uh oh. so here's the dood who made that shippie (just looked through the refs to my hp and found this thread
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you're right, this is no canon fasa v-30, it's my interpretation. i long time ago i was asked to re-do some romulan ships, among them the v-30. i didn't really like the original design so i changed it. i think the overall appearence resembles the canon v-30 quite good.
yes, i looked at sf-a's bov and liked the way the body was shaped and the wings were attached. so i implemented it. i also changed the tail.
regarding the textures, i dunno wether i was inspired by P81's ones.
as for the "stoopid" giant guns, just take a look at the original one and tell me what these large things below the bottom are supposed to be
http://www.sub-odeon.com/stsstcsmua/romulans/V-30.gifi also had a version withe the guns mounted like the original one but it destroyed the overall look of the ship.
so now if i'd show you my interpretation of a t-10 or z-1 what would you do to me? the are even more abstracted from the original design (well, the t-10 isn't even recognizable anymore... but cool nonetheless
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oh, and hi mackie, we gotta talk again