~ Your ships look fantastic - How creative! I don't think I'd ever have thought to use the snipping tool in such a way. How long did it take to do these?
Ostermond's Ships And Stuff
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Sometimes about an hour, depending on the detail I put into it -- and how laggy Snipping Tool gets, hahaaaaa-
Thank you kindly! Working on another one -- non-Federation this time!
A Manual Sketch This Time
Single-nacelle heavy utility starship U.S.S. SCHNAUBELT
Heavily-angled tall saucer with a forward-placed bridge module. Two shuttlebays in aft section. Heavily-reinforced cylindrical single warp nacelle with passthrough capacity to deflector pod mounted beneath. One pair of forward-mounted torpedo tubes, single rear tube. Phaser placement indeterminate as of yet.
Named for Franz Joseph Schnaubelt of FASA Fame, inspired by the likes of the Hermes and Saladin, alongside the similar Archer-type from SNW, with a distinctly 24th-Century design direction.
Single-nacelle heavy utility starship U.S.S. SCHNAUBELT
Heavily-angled tall saucer with a forward-placed bridge module. Two shuttlebays in aft section. Heavily-reinforced cylindrical single warp nacelle with passthrough capacity to deflector pod mounted beneath. One pair of forward-mounted torpedo tubes, single rear tube. Phaser placement indeterminate as of yet.
Named for Franz Joseph Schnaubelt of FASA Fame, inspired by the likes of the Hermes and Saladin, alongside the similar Archer-type from SNW, with a distinctly 24th-Century design direction.
Kinda got it in one!
whole ship's design is also sort-of meant to convey the "Spirit of the Federation" -- hence the name (which also references a certain Mars Rover).
NEW SHIP ALERT!
I'm pleased to present to you all the MICHIGAN-CLASS Armed Merchantman/Light Freighter.
In operation between 2248 and 2271, Michigan-class ships served transport routes along the outer reaches of Federation space, near their neutral-zone borders with the Klingon and Romulan Star Empires in particular. While ostensibly built for the transportation of typically small cargo shipments -- up to towing a Ptolemy-rated cargo pod when attached to its aft hardpoint -- the true purpose of Michigan-class ships was as a blockade runner and a reconnaissance vessel. Its blockade-running function is simple enough to understand: break through enemy lines blockading an outlying Federation colony, beam supplies and/or persons down and/or up, and break back out -- putting up a fight if need be. In its capacity as a reconnaissance vessel, it served this function twofold: firstly, in helping chart large regions of sensitive space with high-resolution, deep-penetrating sensors; and secondly, in detecting Klingon or Romulan activity from across neutral zone borders.
I'm pleased to present to you all the MICHIGAN-CLASS Armed Merchantman/Light Freighter.
In operation between 2248 and 2271, Michigan-class ships served transport routes along the outer reaches of Federation space, near their neutral-zone borders with the Klingon and Romulan Star Empires in particular. While ostensibly built for the transportation of typically small cargo shipments -- up to towing a Ptolemy-rated cargo pod when attached to its aft hardpoint -- the true purpose of Michigan-class ships was as a blockade runner and a reconnaissance vessel. Its blockade-running function is simple enough to understand: break through enemy lines blockading an outlying Federation colony, beam supplies and/or persons down and/or up, and break back out -- putting up a fight if need be. In its capacity as a reconnaissance vessel, it served this function twofold: firstly, in helping chart large regions of sensitive space with high-resolution, deep-penetrating sensors; and secondly, in detecting Klingon or Romulan activity from across neutral zone borders.
Interesting looking ship. I don't know that it fits what I'd imagine for a freighter. More like a small cruiser or transport, or a large corvette or something. I also wonder what it would look like with that white dome on the underside of the saucer at the bottom of the ship on that blister there, and the deflector on that level below so its emissions are not seemingly scraping the bottom of the saucer. That would also leave more room on that deck for cargo or shuttles throughout. Right now, the detector has a puckered look on a fat-cheeked Augustus Gloop-like character.NEW SHIP ALERT!
I'm pleased to present to you all the MICHIGAN-CLASS Armed Merchantman/Light Freighter.
