What could have been "the great experiment"
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Gosh darnit all to heck, you beat me to it! You magnificent, green blooded son of a gun! The Excelsior looks pretty good for the block in, I'm liking the silhouette. It's very reminiscent Ralph Mcquarry's Enterprise sketch. I might take some inspiration form this.
I can't wait to see more
I can't wait to see more
Thank you Johnson!
My font of inspiration was this prototype:
Ooo Shiny. But if I may offer a tad bit of info, I would add a little more girth on the Y axis. Not too much mind you just add a thin secondary hull cause I can't see a warp drive engine fit in there.
If you need any tips or tricks for modeling, UV'ing, Texturing, and Lighting. I know a enough of 3Ds Max to translate what I know of Maya. Also the other reason is, I do this for a living now....
Either Way, good luck I look forward to see this finished!
If that thing's as big as the windows are implying, you don't NEED any girth. Figure the intermix chamber is right under the giant crystal with a horizontal shaft running allllll the way back to where that beacon light is in the top view, then splitting off to the nacelles. And not a thin shaft either, but a wide one like a superstretched version of NX-01's engine. You've got the supersized impulse engine (NOT a shuttlebay) in the very back. Besides, girth would spoil the whole point of this concept model's look - this ship is built for SPEED. Like 0-to-Warp-20 in 0.8 seconds speed.
I know what you´re talking about. I´m still working over the general proportion of the components, but the ship don´t follow so closelly the original concept.
See the new renderings.If you need any tips or tricks for modeling, UV'ing, Texturing, and Lighting. I know a enough of 3Ds Max to translate what I know of Maya. Also the other reason is, I do this for a living now....
Either Way, good luck I look forward to see this finished!
Thanks! When the time comes, probably I´ll need a lot of help, especially when doing the textures. I have some experience modelling in 3ds max, but I´m a complete newbie in the texture process. For me it´s just a hobby.
