Here is a little of what I have been working on My first attempt was just a refit saucer atop Aridas Sophia's Balson: I saw a wider saucer on the web and thought that balanced things out Another attempt showing Balson, the refit, and the USS Elegance NCC-1979 Still another with the Octavius from a FASA site with taller nacelles What if the Ariel were to lose its star-drive, and the saucer had to be salvaged? The side view isn't what I had in my mind--although I do like the over hang towards the rear of the saucer. The plan view is much better: Several in a row... From a FASA site (I had nothing to do with this one) Some of you may be familiar with the DREADNAUGHT! from the novel of the same name. There is even a website with some line drawings on it. I thought it a bit too tall and comical--so had it squeezed: Here, I modified a tool-kit saucer for a lean and hungry look. Those are supposed to be dual impulse decks--one to either side of the central (aft?) nacelle Two fer. A simpler dreadnought and a re-draw an artist made of a Decker class with Devonshire nacelle mounts. This maybe? http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Magellanic_Clouds Excalibur STO attempts. Bits and pieces all over the web Some original "art" One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Phase II--I can't find this model--can anyone help? Very close to Mike Minor's look from the underside More:
Re: Art that doesn't need its own thread Resizing images for people not viewing the website on a 40" TV, not just a good idea but a *REALLY* good idea.
Re: Art that doesn't need its own thread Sorry about that. Here is one cleaned up a bit http://s577.photobucket.com/user/Kelvin0514/media/1cleanup_zps5c206a45.jpg.html From here:http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=111390&start=90
Moved these from "Art That Doesn't Need Its Own Thread" because, at this size, they really DO need their own thread . Try to keep it under 1200px wide, please - if you need to show large images, use a thumbnail or scaled image with a link.
To save a step--here they are in a smaller format http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?81291-Bashes-modifications-and-more&highlight= Cleaned up by another artist http://s577.photobucket.com/user/Kelvin0514/media/2cleanup_zps809b9335.jpg.html Another fleshed out http://treknographics101.prophpbb.com/topic490.html#p8714