I know your renders helped me (mostly) get over my initial dislike.
Thanks.
TobiasRichter over at scifi-meshes is building his now, so mine is again obsolete.
I got the OK to convert his Kelvin mesh, and when finished, his Enterprise mesh over to Blender, so we have that to look forward to.
-=MadMan=-
Yours aren't obsolete. Different program, "style", I suppose. One thing I was impressed with, is you endeavored to "conjecture" this very early on, essentially guessing about 90%, and, looking at the comparison of the 3 models you built, man you were damn near spot-on concerning the overall look and feel.
And as always, many of us here are always impressed with the pace at which you build/update your projects....(we check in every three hours instead of every three weeks!

Concerning yor textures, I think they conveyed the perfect satin "pearl" look of the new E.
One thing that sticks in my mind was a reference by somebody? (can't remember now, sorry) who has seen the film stuff; something to the effect that "there were no clear side views in the film"...
almost like they are attempting to be sneaky and hide the actual shapes...(and that Playmates toy seems way off in certain aspects....pylons, etc.**(IMHO, ofcourse)**
Maybe saving the "secrets" for the $$ official STXI "Tech Manual" ?
Certainly love to see more work on your conjectural ships, the Klingon, etc.
BTW, Praetor, very nice post of the Jefferies images. Love the "behind the scenes" stuff.