Topic: USS Star Union - DNH Class Dreadnought TMP Era (WIP) (Read 13476 times)

Scottish Andy · « **Reply #60 on:** May 19, 2006, 08:25:07 pm »

Just curious: Did dizzy ever finish the Star Union?

Centurus · « **Reply #61 on:** May 20, 2006, 08:04:23 pm »

I think they're still working on it. Wonder if any significant progress has been made since the last update.

Dizzy · « **Reply #62 on:** May 27, 2006, 02:31:23 am »

Torpedo bay has it's own seperate structure and textures. The drone bay has been moved and has opened doors where you can see the drones sitting in the racks ready to fire. The impulse drive is all new and looks mean and powerful. All phaser HP's have mesh bumps... lots of attention to detail. Yet to do... some clean up work, hardpointing, and break models. One variant mesh with only the saucer and w/o it are planned. Also a Battleship version is on the drawing board. Best BB design yet imo... I'll release pics soon enough.

Completion date: When MR returns from R/L work overtime we will get back on top of this project. Personally, I took some time off cuz of a death in the family, but warships wait for no one...

Thanks for all the interest so far. It's one of the few things that keep models coming.

Centurus · « **Reply #63 on:** May 27, 2006, 04:10:35 am »

Dizzy,

My sincerest apologies about the death in your family. I've been there many times, and it sucks everytime. Hope everyone is coping well.

As for this starship and the upcoming BB variant, what you've described so far is sounding good!!!! Good things are worth waiting for. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Chris Johnson · « **Reply #64 on:** May 27, 2006, 10:03:12 am »

Quote from: Centurus on May 27, 2006, 04:10:35 am

Dizzy,

My sincerest apologies about the death in your family. I've been there many times, and it sucks everytime. Hope everyone is coping well.

I'd like to repeat what Centurus had said because I've been there as well, as late as last November (*sigh*). I offer my sincerest apologies as well.

ModelsPlease · « **Reply #65 on:** May 27, 2006, 12:06:58 pm »

Our prayers are with you Dizzy.

Dizzy · « **Reply #66 on:** May 29, 2006, 01:48:31 am »

Thanks for the well wishing and prayers.

Ok, here are some updates. I'm happy for the negative feedback I got about the impulse engines. They were since redesigned by MR from scratch from a concept sketch we came up with of sorts and you see the current beta textures I've given them.

There is a bit of red glow from weapons fire. But it looks cool in this shot. What happened to the dorsal drone bays?

If you look closely you will notice twin bay doors in between the neck pylons. Sitting in each one are 3 drones ready to fire.

Here is the new torp bay. The tubes extend out from the torp housing and are beta textured. Some of you may notice phaser points are now seperately meshed and textured.

Here's a closer look at the drone bays. They clear the Impulse structure if fired straight up. But they don't. If you'll notice, they are canted backward. The drone laucher mechanism 'pops' the drone out of the launch bay and when they clear the bay doors, the drone engine kicks in and they zoom away without ever coming into contact with the impuse engine exhaust. Made more sense to relocate the drones along side of the torpedo tubes to make more room for the engineering components in the aft hull. It all fits nicely.

It's close to being finished. There are plans for a detached saucer section and a BB variant of the DNH.

Chrystoff · « **Reply #67 on:** May 29, 2006, 05:04:36 pm »

Man, you have done a LOT of very precise work on this. It just looks amazing.

Bernard Guignard · « **Reply #68 on:** May 29, 2006, 06:46:32 pm »

Very nice work there

Rhaz · « **Reply #69 on:** May 31, 2006, 05:52:47 pm »

Wow, the detail is awesome (esp the drone bays)

MajorRacal · « **Reply #70 on:** June 02, 2006, 10:59:15 am »

Dizzy and I are working on a few more little items and augmentations - unfortunately I've been a little too tied up to make any progress since these shots were posted, and I haven't been near Max or Photoshop for months...

A further complication is that my workhorse PC has had to be retired due to failing health (overheating and shutting down) which has been a recurring problem over the years, but the expense of replacing motherboards etc is now getting to me. I now have a replacement base unit with much improved graphics capability, but at the moment it doesn't have enough HD space for me to work comfortably, so I'm investing in a new 320GB external drive and will be transferring all my old files onto that (once it arrives) before I can start work in earnest. I'll also have to reinstall all the necessary software (but I need to find the disks first

)...

MajorRacal

Dizzy · « **Reply #71 on:** June 13, 2006, 06:45:49 pm »

Quote from: jayvt3 on June 13, 2006, 04:04:00 pm

oh dizzy. how's that Fed DN coming along??? i've viewed the rework photos and even though the missile bays show attention to detail
i think individual enclosed directional silos would be more apt to found on a DN. something about the weapon being exposed to incoming fire just doesn't make me sleep well.

U know... had it not been for the bashing I took over retaining the connie impulse units, this model'd be ready, heh. But its better for the most part because of it and that's why it was changed. I think what we have now because of the pointed criticism is much better and will be yet another original part to be kitbashed and seen on other models.

Afa the open drone bays... I thought about that. I'm not quite so sure your're serious, but all facetiousness behind, the only times that bay'd be open would be when it's firing. But creative liberties must be taken and in this situation, eye candy prevails. Sorry, no closed bays. But thanks for the feedback.

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