Star Trek Discovery inspired USS Challenger

USS Challenger NCC-1201

 

The henzhou inspired the design.
What are your opinions?

 

Dayum! Thats awesome!

 

Nice JOB

 

That ties the pre-TOS designs together.

 

and here is the msd for the Challenger.

 

http://buzanorbi.deviantart.com/art...9469176&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1

 

Nice ship, really like the mood it sets. Do be a good sport though, and credit Bill for that shuttle design you used ;-)

 

thx ;-)

 

So... I was looking for something to do, and I really like the shapes you got going here, so...





I had to address a few problems, though. The whole nacelle and pylon assembly had to be moved a few meters to the front because there ceased to be a hull to which to connect the pylon, due to the aft hull undercut present there. The observation windows, likewise, had to be moved up one deck because the shuttlebay doors are in the way.

Another problem that is arising is the location of the bridge. I can understand why you'd go for a different location if only for the sake of variance, but the planetary sensor array is a large MOFO that currently makes it impossible to put the bridge there. When deciding on what to do, though, I noticed that the bridge doesn't match up when comparing front to side view. Is it an oval instead of a perfect circle?

Hope you like what you're seeing, it's been fun making this ship!

 

Nice 2D-to3D conversion.

 

I started this one months ago, but got caught up in other projects, suffice it to say, this looks better that what I have so far lol

 

Voila! I'm a Bridge guy and wasn't a fan of the tan colors, so I kept it grey and added the bridge.. lol

 

I think @BorgMan captured the true feel of the original artist's design.. I can't stand the tan color for federation hulls, it reminds me too much of the cardassian and ferengi ships lol

 

It is what the Shenzou needs to look like--to fit that pre-TOS post ENTERPRISE era.

 

may I send the original works to You?

 

Sure, throw it my way. I may have some updates soon :-)

 

This image opens up a gallery. I'm making good progress and I dare say I'm almost done. Tempted to do a bridge and shuttlebay...

As one can see, I've added some stuff that wasn't present in the original drawings, like RCS thrusters and aft phaser turrets. I thought it could use that...

 

here is the original works