A far -less- humble attempt at the Enterprise

[fireproof78]

I thought the idea was to make the Excelsior an unlikeable, pompous, modernist, over-engineered design,

It did that. Still not a fan, until I see Kelvin Era designs of the Excelsior.

 

[Belz...]

Could have been. I haven't read anything on the actual design process or thoughts. I just remember people talking and fearing that the next Enterprise would be just that...an Excelsior-Class vessel.

I wouldn't have minded that at all.

 

[Kaiser]

Lovely design

 

[Belz...]

Ok so I've done a variant for the hell of it. Here's one other version, the Republic, using variants of the components from the original design in the OP:

As usual, click for the full-size version.

 

[Belz...]

And a much more familiar version of the Constitution-class with the Potemkin.

I used the opportunity to make up an explanation as to why some of the Constitution class ships' registries are in the 1600s when the Constitution herself is 1700. Essentially I had the idea that these ships were of an earlier but almost identical class, which were then refit to the Constitution class rather than build new spaceframes. I named this earlier class Accord, a bit of a wordplay with Constitution.

Enjoy.

ETA 2018-11-11:

Might as well post this variant, the Accord herself, which according to this head-canon of mine, was the precursor to the Constitution class, as explained above. Anyway, there's a short text within the image explaining it.

 

[Bernard Guignard]

Really like the Potemkin very nice work

 

[fireproof78]

Ok so I've done a couple of variants for the hell of it. Here's one version, the Republic, using variants of the components from the original design in the OP:

Really like the Republic.

 

[Belz...]

And there... I'll throw in a refit of the "Potemkin" version, just for fun.

 

[Belz...]

Deleted. Moved here.

 

[Belz...]

A bit of an update to the previously-posted Republic variant. I wanted to make it a bit more distinctive and detailed, and with some explanation as to how a ship with this registry could be a Constitution-class ship.

 

[fireproof78]

I really like the details on the Republic's bridge.

 

[Belz...]

If you like the Republic, you should like a bit of an update.

 

[publiusr]

Similar
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?82676-The-JR-Prise-Constitution-Class-Redesign

 

[Belz...]

Ha! Posted just a week after mine. :P

 

[Belz...]

Well, I figured I might as well do a couple of views from the Republic's original configuration, as stated in the ship's description.

 

[Belz...]

How about something fun? An off-the-books, Section 31 ship of the Constitution class for black ops!

The Nemesis:

 

[Belz...]

Ok one more. It shows the configuration of the last few ships of the class, as it became apparent that the Constitution was no longer able to be fitted with newer techs, which led to its replacement.

 

[Belz...]

I tried to frankenstein a "best of" version combining my favourite components of my variants into a single ship... and it turned out fine but boring, so I altered it a bit and it's more unique now. So there:

 

[fireproof78]

If you like the Republic, you should like a bit of an update.

Lovely.

 

[Belz...]

Ok bit of an update on the Enterprise. A few details bugged me.