2200 Shuttle

[aalenfae]

As I'm working on a starship I imagine is launched in year 2200, I thought I'd start work on the sorts of shuttlecraft we'd see in that decade.
Almost halfway between ENT and TOS, I looked at elements from both the ENT shuttlepod and the TOS shuttle.

Any thoughts?

 

[publiusr]

Sadly all I see is an x

 

[aalenfae]

Gee, that's strange. I've heard of that happening before with some of my images.Let's see if this one's just as invisible.

 

[STRenegade]

I see both post perfectly fine, so it's probably on his end.

 

[aalenfae]

Not sure what sort of problem it'd be, but you're probably right.

Glad someone else can see it, haha.

 

[publiusr]

Gee, that's strange. I've heard of that happening before with some of my images.Let's see if this one's just as invisible.

Yep still an x. I'm at a public library--must be a filter. sigh.

 

[aalenfae]

Ahhh, yeah - that's gotta be it!
I host my images with my DeviantArt account. I guess your public library doesn't like DeviantArt.

 

[Bell'Orso]

Do I detect just the barest hint of an original BSG influence? Looks cool.

 

[Venardhi]

Very cool design and good 3d work. It feels incomplete without at least a hint as to some landing gear though.

 

[aalenfae]

Well, any BSG influence is coincidental. But I love BSG too, so it's not a problem with me, haha.


And I agree about the landing gear. I have some pretty good ideas for how it'll work, but I haven't gotten around to actually modeling how it'll work.

 

[Klaus]

The wider bottom gives me an old Flash Gordon serial feeling too... nice look!

 

[aalenfae]

Well, here's my stab at the landing gear.

 

[publiusr]

Ahhh, yeah - that's gotta be it!
I host my images with my DeviantArt account. I guess your public library doesn't like DeviantArt.

No they don't apparently...

 

[Venardhi]

Well, here's my stab at the landing gear.

Try putting one up on the nose and make the feet bigger. Looks a bit ungainly at the moment.

 

[aalenfae]

I think the perspective is a little deep, and it's playing tricks on the eye. The landing gear should be pretty well-spaced for weight distribution. (I'd show a side orthographic, but I'm away from my PC for a few days)

But I do agree with the feet needing to be bigger, and I've already come up with a pretty simple solution to do just that. Stay tuned!