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Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 5:02 am
by Tsukiyumi
Lazar wrote:Wow... he made a
Sovereign in the style of the JJprise.
That's pretty awesome.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 6:54 am
by SomosFuga
Funny thing that the apollo is in the "Worst" thread too.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 6:58 am
by Monroe
Anything Dark Omen did.
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=630
I wish he'd return to the forums for some more art. Guy was cool too.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:23 am
by Atekimogus
To be honest, I do not like this runabout. When it cames to spaceships I am rather objected to this whole streamlined look. (on the other hand I also like cars which are fast as hell and do not look like it
)
I just think it is honestly not needed. Most of the time this ships fly in a medium where aerodynamic is not an issue and for planetary flight operation I always imagined the just pop a weak shield and that is that.
Also - altough we never saw it actually - one of the most beutiful things about the runabout is the modular design which seems not to be present in this design.
The runabout looks like a sensible, well thought out flexible design whereas this one looks like a tom paris wet dream
.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:31 am
by Reliant121
Atekimogus wrote: a tom paris wet dream
.
Yeah...thanks for that
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:33 pm
by Tyyr
Atekimogus wrote:To be honest, I do not like this runabout. When it cames to spaceships I am rather objected to this whole streamlined look. (on the other hand I also like cars which are fast as hell and do not look like it
)
Except that a streamlined look in small craft is a definite trend in more "modern" designs.
http://www.ditl.org/gptz/GTy11Atmos1.jpg
http://www.ditl.org/gptz/GTy9Shuttle1.jpg
http://www.ditl.org/gpns/GSovyacht2.jpg
The Type 9, Type 11, and Sov Yacht are all very streamlined craft. You could even make the case that the Sovergein herself is more streamlined as was Voyager to a degree. Like it or not "streamlined," is definitely an acceptable design look in Trek. As for popping a shield for atmospheric work, why? If you can just streamline the shape a bit and make it work without a shield why waste the energy on a shield?
SomosFuga wrote:Funny thing that the apollo is in the "Worst" thread too.
I had a significant difference of opinion in the Apollo's case.
Lazar wrote:Wow... he made a
Sovereign in the style of the JJprise.
That's actually his "Perception" class that got JJ-ized.
And to keep the good ships rolling, seriously, someone else must have some fan ships they actually like, the NX-01 the way it should have been.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:40 pm
by Teaos
Its okay I guess, but damn its a bit thin at the back end. Looks to be less than 3 meters.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:51 pm
by Sionnach Glic
That thing is hideous.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:55 pm
by Tyyr
The TOS-ized NX-01?
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:57 pm
by Teaos
Hmm it has polarized armour and force fields...
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 1:01 pm
by Tyyr
Yeah, but then again I'm 95% about the visual look of the ships more so than the stats their maker's give them.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 3:58 pm
by Monroe
Tyyr wrote:The TOS-ized NX-01?
Yeah I agree,it looks horrible. no offense
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:03 pm
by Tyyr
None taken, though I have to admit to being a bit surprised given that to me it looks much more appropriate as a pre-TOS ship than the upside down Akira we got.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 5:06 pm
by SomosFuga
Tyyr wrote:None taken, though I have to admit to being a bit surprised given that to me it looks much more appropriate as a pre-TOS ship than the upside down Akira we got.
True, this one is way better than Ent NX01 but still has very similar design ethic.
Re: Best Fan-Ships
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 5:29 pm
by Mikey
IDK, it looks like the same design philosophy as the ENT NX, just with TOS-era parts. I'd rather have seen a primitive, vaguely cylindrical NX.