And now, something "weird" - USS Archon, NCC-0189

[MadMan1701A]

Wow, thanks for the strong feedback.

I went back to something closer to what I had to begin with, with a few tweaks. I added some hull detail, and impulse engines.

Am I back on track again?

 

[AnyStar]

looking nice.

the sheathing may have been overdone, but IMO i think there was something to work with there.

 

[MadMan1701A]

Hmm, an idea occurred to me. I remembered this...

and thought my ship here was similar. I always liked that little guy.

 

[Wingsley]

Ok, so over here, and on the Sci-fi meshes board, there have been all kinds of Daedalus class ships showing up recently, and I saw one image (I can't find it again) showing a Daedalus with Kelvinized parts. So, I thought I would build something similiar.

I warned you, this is weird.

I named it the Archon; Apparently it was supposed to have been a Daedalus class, originally. Maybe this is what it looked like.

This is still very preliminary; I haven't even smoothed out the shapes yet.

What do you guys think?

MadMan1701A, the only things I didn't like about your original design, quoted above, are (1: the four nacelles; I prefer two... and (2: the funky groove in the sides of the forward spherical hull; I say leave it smooth, but with hull-plating surface detail.

BTW, I don't know if you're aware of this, but this project reminds me of a couple of TOS-oriented Daedalus threads inspired in 2008 by NCC-1701 / "Winter". Here's a link to the original Apex-class starship thread, and here's a link to Starscape's derivative Apex thread.

I would absolutely love to see some of your design ideas in this thread applied to a prime-Universe thread about the Apex-class vessel or something similar. I could see this Daedalus-derived Archon concept fitting in very well in a pseudo-Kelvinized pre-TOS Apex-class ship.

 

[sojourner]

Hmm, an idea occurred to me. I remembered this...

and thought my ship here was similar. I always liked that little guy.

Um, Star Control I think? Earth ship?

On the Archon, while not a fan of spherical hulls, I do admire the modeling.
Also, everytime I look at those 4 nacelles somewhere in the back of my mind I hear

"lock S-foils in attack position!".

 

[CuttingEdge100]

I really like it. It makes way more sense to have the engineering hull run straight through the main hull. The deflector has a perfect line of sight. A disconnection is still possible and you don't need an auxiliary nav-deflector.

Plus IMHO four engines looks far more balanced

 

[RichMerk]

Am I back on track again?

Yup.

 

[Kaiser]

still looks awesome to me

 

[The Castellan]

Only thing I'd change is make the dish copper.

 

[MadMan1701A]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

I'm actually considering changing the registry to 1189, instead of 0189. It's still going to be the Archon, though.

I hadn't seen those threads about the Apex class, or I didn't remember them. Neat stuff.

The Castellan - The main part of the dish is a coppery/gold color... It just doesn't stand out as much with the blue glowing parts in there.

Maybe updates today, if work isn't too busy.

 

[MadMan1701A]

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted anything. I hope everyone had a good Christmas/Holiday, and hopefully everyone got to take a break.

I think I have finished this one as far as it will go. It's really a background ship, so I'm not going to go too crazy with it.

Here goes...

What do you guys think? I think I nailed the "Something Weird" part.

 

[AnyStar]

i like it, and honestly its not really that weird. it has great flow.

 

[RichMerk]

I love it except for I'm not sure about the dark gray windowed areas. How would it look if that part of the hull was regular color, or maybe just a little bit darker than the rest? Or is that not weird enough?

 

[Kaiser]

Looks awesome to me

 

[MadMan1701A]

I love it except for I'm not sure about the dark gray windowed areas. How would it look if that part of the hull was regular color, or maybe just a little bit darker than the rest? Or is that not weird enough?

Well, the problem with a big sphere like that, is that it looks really boring it its all the same color. I think it might be too dark, but It's the same color texture that I used for all my other dark areas, so that's why I kept it. It's just to break up the space.

Thanks for the other comments, guys. I'll try to have some wallpaper or something up soon.

Next project... the Klingon ship from the new movie!

 

[SilentP]

i like it, and honestly its not really that weird. it has great flow.

I agree, it works very well. Glad to see you back, and look forward to seeing your next creation