Topic: small update....Chandley Works Officially Open!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Read 4758 times)

DestinyCalling · « **on:** April 28, 2004, 09:44:57 pm »

Yes people I can confirm that as of today (29th April 2004) my website is finally open... That's the good news... The bad news is there's not a lot new on it. I haven't done much modelling of late but what I've so far is there for all to see now... To quote my very own News page I have the following available......

U.S.S. Standridge - Mark II Chandley class Heavy Frigate

U.S.S. Pournelle - Mark II Chandley class Heavy Frigate (ooh, a new one!!!!!)

U.S.S. Blackhawk - Mark II Chandley class Heavy Frigate

U.S.S. Chehalis - Mark II Chehalis class Heavy Frigate with Tacpod

U.S.S. Francis X. Hummel - Mark II Chehalis class Heavy Frigate with Tacpod

U.S.S. De Forest Kelley - Mark I Kelley class Hospital Ship

and

Mark IV Valkyrie class Fighter

Now, these are all available for download as I speak and for those interested the site address is........

You can link here.....
Destiny Calling's average SFC website
As per usual, all feedback is appreciated, there's a lot been happening of late (Atra and Taldren falling out, fires and the return of P81) but it's always nice to know if I'm hitting the mark.....

DC

Khalee · « **Reply #1 on:** April 28, 2004, 09:50:12 pm »

Not bad web site.

Chrystoff · « **Reply #2 on:** April 28, 2004, 10:10:19 pm »

Excellent looking site. I like that you've taken the time to provide breif histories for the ships on your site. A nice touch.

Tus · « **Reply #3 on:** April 28, 2004, 11:12:07 pm »

nice site and good layout, though for the entrance page, i think the entrance link should be the whole pic instead of just the chandley.

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #4 on:** April 28, 2004, 11:20:49 pm »

Damn nice job on the new site DestinyCalling!

Great ribbon cutting ceremony too, LOL!

KF

ChrisJohnson · « **Reply #5 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:33:14 am »

Not bad. Chandley-class Ships, especially Kalibanized like you did, are beautiful. But I'm starting to believe Khaliban a bit on the physics involved on this type of ship... But at least it looks cool as eyecandy.

However I wouldn't want to command a Chandley, I'm sticking with the Constitution-class refit or Excelsior, the originals and best.

But again, you do some good work! I'm not downplaying it one bit, they're beauties at the very least!

Rogue NineCH · « **Reply #6 on:** April 29, 2004, 01:46:59 am »

Love your site, definitely going to be on my links page. I have a question I have bbeen meaning to ask. You have 3 versions of you ships, the 2048, 1024 and the 1024 with 8-bit palette waht is the difference beetween the last two?

Dizzy · « **Reply #7 on:** April 29, 2004, 01:58:07 am »

Awesome site. All the ships and pics are there like every site should have them along with a description of each ship and our choice of texture sizes. Do we get a choice of custom colors for the interrior? Its very well laid out for the model junkie. Other sites should take notice.

Oh, and Chris, that Chandley would whoop Connie ass any day of the week.

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #8 on:** April 29, 2004, 03:08:34 am »

Nicely done sir.Congrats and good luck with the site.I have added it to my favorites.

-MP

DestinyCalling · « **Reply #9 on:** April 29, 2004, 04:33:18 am »

Thank you all for the positive comments... Greatly appreciated...

To clarify this one you need to look at how big the model is complete with it's textures as it is this that your graphics card throws around when you're playing the game.....

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Love your site, definitely going to be on my links page. I have a question I have bbeen meaning to ask. You have 3 versions of you ships, the 2048, 1024 and the 1024 with 8-bit palette waht is the difference beetween the last two?

The 2048 versions typically weigh in at a whopping 41.3 meg on average which can put quite a strain on some graphics cards... Dropping this down to 1024 (and it's only TWO bitmaps we're talking about - Fca_1_5 and Fca_1_5i) reduces the model down to 23.2 meg... A big reduction... Using a 8bit (256 colour) pallete instead of a 24bit one reduces this even further, down to 9.3 meg. Your hardworking graphics card still has to throw the ship geometry around as that doesn't change but using smaller size bitmaps and lower colour depth will help.....

To give you an idea on my old machine, which was a little limited spec-wise, I converted my entire ship folder to an 8 bit pallete and got the game to run a lot smoother... My new PC doesn't have the same limitations but I'm mindfull of the fact that not everyone out there has bought a new PC in the last six months, hence the three different versions.....

Hope that helps....... DC

Kaenyne · « **Reply #10 on:** April 29, 2004, 08:32:14 am »

Nice site, sir! I also like your ddition of the Valkyrie from Star Trek: Invasion. I have that Playstation One game at home. Very hard, but fun.

111wallace111 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 29, 2004, 08:44:34 am »

awesome site awesome models

Sandman3D · « **Reply #13 on:** April 29, 2004, 09:07:59 am »

Great job, DC!!

Glad I already starting overhauling my site, cause this makes me want to all over again...great layout.

Anthony_Scott · « **Reply #15 on:** April 29, 2004, 11:20:33 am »

Way, way cool..about time too...the Chandley was always one of my faves...excellent site!

Btw, are you also going to be adding your Chandley Medical Frigates too? Just hoping to be able to get them all in one place!

Semper Fi, Carry On (in memory of and out of respect for all my Marine friends currently in harm's way..Come home soon!)

