up like that. It works well with the overall style of the ship, which is sort of like a blunted up Sovereign. Very intimidating. If you don't really like the way it works with the bridge tiers, then why not change the tiers? Also, maybe you should do what you did with the back windows to the ones up front. I added my two ideas to that pic.

mayhemuk · « **Reply #46 on:** March 13, 2009, 03:23:51 PM »

Nice design my friend, did you ever get my email about the scorpion.

MarkyD · « **Reply #47 on:** March 13, 2009, 03:57:47 PM »

Its really shaping up raven mate.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #48 on:** March 13, 2009, 04:38:58 PM »

no doubt! this is coming along very nicely!!

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #49 on:** March 13, 2009, 09:57:33 PM »

Marky D damn u - u owe me a new keyboard i didn't know they wasn't drool proff!!!

FarShot · « **Reply #50 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:01:38 PM »

Wait, you were drooling at markyd? Kinda weird when this is Raven's ship. :lol:

Phoenix Bondi · « **Reply #51 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:24:09 PM »

Intresting....This post wanst ment to be in here....Lol this wasn ment to be in marky-d's one but still gotta love raven's following of DJ's ships well have more than just a fleet we're have an amada soon

Maxloef · « **Reply #52 on:** March 14, 2009, 06:41:11 AM »

hmm i have a suggestion... houw about forward swept pylons?

Raven Night · « **Reply #53 on:** March 14, 2009, 03:18:15 PM »

MayhemUK, I did get the email and replied...you didnt get my response? Send it again if not. Sorry about that.

Ok, here it is sofar with notes attached. I still have to change some details around the forward windows and decide where to put torp launchers. The launchers under the main deflector, foward of the deflector and in the tail underneath the hanger deck go with the main hull during separation, so the saucer needs its own launchers.

I will probably design Ent-E style launchers (Nemesis) for just before the bridge or behind the bridge, but will just use textures if I put launchers above the saucer deflector.

I am also planning on reworking the nacelles to smooth them out, and tweaking the main deflector to be more Intrepid-like, with a solid assembly inside a surrounding glow channel.

Here is the pic.

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Raven Night · « **Reply #54 on:** March 14, 2009, 03:19:14 PM »

hmm i have a suggestion... houw about forward swept pylons?

I could try that and see how it looks. I want to work on some of the other details first, but ill try it out a little later on in the process.

FarShot · « **Reply #55 on:** March 14, 2009, 06:29:02 PM »

Ah, I see you noticed my suggestions about the torp launcher and front windows. That or you just think along the same plane as I do.

szekeres2008 · « **Reply #56 on:** March 14, 2009, 06:47:35 PM »

Have you thinked about the class name? Since this ship is really beautiful I would call it "Aurora".

mayhemuk · « **Reply #57 on:** March 14, 2009, 07:26:38 PM »

she has the makings of a great federation design mate.

Raven Night · « **Reply #58 on:** March 14, 2009, 08:03:57 PM »

It was your suggestions Farshot ;) , as well as others in the thread. Thanks for all of your input.

I appreciate the name suggestion, but this ship has had a name for a long time....she is the Ares class, specifically this model will be the first in the line, SMS Ares, CBB - 110

For those not familiar with my naming scheme, this is a military ship, specifically a Starfleet Marine Corps ship and does not use the same catalog as Starfleet vessels.

I replaced USS with SMS, for Starfleet Marine corps Starship, and the CBB replaces NCC or NX, as each ship has a class designation it belongs too, just like modern military ships.

Raven Night · « **Reply #59 on:** March 14, 2009, 09:17:32 PM »

Here is a shot of the ventral hull sofar. If you look close, you can see the saucer for the sep ship. Also note the changes to the deflector. Most of the smoothing for the secondary hull has been applied.

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