So, I was scouring through Google's image search and found out that the Carolina I made on and off for the past years is a design from before 2007.
No, I did not decide to take the easy route. That would literally have been too easy.
Instead, I kept searching. First I came across some of Atolm's designs; whilst fun, I wasn't sure I could finish those within the time frame. Saved, and in the box "another time perhaps". The Ship Schematics Database gave me a headache, is it has been doing every time I visit it (god, I really, really dislike most of the designs there). And then I remembered: good old Ex Astris Scientia! And through there, the Starfleet Museum:
Ah, the Paris class by our own old faithful Masao. Even after al this time, EAS comes to the rescue! After making sure that the design fit the contest parameters, I went to work. Here's what I have after a day's work (aft view in the gallery):
I salvaged the nacelles from my Carolina and scaled them down. The navigational lights and phaser turret emplacement are from her as well, but kept the same. I tried to transplant the bridge too but that will need some editing to fit the shape and size. I'll post a size comparison soon.
No, I did not decide to take the easy route. That would literally have been too easy.
Instead, I kept searching. First I came across some of Atolm's designs; whilst fun, I wasn't sure I could finish those within the time frame. Saved, and in the box "another time perhaps". The Ship Schematics Database gave me a headache, is it has been doing every time I visit it (god, I really, really dislike most of the designs there). And then I remembered: good old Ex Astris Scientia! And through there, the Starfleet Museum:
Ah, the Paris class by our own old faithful Masao. Even after al this time, EAS comes to the rescue! After making sure that the design fit the contest parameters, I went to work. Here's what I have after a day's work (aft view in the gallery):
I salvaged the nacelles from my Carolina and scaled them down. The navigational lights and phaser turret emplacement are from her as well, but kept the same. I tried to transplant the bridge too but that will need some editing to fit the shape and size. I'll post a size comparison soon.
