I think the aztecing throws off the look of the registry and name. With the shaded letters, the ship itself needs to be one solid color.
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I think the aztecing throws off the look of the registry and name. With the shaded letters, the ship itself needs to be one solid color.
The aztecing work done for The Motion Picture was astonishing and a brilliant job at selling the ship's scale without adding lots of greebles and nurnies. But it's become overblown and overused. Whether the hull is painted, coated with nanotech metamaterials, or space-naked, I'd wager that any kind of paneling shown will be subtle if visible at all. I vote for a solid color, too, more or less.
I'd rather see minor distortions -- bulges and dents along framing members caused by temperature extremes. Take a look at this ship's bow ... notice the dents and bulges at regular intervals? See how subtle the seams are? Big, obvious texture work was fine for 2005 when it was tough to get in this close and you wanted to show how big a starship is, but now it's time to show these ships more 'realistically'.
Not to mention the random haphazard shapes this results in. I'm mean who would cut hull panels into random L shapes with notches and overlapping panels that would be impossible to seal, when rectangles would be much simpler. I'm lookin' at you Pillar of Autumn)
Forward-facing helm and offset turbolift: groovy!
Actually, turbos on either side of the rear station - symmetrical.
Outstanding work, Serveaux! I love your take on the Grey Lady.
Man, this looks awesome. The only thing I would change is maybe the thickness of the drop shadow on the big saucer registry. The ones on the nacelles and the bottom of the saucer look perfect.
-Ricky
-Ricky
Beautiful work! Love the actual ship style registry.
Would love to see more of that bridge too!
Would love to see more of that bridge too!
That bridge is mighty fantastic.
I miss the handrails. 
I love it, reminds me of the bridge in Undiscovered Country.
Those nacelles are pretty beefy. 220, 221; whatever it takes, right?
That's the close perspective; they're about the same diameter as the TOS nacelles.
The pylons and interconnecting hull are beefed up a bit and the engineering hull slightly rounder, otherwise one can fairly describe the similarity of proportions to the original ship as "slavish."
The pylons and interconnecting hull are beefed up a bit and the engineering hull slightly rounder, otherwise one can fairly describe the similarity of proportions to the original ship as "slavish."
