Very nice, nothing poor about it at all. It matches the description quite well.
The new DS9 station-Anyone draw it yet? (SPOILER ALERT)
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Very nice, nothing poor about it at all. It matches the description quite well.
That picture has no pylons. Where do the starships go to dock? 
You're looking for detail? Dude, it's a pencil sketch. Starships dock along the rings.
Isn't that a fairly radical departure from standard Starfleet starbase design?
I like it but it looks like a giant Xindi weapon and I half expect the rings to rotate and a devastating weapon to issue forth. Starfleet's Death Star.
I like it but it looks like a giant Xindi weapon and I half expect the rings to rotate and a devastating weapon to issue forth. Starfleet's Death Star.
The only Federation space station designs we've seen with any regularity are the Spacedocks and "Regula-types", but otherwise there could be as many different Federation space station designs as there are starship designs. There could be some even more intricate than the new DS9 out there.
Nice pic!
Here's my 15-minute version, to see what it'd look like in 3D:
The unbroken gyroscope rings don't look great, IMO.
I'd love the new station to have an aesthetic more like Starbase 1 from the last movie, especially the detail in the rings:
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Nice pic!
Here's my 15-minute version, to see what it'd look like in 3D:
The unbroken gyroscope rings don't look great, IMO.
I'd love the new station to have an aesthetic more like Starbase 1 from the last movie, especially the detail in the rings:
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That was my thinking as well. Maybe extendable booms that connect to ships' docking ports? Something like a Galaxy class would have to dock at the top of the ring (because of size issues), whereas smaller ships, especially those with forward-facing docking ports (like Miranda or Defiant classes), could easily dock at any port along the rings.
Miranda Class docked facing forward
Defiant class docked facing forward
I always thought DS9 would make more sense if the docking pylons radiated outwards, thus allowing much larger starships the ability to dock without perspective or scale tricks, as had to be employed when Galaxy-class ships came to visit.
Ironically, in the DS9 Technical Manual, it was stated that one early concept design of Terok Nor did have outward-turned docking pylons at one point.
As far as the new DS9 station, it harkens back to an early actual design of the original by Rick Sternbach:
"I thought of a gyroscope shape as maybe being a basic form that we could work with. We also vaguely connected the gyroscope shape with the shape of atom, with all the electrons running around the nucleus."
Can I just go ahead and say, even with the "SPOILER ALERT" in the thread title, the thread title itself is pretty spoilery. I'm feverishly reading to catch up, but I'm still a couple years behind in the books.
Agreed. I'm three books behind, and DS9 is my favorite show, so.... DAMN. One the one side, I'm mad as hell. On the other, it will probably get me to pick up the books faster...
I'm also a scifi concept artist by trade, so I couldn't NOT click on the thread and toss up a sketch.
Please bear in mind that a) I don't have my Cintiq in front of me, b) my wacom drivers are acting up (so I did this without pressure sensitivity), and c) I'm getting married in 12 hours, so I have less than zero brain power to extend to this! (Shameless statement... but how often do you get to say that??
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So for a quick doodle with all the perspective wrong and about 4 minutes invested, here's what I immediately thought of:
Again, NOT having read the books, I only know the interconnecting ring / perpendicular thing that's been mentioned, and that it's Federation in origin, not Cardassian. Even still, I'd assume with Miles O'Brien overseeing the construction, his experience perfecting a 40-year old tried-and-true Cardie design might alter the plans a little. Also, the blob/mushroom design for the Federation is well over 100 years old, makes sense with all the new ship designs that a little cross-culturalism or rethinking might start to creep into station design.
I'll do a more finished version when I have a moment, could be a fun painting if nothing else.
Cheers!
-Moe.
I'm also a scifi concept artist by trade, so I couldn't NOT click on the thread and toss up a sketch.
Please bear in mind that a) I don't have my Cintiq in front of me, b) my wacom drivers are acting up (so I did this without pressure sensitivity), and c) I'm getting married in 12 hours, so I have less than zero brain power to extend to this! (Shameless statement... but how often do you get to say that??
)So for a quick doodle with all the perspective wrong and about 4 minutes invested, here's what I immediately thought of:
Again, NOT having read the books, I only know the interconnecting ring / perpendicular thing that's been mentioned, and that it's Federation in origin, not Cardassian. Even still, I'd assume with Miles O'Brien overseeing the construction, his experience perfecting a 40-year old tried-and-true Cardie design might alter the plans a little. Also, the blob/mushroom design for the Federation is well over 100 years old, makes sense with all the new ship designs that a little cross-culturalism or rethinking might start to creep into station design.
I'll do a more finished version when I have a moment, could be a fun painting if nothing else
.Cheers!
-Moe.
That is really good!
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