ESS AACHEN, XCV-770.
This is an old, old project of mine. It seems whenever I start a project it either dies half-way through or spirals out of control into some huge, complicated thing. Usually it does both several times, actually. In any case, some of you probably remember that I posted the external views for this thing a while back. Like...last summer.
And here they are again. What no one knew until now is that I also made a full set of deck blueprints and cutaways over the course of the following month or so. (This would be about August 2007). Then I sat on them, rather than showing anyone.
Why, you ask? Because I wanted to have a written-up history and tech-specs of some sort, and, well...art is fun and pretty easy for me. Writing a manual...not so much. (Research is, like, complicated!) So, after making these things and getting 95% finished over the course of a few weekends, I spent half a year writing up several paragraphs of jargon for the ship, shuttles, history, and all that other crap. Procrastination: Bad.
So. First a look at some oldies but goodies, quite a bit more cluttered with text-boxes and little diagram things than the last time I showed them: (follow thumbs to full-sized version)
The Top View
The Bottom View
Port and Starboard Views
Fore and Aft Views
And now for the “new” stuff:
The Cutaways.
Decks 1 & 2.
Deck 3.
Ok, I’ll stop there. The rest of the decks are coming soon. They’re done, I just need to upload, etc. There are a total of 11 sheets. So, in the meantime...questions/comments/suggestions are welcome.
_____________EDITED TO ADD_______________
And here’s the rest. Sheet 11 is most of the stuff I couldn’t put anywhere else, but still wanted to include for the sake of completeness.
Deck 4
Deck 5
Deck 6
Crew/Fleet Listings/History/Insignia/etc
This is an old, old project of mine. It seems whenever I start a project it either dies half-way through or spirals out of control into some huge, complicated thing. Usually it does both several times, actually. In any case, some of you probably remember that I posted the external views for this thing a while back. Like...last summer.
And here they are again. What no one knew until now is that I also made a full set of deck blueprints and cutaways over the course of the following month or so. (This would be about August 2007). Then I sat on them, rather than showing anyone.
Why, you ask? Because I wanted to have a written-up history and tech-specs of some sort, and, well...art is fun and pretty easy for me. Writing a manual...not so much. (Research is, like, complicated!) So, after making these things and getting 95% finished over the course of a few weekends, I spent half a year writing up several paragraphs of jargon for the ship, shuttles, history, and all that other crap. Procrastination: Bad.
So. First a look at some oldies but goodies, quite a bit more cluttered with text-boxes and little diagram things than the last time I showed them: (follow thumbs to full-sized version)
The Top View
The Bottom View
Port and Starboard Views
Fore and Aft Views
And now for the “new” stuff:
The Cutaways.
Decks 1 & 2.
Deck 3.
Ok, I’ll stop there. The rest of the decks are coming soon. They’re done, I just need to upload, etc. There are a total of 11 sheets. So, in the meantime...questions/comments/suggestions are welcome.
_____________EDITED TO ADD_______________
And here’s the rest. Sheet 11 is most of the stuff I couldn’t put anywhere else, but still wanted to include for the sake of completeness.
Deck 4
Deck 5
Deck 6
Crew/Fleet Listings/History/Insignia/etc
This is essentially 'my version', which is closer in size and detail to what I think a 22nd cent ship should be. 