FireSoul · « **Reply #16 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:05:07 pm »

meh. I'm gonna need a website for my models too. I am starting to have quite a few.

DestinyCalling · « **Reply #17 on:** April 29, 2004, 07:04:32 pm »

Bump back to page one for those who missed it.........

Yes I know..... Shameless self promotion....

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Dizzy · « **Reply #18 on:** April 29, 2004, 07:10:30 pm »

Well, you have to bumo a few times to keep it on the 1st two pages for about a week or two so everyone who visits the forums occasionly will spot it.

Then as usual... it fades off into obscurity only to get bumped up after a cpl months and repeats, etc...

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #19 on:** April 30, 2004, 08:10:30 pm »

BUMP! This is a new site folks, lets keep it up there a bit...

DC, how about some WIP pics of the Caravalia BB you are working on?

KF

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #20 on:** April 30, 2004, 08:41:22 pm »

Now that your site is up sir, I wish to beg for a TNG Chandley

DestinyCalling · « **Reply #21 on:** April 30, 2004, 08:53:20 pm »

Now dont you worry.... It's on the way... i've already outlined the Mark VI (as noted on the site) so it will appear in due course.... As for the Caravalia, well I'll get back to you on that.. Still working some details out....

News soon(ish) though....

DC

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DestinyCalling · « **Reply #22 on:** May 03, 2004, 06:11:28 pm »

Bump to make aware that it's open and for a bit of fun some Caravalia wip's.... This is my UberChandley or Chandleyprise depending on how you look at it.... early days yet.......

So, ought I pursue this or return to the drawing board????

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Bernard Guignard · « **Reply #23 on:** May 03, 2004, 06:27:41 pm »

I say go for it. You can never have enough interesting designs or kitbashes around to play with.
would be a nice Battle cruiser or light battleship.

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #24 on:** May 03, 2004, 07:27:55 pm »

I would like it better if the upper warp engines were supported by pylons and attached to the saucer rather than the 'wings' Tactically then you could have a saucer seperation that would make sense. Also I'd like to see the secondary hull compressed more into the Chandley hull. The deflector dish would then be more 'D' shaped like the USS Voyager [TNG Intrepid class] which would look snazier IMHO.

Good job overall thanks for sharing this with us.

KF

WhiteKnight · « **Reply #25 on:** May 03, 2004, 07:44:18 pm »

DC that "Chandley-prise"is a pretty cool Idea.I have an idea for a carrier based on a similar line.Use the seconday hull from the "through deck cruiser",the one with the shuttle bay on the front and the back,and attach it the same way you did the Enterprise secondary hull.I think it would be good with or without the extra warp engines on top.

Rogue NineCH · « **Reply #26 on:** May 03, 2004, 10:45:36 pm »

I think it looks cool, different, but cool. One thing I would suggest is using Khalibans Enterprise. It would keep uniformity among all the Chandleys.

Dizzy · « **Reply #27 on:** May 03, 2004, 11:26:37 pm »

Take off the saucer and aft hull, add a klink boom.

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #28 on:** May 04, 2004, 05:41:03 am »

Loose the connie stuff please.Chandley-prise ????

Please the beauty of the Chandley is it's "UNIQUENESS". Don't turn her into a connie hybrid. You already have 2 designs with "pod" attachments sir. I would suggest starting from there and modify the pod as you need to get the desired affect. If you want to add a narcelle(s) may I suggest this option....

[]------[]------[] a Third narcelle suspended between the other 2 across the bottom. Utilizing a rollbar configuration like this opens up the door for other options such as ........

[]--o--[]--o--[] narcelle/weapon pod/narcelle/weapon pod/narcelle . Now you would have more dreadnaught like weaponry

or

Add a Connie neck to the top of the saucer,just behind the bridge ,turn it upside down so the torpedo tubes are at the top and add narcelles in a " T " pattern like this []--o--[]

And as for the pod...... try attaching it to the saucer in this configuration pic utilize the "neck" for the torp tubes,and add the pod in place of the secondary hull and texure as need,ie hanger bays or whatever.I don't know if it even needs the pod/secondary hull, since your Chandley's already have 2 large hanger bays.If you want her to have a deflector and sensor arrays try this deflector and sensors on lower saucer The ship this way cannot be misconscrued as EVER being anything but a Chandley varient. And you would also have created a ship like no ther ever seen in the game. No connies allowed

in this case please. MY humble $.02 suggestion sir.

-MP

I also noticed on your site The DeForest Kelley is a Miranda.Are you going to redo the texture on your Chandley version of the Kelley and re-release it as well sir as the MK II Kelley Class?

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #29 on:** May 05, 2004, 08:44:13 am »

A little OT but I thought you might enjoy this sir..............

Cardboard Chandley Model

This guy made a Chandley Class out of cardboard and it looks pretty cool !!!
Enjoy

-MP

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #30 on:** May 08, 2004, 03:56:53 am »

New site Bumparoo

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DestinyCalling

Khalee

Chrystoff

Tus

Klingon Fanatic

ChrisJohnson

Rogue NineCH

Dizzy

ModelsPlease

DestinyCalling

Kaenyne

111wallace111

Chrystoff

Sandman3D

Rogue NineCH

Anthony_Scott

FireSoul

DestinyCalling

Dizzy

Klingon Fanatic

ModelsPlease

DestinyCalling

DestinyCalling

Bernard Guignard

Klingon Fanatic

WhiteKnight

Rogue NineCH

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