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Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« on: January 20, 2006, 01:14:59 pm »
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Cardiff Class
Owner : United Federation of Planets



Designed to take station on the edge of the Neutral Zone and eavesdrop on Romulan communications.
The Cardiff is fitted with a Vulcan-style annular warp drive and two massive sensor pods occupy the space normally taken by a Federation starship's warp nacelles.
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Author : Major Payne
Original design and concept by : Paul Lloyd (cobwebtabby@yahoo.com).
- Shown through www.treknology.org website.
This low poly model created by : Major A Payne (using the above reference material.)
Ambassador textures originally created by : Rick "Pneumonic81" Knox
Illumination Maps by : ModelsPlease
Converted to SFC by : ModelsPlease

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Re: Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2006, 01:59:02 pm »
I find myself curiously intrigued by this concept...

Nicely done, MP.
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Re: Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2006, 02:24:56 pm »
I find myself curiously intrigued by this concept...

Nicely done, MP.

Thanks but Major Payne did all the work, I just added lights and converted it to SFC  ;)

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Re: Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2006, 02:34:09 pm »
The Force is strange in this 'lil bugga  ;D lol
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Re: Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2006, 06:14:15 pm »
Now there's another design departure I like...Keep them coming!

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Re: Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2006, 06:41:21 pm »
not sure I like this one, it's defenently a strange one.

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Re: Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2006, 09:32:59 pm »
looks like a heavily modified Akira class    but she looks good    I like

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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2006, 01:34:09 am »
I think if this class could be rebuilt  with more poly in the saucer and the ring nacelle, and perhaps the "nacelle"   sensors changed so they don't use what is clearly a streached set of ambassador nacelle textures (low res at that-no offense intended) this could be a wicked spy vessel or section 31. I was thinking instead of the slots (from the dorsal area of the ambassador nacelles) one could add a midas array style gloosy sensor-ish texture,  for instance., Additionaly, the ring nacelle grilles are a bit primitive, and could use a more intricate texture. Like perhaps a  very deep but soft blue-violet glow as if to be some kind of ultra-low emission drive.

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Re: Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2006, 01:44:29 am »
Wow, I really like this design very much.  But could MajorRacial make a version were the Deflector assembly (I think that is it?) at the bottome of the saucer section near the back?  I guess I could make that adjustment with Milkshape. 
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Re: Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2006, 01:53:48 am »
Wow, I really like this design very much.  But could MajorRacial make a version were the Deflector assembly (I think that is it?) at the bottome of the saucer section near the back?  I guess I could make that adjustment with Milkshape. 

what if there was a trycycle pylon assembly and the deflector module (albeit a redesigned and smaller one would be nessecary) was suspended from inside the nacelle? The backside of the module could be a sublight propulsion system  shunted   off the warpdrive. That would be truely unique.

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Re: Cardiff Class by Major Payne
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2006, 07:48:56 am »
the model is good and close to that on Treknology but the original design is one of that horrible "Akiraprise" designs, taking the NX-Enterprise sh** into the Ent-C or Next Generation era



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