USS Aventine???

[Kaiser]

I'm surprised nobody has yet pointed to the specific Aventine pics in Clawhammer's gallery. More for me, then:


http://picasaweb.google.com/Clawhammer.Rademaker/MarkRademaker#5286006854564034546
http://picasaweb.google.com/Clawhammer.Rademaker/MarkRademaker#5347276124218286690
http://picasaweb.google.com/Clawhammer.Rademaker/MarkRademaker#5350616575922684242
http://picasaweb.google.com/Clawhammer.Rademaker/MarkRademaker#5350623289585593218
http://picasaweb.google.com/Clawhammer.Rademaker/MarkRademaker#5354694258266756562
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YzrOKcfnzA

Thanks for those links

 

[sojourner]

Clawhammer, gotta ask, was this ship inspired by a shark? The side view always evokes a shark's head and mouth to me.

 

[Chris McCarver]

Hey, Mark, dunno if this falls under the category of non-cleared info, but how exactly is the ship's name and registry painted on the dorsal face of the saucer? I'd assume the usual practice of placing it forward center would be complicated a bit by the centerline fin?

Actually forward center is where it is atm. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by the "centerline fin". I try to keep the name and registry position in mind during the design process. (Sometimes I forget by over-enthousiasm.)

I may just be looking at it wrong then... the SOTL calendar pic makes the projection on the saucer's dorsal face kinda look like it's a thin sort of "dorsal fin" along the saucer's centerline. The other views helped me figure where the registry would be placed a bit better.

 

[Guardian Bob]

Love the Aventine. It might be my favourite, which is ironic because its never been on screen.

PS. What class is this ship?

 

[Agony_Boothb]

it's been said a few times but the ship is Vesta Class

I like to refer to it as the AWESOME class starship

 

[Chris McCarver]

Love the Aventine. It might be my favourite, which is ironic because its never been on screen.

PS. What class is this ship?

And it's not the only Vesta-class ship currently in TrekLit. The Voyager books have two of 'em, the Esquiline and the Quirinal.

 

[NIUPonyBoy]

So it is Vesta class?

 

[sojourner]

Ahem......

For those who don't know/or would like to know...

The Aventine isn't a fandom ship/kit-bash for the calender, it is now in fact an official ship in the fiction, it's latest adventure was under the command of Captain Ezri Dax in the Star Trek: Destiny novels.

It is a Vesta Class Starship, and there are now several of it's type in service in the fiction.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Vesta_class
(Mild spoilers may be contained within the link above)

Hope this helped those with an interest....

 

[Clawhammer]

Clawhammer, gotta ask, was this ship inspired by a shark? The side view always evokes a shark's head and mouth to me.

Well it's based on a smaller slipstream ship (Spirit) and that one had quite a lot of sharky elements.

 

[sojourner]

Ah yea, I remember that ship. It's sweet too. Question, what software do you model in? Blender? Lightwave? Maya?

 

[NIUPonyBoy]

Ahem......

For those who don't know/or would like to know...

The Aventine isn't a fandom ship/kit-bash for the calender, it is now in fact an official ship in the fiction, it's latest adventure was under the command of Captain Ezri Dax in the Star Trek: Destiny novels.

It is a Vesta Class Starship, and there are now several of it's type in service in the fiction.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Vesta_class
(Mild spoilers may be contained within the link above)

Hope this helped those with an interest....

Well it's still not-canon. lol

 

[bryce]

I want to have sex with that ship.

 

[Guardian Bob]

Man, even Vesta sounds awesome.

 

[NIUPonyBoy]

I'm a huge fan of it.

 

[Epsilon IX]

NICE! One of the best designs I've ever seen! I was wondering if we would ever have an Aventine design comeptition like we had a Titan design competition (although living in the UK I wasn't able to enter it!), but it looks like there's no need.

 

[darkwing_duck1]

Holy crap, that's one sexy ship

I wouldn't mind getting my hands on her ample nacelles, if you'll pardon the engineering parlance...

 

[darkwing_duck1]

Hey, Mark, dunno if this falls under the category of non-cleared info, but how exactly is the ship's name and registry painted on the dorsal face of the saucer? I'd assume the usual practice of placing it forward center would be complicated a bit by the centerline fin?

Actually forward center is where it is atm. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by the "centerline fin". I try to keep the name and registry position in mind during the design process. (Sometimes I forget by over-enthousiasm.)

Going OT for a second, where did you find that impressively Trekish/sci-fi hall way you have a pic of in your album (#69, iirc)?

 

[Patrickivan]

Sweet little ship. It looks really cool. I like how all the classic elements are incorporated (with the exception of the neck) into the design.

 

[Clawhammer]

Thanks people for the kind comments!

Going OT for a second, where did you find that impressively Trekish/sci-fi hall way you have a pic of in your album (#69, iirc)?

#68 That picture is from 2007, it's the outer ring of the convention center in San Diego. Siggraph 2007 was held there. It was great fun! Lovely building as well, very light and with a seaview.

 

[fleetcaptain]

Love the pics and even of the one of Ezri too.