This was floating around my head today...
What do you guys think? I think it is interestig, anyway.
What do you guys think? I think it is interestig, anyway.
USS Federation, JJ'd :)
- Thread starter MadMan1701A
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I'm really not trying to sound mean here, but... I've loved all your other work, and this is the first piece I've really thought looked terrible. I really can't tell what this is supposed to be, and if you hadn't named it, there's no way I would have guessed.
Ditch the twin saucers, and keep the design simple (three engines, bulkier secondary hull). The set up now makes the whole thing look like a deformed scrotum. Unfortuntely, it's definately not a Federation class homage.
Ditch the twin saucers, and keep the design simple (three engines, bulkier secondary hull). The set up now makes the whole thing look like a deformed scrotum. Unfortuntely, it's definately not a Federation class homage.
Yeah, I just wanted to see how bad the reaction was going to be.
It's about like I thought.
I think I am going to go with one slightly oval saucer, if I continue to work on this.
It's about like I thought.
I think I am going to go with one slightly oval saucer, if I continue to work on this.
Well, at least you can still emote a smiley.
The one thing I take from this I would like you to keep is the sweep up to the third nacelle. Keep that back on the primary hull, and see how it looks.
For a 'quick' version to see how to go, I would recommend just swapping back the regular saucer (remember, the JJ version is already the size of the Federation class saucer), and add about 30% to the length of the secondary hull. Try that, and see how it comes out.
The one thing I take from this I would like you to keep is the sweep up to the third nacelle. Keep that back on the primary hull, and see how it looks.
For a 'quick' version to see how to go, I would recommend just swapping back the regular saucer (remember, the JJ version is already the size of the Federation class saucer), and add about 30% to the length of the secondary hull. Try that, and see how it comes out.
Thanks.
Maybe I'll build a space station out of Enterprise saucers...
Maybe I'll build a space station out of Enterprise saucers...
Thanks.
Maybe I'll build a space station out of Enterprise saucers...
Check your PMs, first.
I am strangely attracted to it. Somewhat like a horrible disfiguring accident.
Yeah. The more I look now, the more I don't like it.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I BUILT THAT!
I CAN'T BELIEVE I BUILT THAT!
You know, I'm probably in the minority here that doesn't mind the double-secondary hull of this:
It makes sense to me in the math formula where saucer=habitat, secondary=power and storage and nacelles=speed.
That said, while it is at first visually jarring, I could see a two-saucer ship with four nacelles being some kind of long-range colony ship.
Of course the counterargument is why not just design a bigger saucer or bigger secondary hull instead of using modular components, but aren't modular components part of the fun?
I'm rambling, but if you're going to JJ the Federation, I think you should go with one saucer, classic FJ style. I would also like to see you try to do the Proxima I posted above.
It makes sense to me in the math formula where saucer=habitat, secondary=power and storage and nacelles=speed.
That said, while it is at first visually jarring, I could see a two-saucer ship with four nacelles being some kind of long-range colony ship.
Of course the counterargument is why not just design a bigger saucer or bigger secondary hull instead of using modular components, but aren't modular components part of the fun?
I'm rambling, but if you're going to JJ the Federation, I think you should go with one saucer, classic FJ style. I would also like to see you try to do the Proxima I posted above.
Yeah, I think I will go back to basics on this one.You know, I'm probably in the minority here that doesn't mind the double-secondary hull of this:
It makes sense to me in the math formula where saucer=habitat, secondary=power and storage and nacelles=speed.
That said, while it is at first visually jarring, I could see a two-saucer ship with four nacelles being some kind of long-range colony ship.
Of course the counterargument is why not just design a bigger saucer or bigger secondary hull instead of using modular components, but aren't modular components part of the fun?
I'm rambling, but if you're going to JJ the Federation, I think you should go with one saucer, classic FJ style. I would also like to see you try to do the Proxima I posted above.
I like that Proxima... I remembered liking it from Legacy.
I may have to do something similar.
Yeah, I have to say I really like the way the Starfleet makeup is depicted in Legacy (except the Enterprise era 
) so much so that I've tried to reconcile how much it's possible to be 'the' way it is, game non-canon aside. I personaly see Starfleet as having three to six Proximas as battleships to compliment twelve to twenty-four less powerful Federation dreadnoughts.
I digress.
) so much so that I've tried to reconcile how much it's possible to be 'the' way it is, game non-canon aside. I personaly see Starfleet as having three to six Proximas as battleships to compliment twelve to twenty-four less powerful Federation dreadnoughts.I digress.
Well I think you should just keep adding more and more bits, increasing the hideousness. Like there clearly aren't enough nacelles. I think each primary hull needs its own nacelle. And huge phaser cannons like the AGT Enterprise-D.
There are plenty of threads with cool looking ships...why not one utterly ridiculous one?
There are plenty of threads with cool looking ships...why not one utterly ridiculous one?
Well I think you should just keep adding more and more bits, increasing the hideousness. Like there clearly aren't enough nacelles. I think each primary hull needs its own nacelle. And huge phaser cannons like the AGT Enterprise-D.
There are plenty of threads with cool looking ships...why not one utterly ridiculous one?
I like this idea.
Hmmmm...... That would be awesome.
Oh well, I decided it was too hideous to work on. I'm busy helping Vance, now.
Oh well, I decided it was too hideous to work on. I'm busy helping Vance, now.
OK, Seriously this time...
An improvement?
An improvement?
