Topic: WZ45's Akula in Ganymad/TheDuctTapeWonder textures

[Klingon Fanatic]

  OK this is an OLD texture set that uses DTW's Akula as well as some of his Abbe Class Refit textures combined with Ganymad's Ulysses and WZ45's own Akula Textures.



http://www.klingonfanatic2.20m.com/images/akula_4.jpg

I was thinking that the designers of the Akula and the Starfleet Admirals whom love this ship class would want to upgrade this design to keep up with other TMP era destroyer designs such as the Loknar Refit USS Phobos. Afterall, it's often cheaper to refit than buy a new ship class. The Loknar has 4 torpedo tubes, three forward and one aft and is not really that much different in overall construction to the Akula class (two warps, a saucer with a modified torpedo tube). I figure that at least one late TMP Akula refit would have two standard rear torpedo tubes and targeting sensor equipment plus two impulse crystals on either side of the top warp strut. Many Klingon and Romulan destroyers have rear mounted weaponry that could place the Akula destroyers at a tactical disadvantage. Additionally, the secondary support strut would have fewer crew compartments and be more automated, which hopefully translates into cheaper operational costs and higher survivability for the ship. Note that the shuttle docking rings have been removed from the torpedo section and external torpedo and/or drone loading bays have been added. This would allow the Akula to spend less time away from the front lines as munitions freighters could reload the ship on the move. Additionally, these Akula Refits could be converted, within twelve standard hours, to drone carriers if a shortage of Photon Torpedoes or launcher spare parts arose.

I am just waiting for some additional lighting tweaks to be done and WZ45's permission to release this at Battleclinic.

KF

[S33K100]

It's a nice idea, but why replace the original textures with ones that look worse? I mean no disrespect to Ganymad and DTW but WZ's textures are far superior to those old P81 textures, just compare the saucer aztec. Oh and in case you're interested there are actual physical crystals on either side of the strut on WZ's Directorate dreadnought, it'd probably look better as they aren't squeezed onto the impulse unit but side alongside it.

[Klingon Fanatic]

It's a nice idea, but why replace the original textures with ones that look worse? I mean no disrespect to Ganymad and DTW but WZ's textures are far superior to those old P81 textures, just compare the saucer aztec. Oh and in case you're interested there are actual physical crystals on either side of the strut on WZ's Directorate dreadnought, it'd probably look better as they aren't squeezed onto the impulse unit but side alongside it.

I like WZ45's Federation textures, they look like they just came off the assembly line. I have not replaced all of them. The look I was going for was the same WZ45 model but I wanted textures that showed it was an old frontline ship, that had seen some action and showed wear and tear from constant patrols. Hence the need for a refit. P81's, Ganymad's and TDW's textures seemed to fit the bill for what I was looking for at the time.

Artistic liscense and IDIC I suppose. I'm happy with it and it fits nicely in the Federation Fleet I have amassed using similar texture sets.

KF

[ModelsPlease]

Nicely done KF, ya need to upload ALL your ships to your OutaLance page. And I need you vast expertise for the Klingons to be used in the MOD project. PM me for details.
-MP

[markyd]

Not seeing anything except for the forbidden thingy