Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) You know, if they had just started with a design like this, I think the fans would have been much more forgiving.
Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) Well, after staring rather intently at the SOTL centerfold for about half hour, I decided I wasnt quite there with the secondary hull. So I started again. That's how shes looking at the moment, I feel its a fair bit more accurate this way. Plus, the way I've built it this time round allows me to add more detail much more easily (I dunno WHAT I was thinking with that sphere/cylinder intersection combo doohicky from before).
Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) If I asked a big favor and do one without the connecting from the saucer hull to the nacelles, would you consider it? I would really love to see what that would look like. Just end what looks like the impulse engines at the back of the saucer. Please!!!!
Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) Seeing as you asked ever so nicely If you can live with a slight gap in the pylons...here ya go: My initial impression? Its odd but without the contoured catamarans it does make it look about 100 years less advanced and more vulnerable (which Is what I guess it should have been). Still though, if the neck was bulked up, and the nacelles were brought in closer to the hull, that would have been a great proto-prise.
Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) ^ It does need to have a few elements balanced here and there. It is also missing the main impulse rockets. (Hmmmm... Where could those go?) But I do have to say, even with her nacelles thrown far up like that, she looks awesome. And the more I think about it the more I am willing to consider this configuration as the model for the "next generation" of ships for this era. The proper evolution of the tech is there, it looks like the NX-01's cousin and it still appears less advanced than the Connie. Excellent!
Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) Dac, Thank you for humoring me. I really, really appreciate it. In my opinion, I think this looks a million times better. I'm talking about the design not your wonderful modeling skills. Again, thank you.
Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) Cheers for the kind words man, and I use Cinema 4D. BTW, I was just playing around earlier, and I thought you guys may get a kick outta these...
Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) Nice! I always thought Enterprise's dish looked wrong, and they fixed that on Columbia. One nitpick - they also adjusted Columbia's color on the show to be a bit more silvery-gray than Enterprise's copper color.
Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) Heh, believe it or not I did change the colour to a more whiteish tone, but the main light kinda overpowers it (In reality, my NX-01 is more grey than it appears, I just couldnt quite get the colour right, but with the lighting, it looks like its about right ).
Re: Dac's NX-01(.5) Awesome updates. Now seeing with the catamaran design kind of makes me wish we could have seen a possible design when they had the duplicate Enterprise show up.