Too Close!

[MadMan1701A]

Hey Everybody...

Was working on a new image tonight, based on some suggestions from the Dark Of The Moon thread... I think it came out really well.

We have the Starship Challenger, studying Io in the Jupiter system, when an unprecedented super-eruption nearly destroys the ship!

HD: http://madshipyard.com/images/Wallpaper/TooClose_HD.jpg

Hope y'all like it.

-Ricky

 

[Kaiser]

Awesome!

 

[Pavonis]

The work is excellent. But why is a starship studying Io, when there's a manned space station in orbit of Jupiter that can do the same work without tying up a valuable starship? And I can't imagine Io would ever erupt so violently that an orbiting starship would be endangered - the shields should be able to easily handle a simple volcanic eruption from orbit. Or am I over-thinking this image?

 

[MadMan1701A]

Thanks guys.

I wouldn't say that you are over thinking it, but there could be several reasons they needed Challenger to stop by and take a look. I wanted it to look like more than just a simple volcanic eruption, so it could be some research gone wrong or something like that.

Really, I just thought it would look cool.

-Ricky

 

[Colonel Midnight]

Nice!! Thanks!

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[The Castellan]

Not bad. Do you take requestS?

 

[MadMan1701A]

Thanks guys.

I don't really take requests any more, since I don't have as much time to work on 3D stuff as I used to.

I do take suggestions, though, like with the idea about Io from the other thread.

-Ricky

 

[Starship]

Appart of the scale issues between the ship, Jupiter and Io, the image looks a beauty.

 

[MadMan1701A]

Scale issues? In Star Trek?

Well, the ship is pretty far away from Io by now, so that part is OK. I figure they would have done an emergency full impulse maneuver or something, to get well away from it as soon as it started. Jupiter could have been bigger, but I wanted the red spot recognizable.

That image of Jupiter I got was pretty washed out, but after a couple of modification layers above it, I really got the colors to pop out.



-Ricky

 

[CDR6]

Wow... Great as usual!

By the way are there any other views of your Challenger around? Looked in your ship yard and came up empty handed.

Again great stuff!

Regards,
Chuck

 

[MadMan1701A]

Thanks.

Yeah, I need to update the site again... but I do have some orthographic views.







-Ricky

 

[Kaiser]

Pretty Ortho's

 

[M'Sharak]

Hope y'all like it.

I do.

Really, I just thought it would look cool.

And it does.

 

[CDR6]

Thank you sir! The design seems to have the right stuff for a transition from the TMP era to the JJ era.

Regards,
Chuck

 

[The Castellan]

Thanks guys.

I don't really take requests any more, since I don't have as much time to work on 3D stuff as I used to.

I do take suggestions, though, like with the idea about Io from the other thread.

-Ricky

okies, my only request was one of your ship models with a custom name and number. ^_^

 

[BillJ]

I like that the nacelles are spaced further apart, that's my biggest beef with the current version of the Enterprise.

 

[JES]

Eh, sounds like just another day in the life of a Starfleet vessel.

That is what deflector shields are (partially) there for.

 

[Gojira]

I love it and I always love your work. But my really minor quibble is I like the blue Nacelles and deflector dish better.

But other than that great work as usual.

 

[Halmirdax]

The HD is really nice to look at, as is the smaller resolution. Great job.