In operation between 2248 and 2271, Michigan-class ships served transport routes along the outer reaches of Federation space, near their neutral-zone borders with the Klingon and Romulan Star Empires in particular. While ostensibly built for the transportation of typically small cargo shipments -- up to towing a Ptolemy-rated cargo pod when attached to its aft hardpoint -- the true purpose of Michigan-class ships was as a blockade runner and a reconnaissance vessel. Its blockade-running function is simple enough to understand: break through enemy lines blockading an outlying Federation colony, beam supplies and/or persons down and/or up, and break back out -- putting up a fight if need be. In its capacity as a reconnaissance vessel, it served this function twofold: firstly, in helping chart large regions of sensitive space with high-resolution, deep-penetrating sensors; and secondly, in detecting Klingon or Romulan activity from across neutral zone borders.
Similarly, if the impulse engines were further down/away from the saucer, and out/away from the main bulk of the ship. Or even where the two cargo bay doors are above the Michigan on the rear. Might allow for it to be less flat as well.
All that said, I do love the single-deck of the saucer (more ships should have those if we imagine the Constitution as a larger ship), that this ship does have a deflector, and all the little touches throughout...the overall color and texture of the hull, the look of the cargo bay doors, the color pattern under the shuttlebay, etc. And the afore-mentioned blister at the very bottom–I always like new things like that and pondering their purpose. Do you have an idea of what that might be?
I'll see what I can do as I learn more and more of Blender!
Well, "freighter" is...not her real main purpose. Freight-capable, but effectively more like a Destroyer Escort/Frigate in actual function.
The blister in question is crammed with sensors, kind of like a very elongate radar dome, for live long-distance readings at high resolution. Helps in its duties of protecting Federation supply lines by allowing early detection and rapid response.
Hello! Dude the Archer class is probably my favorite in all of Trek and this is the coolest "refit" design ive seen! this may be a long shot but would it be possible to buy an stl file (if possible) from you? id love to get this 3d printed and painted! Thanks for your time!I highly doubt anyone was really waiting on me here, but hi! Way for me to necropost on my own thread nearly a year later -- and what an insane year, truly -- but that one ship I had orthos drawn up of above? The USS Advance?
Well...
Welcome to the board, @WanderingMailman! FYI, we don’t allow any kind of sales going on at The Trek BBS. I would kindly ask @Ostermond to discuss stuff like this in private if this is something you want to work out. Thank you!
USS TOLSTOY (NCC-62905)
RIGEL CLASS HEAVY SCOUT/SUPPORT VESSEL
Built for the Wolf 359 Project, based upon the Nilo Rodis "Alka-Celsior" study model!
RIGEL CLASS HEAVY SCOUT/SUPPORT VESSEL
Built for the Wolf 359 Project, based upon the Nilo Rodis "Alka-Celsior" study model!
This is a cool design. Well done!USS TOLSTOY (NCC-62905)
RIGEL CLASS HEAVY SCOUT/SUPPORT VESSEL
Built for the Wolf 359 Project, based upon the Nilo Rodis "Alka-Celsior" study model!
That “brow view” reminds me of the Hiawatha class.
I like it, it feels like a TOS variant of my Endeavour class design which I am doing deck blueprints of in my own thread.NEW SHIP ALERT!
I'm pleased to present to you all the MICHIGAN-CLASS Armed Merchantman/Light Freighter.
In operation between 2248 and 2271, Michigan-class ships served transport routes along the outer reaches of Federation space, near their neutral-zone borders with the Klingon and Romulan Star Empires in particular. While ostensibly built for the transportation of typically small cargo shipments -- up to towing a Ptolemy-rated cargo pod when attached to its aft hardpoint -- the true purpose of Michigan-class ships was as a blockade runner and a reconnaissance vessel. Its blockade-running function is simple enough to understand: break through enemy lines blockading an outlying Federation colony, beam supplies and/or persons down and/or up, and break back out -- putting up a fight if need be. In its capacity as a reconnaissance vessel, it served this function twofold: firstly, in helping chart large regions of sensitive space with high-resolution, deep-penetrating sensors; and secondly, in detecting Klingon or Romulan activity from across neutral zone borders.
