I kinda dig it.
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Me too. It's a subtle red, with brown/purple tones. Reminds me of the special metals that the TMP Surak-class shuttle was made from. Not all Starfleet vessels need to be pearlescent white. Very cool look, IMO. I kind of wish we had closer views of the red Armstrong-class Excelsior variant that was said to be in the 2009 fleet.
When I was a kid, I always thought that Surak was that color because it was kind of dirty from having been parked in the Vulcan dust/sand.
Makes sense. IIRC, Andrew Probert wanted to make it look different, as if it were made out of metals from another world.The creator of the Detroyat-class heavy destroyer, (1981) Michael Morrisette, was going for a similar idea with his upgraded schematics.
Not a bad profile.
The creator of the Detroyat-class heavy destroyer, (1981) Michael Morrisette, was going for a similar idea with his upgraded schematics.
I always liked it. 
That looks like a standard Starfleet ship equipped with the Pink vanity shield from STO. I like.
The Gamma Quadrant shield?
There may be 2 rooms that look alike
Oh THAT one! Yeah, I missed the opportunity to donate for the breast cancer charity to get that one. That and the 32nd Century Federation vanity shield are the only ones I don't have. Maybe someday they'll come back...
I remember the Vor'cha was originally designed with a blue-gray hull that matched the Enterprise-D to suggest there'd been some design collaboration, since the Federation and the Klingons were allies. The CG version changed the color of it (and the Neg'var) to green to match the Bird of Prey.
Y'know with Pelia around there's a real possibility for a flashback episode à la Carbon Creek (which itself gave us two as of yet unseen vulcan ship classes) it would be a good opportunity to revisit the ships of the ENT era, maybe get the actual class names for the Warp Delta, and Half Saucer, or figure out when is the Daedalus class active, etc.
It might help add to the asset pool too, I could see NX-refit/Columbia class with a warp 7 engine being as enduring for its times as the Excelsior or Miranda classes were for theirs, the Daedalus itself is just plain immortal, and if we're gonna keep swinging around to core worlds like Vulcan it would be nice to have some of those founding species specific ships to throw into the background.
It might help add to the asset pool too, I could see NX-refit/Columbia class with a warp 7 engine being as enduring for its times as the Excelsior or Miranda classes were for theirs, the Daedalus itself is just plain immortal, and if we're gonna keep swinging around to core worlds like Vulcan it would be nice to have some of those founding species specific ships to throw into the background.
That actually makes sense--tholins cover a lot of things past the ice line:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486958_Arrokoth#:~:text=The red coloration of Arrokoth,rays and ultraviolet solar radiation.
Bill Krause has finished a SNW Enterprise model build
https://twitter.com/BuckAdmiral/status/1680721027012149248
https://twitter.com/BuckAdmiral/status/1680728962777989121
https://twitter.com/BuckAdmiral/status/1680298211083255808
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https://twitter.com/BuckAdmiral/status/1680721027012149248
https://twitter.com/BuckAdmiral/status/1680728962777989121
https://twitter.com/BuckAdmiral/status/1680298211083255808
https://twitter.com/BuckAdmiral/status/1680297925107228672
https://twitter.com/BuckAdmiral/status/1680297690251272192
Beautiful. Though I wonder why he went to the trouble of adding the windows along the saucer rim, but didn't change the bridge window? Regardless, it's astoundingly good.
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