Topic: Another rediscovered WIP finished.

[Vipre]

This time it's Ghost's SFB Mikasa Frigate.

I love, as in would send it valentines, the Starfleet Standardization Program pack over at Fleetdock 13. Sadly none of the links over there function anymore. Joyfully many of the FD13 models survive in the SFB OP mod. I downloaded this one and the battle frigate version back in the good link days however.

Back to the SSP. At the time I started this the bulk of my TOS Fed fleet came from the SSP pack and wanting to replace the existing FF model with this one along with being a bit obsessive about all the models matching left me retexturing this great ship.

Still have some changes to the illum maps to do but here's my addition to the Standardized fleet using the pack's DD textures as a base.

Original:


Retexture:


The changes, other than the saucer texture, are harder to see than with the Galileo, mainly recoloring of the base grey and various parts, editing the the DD textures for model placement,and text changes to convert the DD textures to the correct NCC and name. The SSP as its title suggests was about giving the ships a uniform appearance and scale rather than anything fancy.


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[Bernard Guignard]

That would make a great FCL 

[Vipre]

True.

The model itself is scaled at roughly 58% of the NCL in the pic above, about the size of the FFX if it had a round primary hull.

On a sort of related note here are a couple cool SFB mini related sites. Lot of nice pics and paint guides.

The Miniature Workbench
Star Fleet Battles Miniatures

[Vipre]

My fav from that first link I think is the CLH. I think I might do that hospital-ship paintjob next.



At the very least I'm going to use that one.





Update:

Still have more details I want to add and needs its name and number added but looking good so far I think.

[Vipre]

I don't want the ship to be plain (215, 215, 215) white but I'm no artist. How does this hull plating look?



If that's too hard to see I can post the texture itself which is easier to see the contrast on.

[Magnum357]

Ya, those are great minitures.  And the hospitol ship is a great version as well.

[Vipre]

Finished...roughly. Still needs the NCC# added to the nacelles and rear but I need a nap.

Even so here's the hospital ship USS Sanctuary NCC-949



I think it's a good take on the mini version...

[Bernard Guignard]

Very nicely done,  Could you do up a top, side, front view of her its looking very good

[Bernard Guignard]

They are only attached to the hull the shuttle bay is aft center with impulse engine aft  Port and Starboard

you can just make it out  on the top view of this picture

[Vipre]

Very nicely done,  Could you do up a top, side, front view of her its looking very good

Will do, soon as I wake up.

Beautiful, question, are the warp enginecoat tacked directly on the main hull, resting on top , or are they supposed to have pylons connecting them to the hull. I'm unfamiliar with the Old SFB CL design.

Adam

By design pylons, see painting guide or Mini box art, though depending on source they may be long or stubby, see Captain's Module Y2 Cover.

The mini likely is intended to represent the stubby pylon version but to make production easier they cast it as a single piece without pylons.

[Starfox1701]

I think the problem is that the nacelles are riding to far back. Bring them forward about 30 m and make the pylons 2/3 its current height.

[Vipre]

Could you do up a top, side, front view of her

I think the problem is that the nacelles are riding to far back. Bring them forward about 30 m and make the pylons 2/3 its current height.

If that was a suggestion for me, no can do. I just futz with textures I can't edit anything on the model. Would make it look sleeker though.

[Starfox1701]

Wat format is it in?

[Vipre]

It's whatever the SFC ships are in, it's a re-texture of the OCL from the SSP pack. (Third pic in the thread, top row, fifth from the left.)

A side by side shot...