USS Aventine design?

[SicOne]

SicOne: My headache is gone!

I think it's safe to say that the final design still captures the same look/feel as the concept sketch.

I have been out for a couple of months, buying a house & doing a (non artistic) study is deadly for creativity!

I'm currently making a plan for the following:

I got the Aventine finished for the SOTL2010 image, but I want to do a post "Destiny" refit. (Slightly modified/enhanced version for wallpapers, animation etc.) That's going to take some time, but at least I will be able to post progress on that, something that is not possible for the calendar images. Keep an eye out on Trekmovie.com another preview might show up there soon.

Glad I could help! When is the SOTL calendar due out? I almost missed the boat last time, and snagged the last two in the store. And will Aventine specs (length, width, height, tonnage, crew size, armaments, etc) be put out before SOTL? Or have they been already?

 

[DarkHorizon]

The SotL image is previewed at TrekMovie right now.

http://trekmovie.com/2009/06/21/exclusive-first-look-at-inside-of-2010-ships-of-the-line-calendar/

http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/ST_Ships_Interior_04.jpg

 

[curson]

I officially adore this ship!
I don't use paper calendar, but I could buy this one just to get the fantastic USS Aventine image out, and put it on my wall

 

[Praetor]

The SotL image is previewed at TrekMovie right now.

http://trekmovie.com/2009/06/21/exclusive-first-look-at-inside-of-2010-ships-of-the-line-calendar/

http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/ST_Ships_Interior_04.jpg

That's really freakin' sweet.

 

[P0sitr0nic]

That is my wallpaper now.

 

[Judge King]

That is my wallpaper now.

I also made it my wallpaper.

 

[DiSiLLUSiON]

I made the sketch my wallpaper.

 

[Kaiser]

Great design art there

 

[TIN_MAN]

Isn't this ship going to be in the upcoming SoTL calendar?

check out Trekmovie.com . never mind Darkhorizon beat me to it.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

The SotL image is previewed at TrekMovie right now.

http://trekmovie.com/2009/06/21/exclusive-first-look-at-inside-of-2010-ships-of-the-line-calendar/

http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/ST_Ships_Interior_04.jpg

Sexy bitch. She's asking for it, looking like that.

 

[DiSiLLUSiON]

The SotL image is previewed at TrekMovie right now.

http://trekmovie.com/2009/06/21/exclusive-first-look-at-inside-of-2010-ships-of-the-line-calendar/

http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/ST_Ships_Interior_04.jpg

Sexy bitch. She's asking for it, looking like that.

I regularly describe my girlfriend as a sexy bitch, and she takes the compliment well, but I never heard a ship being called that.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

The SotL image is previewed at TrekMovie right now.

http://trekmovie.com/2009/06/21/exclusive-first-look-at-inside-of-2010-ships-of-the-line-calendar/

http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/ST_Ships_Interior_04.jpg

Sexy bitch. She's asking for it, looking like that.

I regularly describe my girlfriend as a sexy bitch, and she takes the compliment well, but I never heard a ship being called that.

She has ample nacelles, if you'll pardon the engineering parlance. She's one well-endowed lady.

 

[bullethead]

That is a fantastic looking design, one that really deserves some screentime. It's a shame that the guys at ST:O couldn't come up with anything like it.

 

[RAMA]

Neat. I resisted the obvious though and made the Remmler Array pic my wallpaper.

 

[Skywalker]

Okay, now that is gorgeous. When are we gonna get to see it from all angles?

E: And it's the ship of October, my birth month! Even better.

E2: Okay, ignore the "all angles" question. I forgot to watch the video.

 

[Arpy]

Impressive, but I don't like it. What's with the gray hull? Gray, dark gray, and black...lovely. The preliminary sketch showed real promise...a hint of elegance that's fallen out of fashion, and I mean in the real world, not wag-the-dog in-universe nonsense.

Don't mind me - I'm just disappointed. I would have stretched out the body a bit more (though the darker gray patches make it look so via optical illusion) and tapered the saucer to a finer edge.

Maybe come up with a sleeker arrowhead and ribbon along the side too. Why shouldn't they be different? It's a new era in starship design, not a kitbash design of a preexisting era - that of the Voyager and Defiant. Same with the specific shade of red of the Bussard collectors, yellow of the thrusters, and so on.

And I get that the models can only take so much scrutiny, but enough already with the moody lighting and fantastical backgrounds all the time? I'm constantly being reminded these ships aren't real or huge or actually in outer space. And no easy "in real space all you'd see are the windows, running lights and stars against black." These ships either have glowing or highly reflective hulls since we've never had a problem seeing them even in the darkest depths of space, and real world outer space has some amazing actual phenomena. Let the artists "reinterpret" the designs if necessary - adding curves and altering details the closer one is to the hull. I think this guy is on the right track: http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=58313&page=5 Look at the hull here http://www.vektorvisual.com/projects/TrekXIEnt/gallery/Desktop02.jpg compared to the "real thing" here http://www.atpm.com/7.01/washington-dc/enterprise-front.shtml. And do running lights really need to be the size of VW Beetles or escape pods jut out a meter from the hull because of shortcomings in the plastic filming models?

Yours truly,
Some ranting dork on the internet

 

[Titan Designer]

This is a great looking design. I can't wait to see it explored more.

 

[Christopher]

And I get that the models can only take so much scrutiny, but enough already with the moody lighting and fantastical backgrounds all the time? I'm constantly being reminded these ships aren't real or huge or actually in outer space. And no easy "in real space all you'd see are the windows, running lights and stars against black." These ships either have glowing or highly reflective hulls since we've never had a problem seeing them even in the darkest depths of space, and real world outer space has some amazing actual phenomena.

Well, maybe they're not in the darkest depths of space in these photos. Maybe they're in star systems and are being illuminated by sunlight. Case in point:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap021020.html

The Space Shuttle and the Mir station in that photo are in space, and they're brightly lit. For that matter, the Earth is in space and it's brightly lit.

And do running lights really need to be the size of VW Beetles or escape pods jut out a meter from the hull because of shortcomings in the plastic filming models?

Running lights are meant to be visible from a distance, and in space the distances are vast, so yeah, I'd say they need to be quite large. As for the escape pods, I don't know what you're referring to; I don't see any "jutting" escape-pod hatches on the Aventine image.

 

[fleetcaptain]

Glad to see the new image. Can't wait for the SOTL to come out now. I am also for seeing more done with this design too. Should be interestin.

 

[Cobalt Frost]

Gorgeous!!