Hey all:
One of the coolest alien designs of the Animated Series, IMO, was the Pirate Ship from "The Pirates of Orion". It was only ever seen in two very closely-oriented views: head-on and slightly 3/4 off-center to port. The head-on image is most commonly seen, and I always wondered what the rest of this ship really looked like.
There have been numerous attempts out there in the past to turn this into a CG model in the 3D world and, while noble in intent, I always found them to be a bit boxey and not quite in proportion. Understandably so...it was clearly drawn in such a way that it only really looked good in 2 dimensions, but the 3/4 forward view provided some extra useful visual information. I wanted to try to take a stab at it by making a 3-view ortho of the ship, in an attempt to make its lines look sleek and alien.
I preserved the colors, as they really are nowhere near as offensive as the pink Kzinti ship from "Slaver Weapon", and added some detailing and other greebles to make it look a little more than a 2-dimensional drawing. Unfortunately, there's really no way to make the outer wing tips not look clipped from any angle other than the front, so I'm not sure I was entirely successful there, but the rest of it I think looks pretty serviceable. I'll let you all be the judge. Enjoy!
One of the coolest alien designs of the Animated Series, IMO, was the Pirate Ship from "The Pirates of Orion". It was only ever seen in two very closely-oriented views: head-on and slightly 3/4 off-center to port. The head-on image is most commonly seen, and I always wondered what the rest of this ship really looked like.
There have been numerous attempts out there in the past to turn this into a CG model in the 3D world and, while noble in intent, I always found them to be a bit boxey and not quite in proportion. Understandably so...it was clearly drawn in such a way that it only really looked good in 2 dimensions, but the 3/4 forward view provided some extra useful visual information. I wanted to try to take a stab at it by making a 3-view ortho of the ship, in an attempt to make its lines look sleek and alien.
I preserved the colors, as they really are nowhere near as offensive as the pink Kzinti ship from "Slaver Weapon", and added some detailing and other greebles to make it look a little more than a 2-dimensional drawing. Unfortunately, there's really no way to make the outer wing tips not look clipped from any angle other than the front, so I'm not sure I was entirely successful there, but the rest of it I think looks pretty serviceable. I'll let you all be the judge. Enjoy!
