Topic: wanting to start summat

[deepstation31]

http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163359546.120.html

I want to make the station from "ST Vanguard"

It says Darkdrone was doing it.. was it released? also are their any more pics... as I cant see enough of it.

For example, the bubbles on the underside of the upper dome? how many are their 2,3 or 4?

I want to start this asap, and your guidence is appreciated.

[atheorhaven]

http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163359546.120.html
I want to make the station from "ST Vanguard"
It says Darkdrone was doing it.. was it released? also are their any more pics... as I cant see enough of it.
For example, the bubbles on the underside of the upper dome? how many are their 2,3 or 4?
I want to start this asap, and your guidence is appreciated.

It was done and released at some point as I did a retexture of it:
http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163361486.0.html

When I get home later on today, I'll see if i can dig it out..

[deepstation31]

Ok thanks... I think im still gonna go ahead with it, and give the textures more of an ent era feel...

can u remember how many blobs darkdrone placed under the uppper hull?

Thanks in advance.

[atheorhaven]

Ok thanks... I think im still gonna go ahead with it, and give the textures more of an ent era feel...
can u remember how many blobs darkdrone placed under the uppper hull?
Thanks in advance.

Not right off, but I'll have the answer for you tonight.. I save a .MAX file of anything that I work on. 

[deepstation31]

Brilliant thank u very much....

Im pretty much done with the modelling, just need those lumpy bits on.. Not too sure what they are.. lol


What colour should i use for the window glows? a hue of blue or yellow?

[Adonis]

Oh, take a look at this: http://outalance.battleclinic.com/forum/index.php/topic,85.0.html
It'll give you some insight in how to optimize that saucer, and some clews on mapping.

[deepstation31]

lol... thanks for the input fellas... and thanks for the tip adonis 

[Adonis]

lol... thanks for the input fellas... and thanks for the tip adonis 

NP man, but mind you, most of help you'll get through direct chat (i.e. MSN)

[Scottish Andy]

Hi deepstation,

I have the actual book in question, which has the Ortho views and some cutways of the station as a bonus. Here's some actual stats on the base:

Watchtower-class sspace station
Height: 921m
Width: 849m
Standard Crew: 2,400
Standard Shift: 800
Standard Guest accommodation: 1,200
Emergency capacity: 61,500
Defences: 12 phaser/photon emplacements. 6 are on the upper surface of the Saucer, 6 are on the lower "ball" where the Sensor Disk is.

The large "blobs" under the saucer are deuterium fueling tanks. There are 4 of them, and they are mounted 90-degrees apart around the circumference of the saucer at the 45, 135, 225, and 315-degree radials.

She has 4 internal docking bays each able to hold a Constitution-class ship on the underside of the saucer, and the interior of the bays is similar to but not as tall as the interior of Earth Spacedock.

Underneath the upper saucer surface is an Earth-like park area with fake "sky", but real trees, plants, etc. It stretches the width of the saucer.

The Sensor Disk at the bottom is extendable and rotatable. The picture shows it in the retracted position.

The "ball" the Sensor Disk is attached to is the Matter/Antimatter Reactor.

The cylindrical "trunk" of the station is where the cargo and maintenance facilities are located. Presumably this also means life support equipment for the station, such as fabricators, food synthesizers, waste reclamation, laundry, and such like.

There are 4 shuttle bay doors situated at the base of the command tower, on the upper saucer surface, 90 degrees apart but on the 0, 90, 180 and 270 radials, same as the docking bay doors for the starships.

All this info is paraphrased from the actual documentation, so it is copyright to Paramount etc, but the station itself was designed by Masao Okazaki of the The Starfleet Museum

The "star"-style docking arms, or rather, the areas in between the six of them, have a further 6 telescoping, secondary docking ports.

Hope this helps.

I am very much looking forward to seeing (and getting) your completed version, as the one visible through the link given, while a nice station, looks wrong to be the Vanguard. Too squashed, vertically. The mesh you've already done looks pretty awesome, so my breath is now baited, my appetite sufficiently whetted.