In Praise of TOS-TAS Imagery (Ships)

[MrArcas]

Hi, Rob. Welcome to the BBS.

I've been a fan of your art since Traveller. You even sold me a copy of the MegaTraveller Referee Kit over one of the USENet (or maybe FidoNET, don't remember which) echoes, and threw in an original piece of art, which I'm not sure I've ever thanked you for.

HA! Y'know, I vaguely remember that! What art did I send? And I bet it was via GEnie... at least that'd be my guess?

Seems like you've kept track of my CV fairly well!

 

[MrArcas]

Thanks again, folks. I should note - it's important! - that I'm not a modeler. Or rather any skills I have are rudimentary. All these images use models by other creators. My "art" is in the composing and lighting.

 

[nightwind1]

Hi, Rob. Welcome to the BBS.

I've been a fan of your art since Traveller. You even sold me a copy of the MegaTraveller Referee Kit over one of the USENet (or maybe FidoNET, don't remember which) echoes, and threw in an original piece of art, which I'm not sure I've ever thanked you for.

HA! Y'know, I vaguely remember that! What art did I send? And I bet it was via GEnie... at least that'd be my guess?

Seems like you've kept track of my CV fairly well!

I don't have it handy, but if I remember correctly, I think it was from the POV of someone approaching a Type-R Fat Trader. There's a crosshair like they're trying to line up their approach.

But seriously, my favorite Traveller artist (in no particular order ) are you, Bryan Gibson, Dave Deitrick, Bill Keith and Bill Connors.

EDIT: Found the art. It was the Imperial Lines Frontier Transport from the Rebellion Sourcebook.

 

[Mage]

Wow.... The one with the Archer class is my favorite, but only by a little. They are all fantastic.

 

[Bernard Guignard]

Very nice on all counts

 

[F. King Daniel]

Pocket Books need to hire this guy ASAP to do their covers. Fantastically fantastic work!

 

[MrArcas]

OK folks... some more stew for the kettle

Lookin' out on a strange, new world.... from pretty high up.

I figure Starfleet may build these lil', cheap deep space way stations/listening posts using old cargo pods as the base... the same way the idea was thrown around to use the Shuttle's main tanks as building blocks for a space station.

The Rama visits a remote orbital research facility.

A Starfleet combined operation near a nebula.

An Archer class scout on the ground at a starbase for maintenance.

 

[sbk1234]

These are AMAZING!

 

[Mage]

I love the Archer class, so I'm so happy to see some more art with that design. As for the idea of the little spacestation, very nice!!

And yes, you should be making the new covers!

 

[The Librarian]

In this thread, Arcas demonstrates why I have a folder labeled "Cool Arcas Stuff".

 

[6079SmithW]

These are all so beautiful! I love the Archer class!

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

An Archer class scout on the ground at a starbase for maintenance.

Fantastic work! Love TAS shuttle in the hangar!

 

[HarryM]

Fantastic images!

 

[BillJ]

Re: In Praise of TOS-TAS Imagery (Ships - Updated 5/5)

This is my favorite. Gives Star Trek a "space is big" feeling rarely conveyed by the special effects of the various series.

Space is big

 

[publiusr]

Such a great thread. Dis you do the Decker class?

 

[JES]

Both Arcas-Art (under a not-too-clever pseudonym) and wmconnors mysteriously appearing on TrekBBS at the same time? Suspicious... Is this some kind of attempted shadow coup d'etat by Deviant and "preverted" Artists?

Last time I looked, you also had a DeviantArt account...

 

[Ptrope]

Both Arcas-Art (under a not-too-clever pseudonym) and wmconnors mysteriously appearing on TrekBBS at the same time? Suspicious... Is this some kind of attempted shadow coup d'etat by Deviant and "preverted" Artists?

One can only hope ...

ptrope.deviantart.com

 

[Masao]

Both Arcas-Art (under a not-too-clever pseudonym) and wmconnors mysteriously appearing on TrekBBS at the same time? Suspicious... Is this some kind of attempted shadow coup d'etat by Deviant and "preverted" Artists?

Last time I looked, you also had a DeviantArt account...

"Masazaki"? Nah, that's not me!

 

[B.J.]

Crazy deviants, all of ya!

.....er, pay no attention to the signature.

 

[Warped9]

May I share?

My take on the TAS scoutship shuttlecraft.