I like where you’re going with the Kirk class, although the curvature on the saucer (especially in profile) really conflicts with the angularity of the secondary hull and nacelles… Thoughts?
(And you can just reply, ‘Don’t be picky!’, lol… )
Cheers,
-CM-
LOL, I agree and am thinking about how to blend things better - when it comes to the
Kirk-Constitution.
The saucer needs to be rebuilt, and I have a little time this morning to have a play with the study (and plan to). I'm not going to make her 100% like the ship is in DSC or STO, because there are things I disagree with on the design, such as the "secondary hull" which seems to have been added as a after thought, and the fact the saucer is tilted. The side profile looks wrong in terms of all of that, so am going to have a play and see what I can improve on.
The nacelles - are almost 100% spot on. I need to add a curve to one part, which should soften them, but I rather like the "exploded" design of them.
Fortunately, I have this one in STO and can have a good look at it :-)
The
Janeway-Intrepid, I am still thinking about the hull name and number. I've been doing a little more research on these ships and here is the thing;
ALL the ship classes introduced for the 32c in DSC season 3 were around when The Burn happened, and are therefore 100+ years old designs. 32c Starfleet doesn't seem to have any new ship designs, and it's possible that some of the ships in service pre-date The Burn. The common reg number for the time is NCC-325XXX, with some exceptions, the
Voyager-J the
Excalibur-M and the
Armstrong (which has a reg that starts NCC-317XXX). That fits with the idea of the Federation being on it's knees and the reduced capacity/ability of Starfleet as both organisations are badly affected by The Burn. Given all that, and the technology that was being used in the 31c and 32c for ships, I don't think we have seen the pinacol of what they can actually build.
Now the visual reality is more likely that they used the models they had when showing The Burn, and we (the audience) weren't supposed to pay too much attention to the ships classes displayed. Well, this autistic brained individual did take notice of them and the ship wreckage on display in various scenes, lol and we have the small conundrum that I have pointed out. Do I think the FX team would use existing models?
Trek has a GREAT tradition of reusing models, hence the timeless
Excelsior, Miranda, Oberth. Heck, the original
USS Constellation was numbered NCC-1017 because they used a store bought kit to build the filming miniature. So I'm not overly concerned by the above, just making a point.
We also have the fact the season 5 of DSC may introduce newer ships, and newer tech. My work is meant to take place beyond that point, so I maybe should wait until CBS take there boots out of there bums and show the season (it's only been ready for two years now, come one CBS stop teasing and show it already!).
It's all fun, right? lol.
Anyways, will have a play with the
Kirk-Constitution and shoot out some new renders of the study. More, therefore, later!
