Jefferson Randolph Smith

[Vektor]

I needed something a little different to work on the past few days so I went back and painted an update of a sketch I did years ago for a certain ship from one of my favorite Star Trek novels. Enjoy.

 

[Venardhi]

I love this.

I want to be inside it.

 

[Albertese]

That is awesome.

--Alex

 

[Kaiser]

Great blend of Sci fi ship designs from the 70's mixed with 60's Star Trek design ethic.

 

[Vektor]

Unintentional design inspiration that just occurred to me: It looks like a baby sucking on a pacifier! Which totally fits, by the way.

 

[BillJ]

Reminds me a bit of the truck the Jawas drive around on Tatooine.

 

[martok2112]

Very cool design.

Kinda makes me think of a cute little dog that is actually much more ferocious than it looks.

 

[ihno]

It looks like the FX 303 from Stargate meets Star Trek. Very well done.

 

[B.J.]

Hideous, yet beautiful. It is irony incarnate.

 

[Redfern]

I'm reminded of the "boobied" ship John-Boy Walton flew in "Battle Beyond the Stars", just the overall silhouette.

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Vektor]

Ah yes, the Corsair, AKA Nell. One of the more, ahem, unique ship designs in cinematic history.

If I have to be honest, though, this design draws more inspiration from one of the illustrations in Starfleet Spaceflight Chronology than anywhere else, though really, really, REALLY heavily modified and re-proportioned.

 

[TheLoneRedshirt]

I LOVE this ship! I saved the sketch you first made some time back.

Looks like someone took a shot at her and the repair crews did a slap-dash job of patching. *tsk* *tsk*

 

[MadMan1701A]

Very cool.

-Ricky

 

[Finn]

Awesome. I don't really care either, but I just am wondering. Wouldn't that registry number be too high for a TOS-looking craft?

 

[Vektor]

The registry number is straight out of the book.

 

[Shawnster]

Hideous, yet beautiful. It is irony incarnate.

My thoughts exactly. That's such an ugly, dumb looking ship that it's totally awesome! Quite realistic. Not every real ship or plane is a work of art.

 

[BK613]

I like it. The top evokes a machinery feel, like the cab of a John Deere harvester (sans the yellow and green, of course. ) It's stance of those legs immediately brought to mind Silent Running's Huey, Dewey and Louie.

 

[Norsehound]

What does the side and back look like? And where's her escape pod?

 

[Soran77]

Kinda like a Sand Crawler/Harvester from Dune

 

[brainbox]

Very nice