StickPrise

[erifah]

So, I had this idea of seeing how far "out there" I could push the basic "saucer-2 nacelles-engineering hull" formula. I was thinking also about how far out the deflector dish & housing on the J.J.Prise sticks out, and then I though, "OK, let's stick it out - WAY out! Out ahead of the saucer!"

This is what I came up with.

 

[erifah]

It is just a quick sketch, of course.

I'm thinking of REALLY pushing it by making the saucer massive and thin, and pushing the nacelles WAAAAAAAY back and making them seem even MORE fragile and spindly - I am trying to capture the sense that there must be some serious futuristic technology at work for something so stretched and spindly to function.

 

[Bryan B)]

Ahh, the great experiment...

Interesting approach for making a massive ship that doesn't appear massive- like a cross between Ent-D and Dark Helmet's "We brake for nobody" cruiser...

Just don't make it too spindly, or they'll christen it the Lollipop.

 

[Irishman]

It is just a quick sketch, of course.

I'm thinking of REALLY pushing it by making the saucer massive and thin, and pushing the nacelles WAAAAAAAY back and making them seem even MORE fragile and spindly - I am trying to capture the sense that there must be some serious futuristic technology at work for something so stretched and spindly to function.

Reminds me of the Enterprise-J.

 

[B.J.]

^Ditto. Of course, fill in some of the open space and it looks more like McQuarrie's version of the Enterprise.

 

[sojourner]

VERY similar to Ent-J.

 

[MadMan1701A]

I like it. Make the Nacelles a little longer, and you definitely have something there.

 

[publiusr]

It reminds me a little of the ship from this movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells%27_The_Shape_of_Things_to_Come

 

[erifah]

VERY similar to Ent-J.

I think I need to pull out the saucer even farther, and then push the deflector dish out beyond that, to get the effect I'm looking for, and to differentiate from the "J".

 

[erifah]

Still working on it... trying to become more "fast and loose" to free up the design by sketching more.

 

[publiusr]

I like that.

 

[erifah]

Variations on a theme.

 

[Kaiser]

looks to be a good candidate for Enterprise I or K

 

[BolianAuthor]

I actually like this... a LOT.

 

[sojourner]

Now it's starting to look like the John Eaves-ified version of the J. I like it though.

 

[erifah]

I actually like this... a LOT.

Well, if you LIKE it so much, why don't you set aside the next 6 months of your life and build her for me? High resolution. Put her in a blockbuster motion picture, too.

And make it snappy, will ya?

 

[BolianAuthor]

^ Hahaha... maybe because I have zero 3D modeling knowledge or skill.

 

[erifah]

^ Hahaha... maybe because I have zero 3D modeling knowledge or skill.

So, just because YOU lack skill, why should I suffer?

 

[BolianAuthor]

I never said you ought to... lest that be your preference...

 

[erifah]

I never said you ought to... lest that be your preference...

Baby, please! I'm not from Havana!