Topic: Dreaming of Birds... (Read 3852 times)

Atolm-Rising · « **on:** May 14, 2010, 07:38:04 pm »

Romulan Grand Cruiser:

Kreeargh · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2010, 09:13:54 pm »

What Era ? Tmp? Looks sweet another multi use design

I see a few races from Scifi that it would work in.

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2010, 09:18:51 pm »

I'm not sure how much I like the sphinx head, but I love the subtle hints at the D'Deridex

Norsehound · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2010, 11:11:37 pm »

With connections to the Ankh, pyramids, and sand for a hull color, really it's the Cardassians that have the egyptian connection in all of Trek. The plating here DOES reminisce to DS9/Cardassian design though.

My first impression was how similar this looked to the Nadesico from the anime Martian Successor Nadesico. Has the head, extended arms, and drive pods, but the different areas are exaggerated differently.

Bernard Guignard · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2010, 07:52:29 am »

That is one wicked TNG battleship if the D'Deridex head is at the same scale

pepperman · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2010, 09:31:18 am »

Very unique, I must say. But then again, most of your ships are.

I like the overall design of the ship. Instead of the head elevated as designed, I wonder if placed along the horizonal axis of the ships center line would look good as well.

Anyways, great work as always. Now who is going to model the beastie?

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #6 on:** May 18, 2010, 07:58:01 pm »

LOL Smiley
Everyone who has seen the 'head" above the hulls has said it looks not right, but everyone forgets whom the Romulans were based off of... The Romans Wink
look closely at the ship and you'll see what I was going after... A Chariot. Roms are not just about the birds and making their vessels just look like birds... the have a Style and Grace that originated with the first TOS BoP design and resonates in every design that comes after. Smiley
I'll have some refined schematics soon.

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2010, 07:59:26 pm »

Dur, chariot >.< didn't catch it.

Kreeargh · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2010, 10:04:27 pm »

Quote from: Atolm-Rising on May 14, 2010, 07:38:04 pm

Romulan Grand Cruiser:

Thinking about this more

, Atolm remember that fed

the warps were the same in front is that a design influence or whats that all about? I love the design just see to many similaritys among races. I can picture feds riping from romulan design thats better but a copy is hard to belive unless a rom is on the fed design team

. Still love it I cant wait to see a version with all the poly bumpage possable the thing would look SOooooooooooooo sweet in the right lighting

{shudder} I get that G"ould stargate feeling from it also

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #9 on:** May 19, 2010, 04:07:52 pm »

Here's the Side view without the port-side hull-wing in the way to better show off the interior... more to come

enjoy:

Kreeargh: The shape came to me in a dream, so I needed it out of my head. I'm sure I get influenced consciously or not by everything I am exposed too lol.
I had a Fed design a while back, circa 2002, called the Spectre that had a very chariot-like shape to it, so anything is possible.

Kreeargh · « **Reply #10 on:** May 20, 2010, 12:11:18 am »

Quote from: Atolm-Rising on May 19, 2010, 04:07:52 pm

Here's the Side view without the port-side hull-wing in the way to better show off the interior... more to come
enjoy:

Kreeargh: The shape came to me in a dream, so I needed it out of my head. I'm sure I get influenced consciously or not by everything I am exposed too lol.
I had a Fed design a while back, circa 2002, called the Spectre that had a very chariot-like shape to it, so anything is possible.

Bingo thats the name Spectre, i just was wondering no offence at all.

Starfox1701 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 20, 2010, 02:10:15 pm »

It looks haps or high gaurd to me.

Roychipoqua_Mace · « **Reply #12 on:** May 20, 2010, 03:54:48 pm »

Very cool. Would this be a stablemate of the D'Deridex? I can picture a fleet of smaller ships being based off the same shapes and style.

pepperman · « **Reply #13 on:** May 20, 2010, 04:02:43 pm »

Wow! I am feeling tempted to give this one a try.

Norsehound · « **Reply #14 on:** May 20, 2010, 09:53:08 pm »

Ask Paramount. They're the ones who insist on newer Romulan ships being huge and painted 'enemy Green'

Roychipoqua_Mace · « **Reply #15 on:** May 20, 2010, 10:53:43 pm »

Quote from: Fallen_Warrior on May 20, 2010, 07:17:29 pm

Question for everyone else...Why does every Romulan design have to be super huge? Apart from romulans suffering from an extreme case of gigantoritus in almost all on screen material over a course of time?

I think it has something to do with the sneaky Romulans trying to make up for lost screen time. Think about it: they were going to be an ongoing threat in TOS, but the Klingons were cheaper and took the spotlight. They were going to be the baddies in ST3, but lacked something that the Klingons had, and had very little role in all the movies besides the newest and Nemesis. Even though they are the recurring bad guys in TNG, we don't learn all that much about them compared to the Klingons or even Borg. So . . . the Rommies do their best to make us remember them anyways.

Lieutenant_Q · « **Reply #16 on:** May 20, 2010, 11:45:56 pm »

I think I recall reading somewhere that Romulans had to build big ships because they needed a large chassis to support their Artificial Quantum Singularity power core.

markyd · « **Reply #17 on:** May 21, 2010, 05:02:14 am »

Whoa, that looks like a beast..

Also could be an MVAM ship, those two big side bits look like separate warp capable ships on there own.. hmmmm

nice job mate.. Id like to see a colored version.

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