OMG! Design the next USS ENTERPRISE (Offical Contest)

[Fuzzy Modem]

I'm playing with basic shapes again, experimenting with connecting the nacelles to the saucer like in my first wip image, and just trying to come up with something more interesting, attractive or unique.

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Minor changes:

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Gak. Apparently I just re-created this:

Coming up with something that hasn;t been tried before is proving rather difficult.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

It's interesting what happens when I extrude the secondary hull out of the back of the saucer.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Something I whipped up for pondering purposes:

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Moments before I fell asleep last night I came up with something that may not have been done before:

-but does it look like an Enterprise?

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I think I'll move forward with this horseshoe shape idea, which I'll refer to as the "Entusi" from now on (Homeworld players will catch the reference )

I may abandon it eventually in favor of something more recognizably Enterpris-ish, but in the meantime, what can I do to make it look bigger and more like the traditional Enterprise without loosing too much of it's distinctness?

 

[mosaix]

Thought of three nacelles? Or more?

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Thought of three nacelles? Or more?

I considered 4 in an X configuration, but I fear I'm straying too far from the source material as it is.

 

[mosaix]

Well how about twin nacelles but each containing two 'engines'?

 

[sloweye]

Thought of three nacelles? Or more?

The three nacelled Enterprise was done in 'All good things'. in the future Riker was captain of the ship and it could do warp 13 (i think)

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Well how about twin nacelles but each containing two 'engines'?

I like that thought. Redundancy is good, and it will add something unique without dramatically changing the silhouette.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Had to post this picture for the sake of sheer epic-ness.

 

[mosaix]

Remember the B52? Twin engines hung by a single strut from the wing?

 

[sloweye]

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

This page might come in handy, there is a bit in there about the final scene which was cut from Nemesis where the E is taken home for a re-fit. Gives some tech data on the work.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Playing with the idea of 4 nacelles.

It's starting to look a bit like a tOS Romulan bird of prey.

I think I need to go longer/slimmer to avoid this similarity.

 

[mosaix]

I was think of them joined, like the barrels of a double barrelled shot-gun.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

I was think of them joined, like the barrels of a double barrelled shot-gun.

That would be better.

 

[mosaix]

Here's a view of the twin engine pod from a B52...


Google Image Result for http://www.wingweb.co.uk/wingweb/img/300-Boeing_B-52_Engine_Pods.jpg


Perhaps a clearer image of the kind of thing I had in mind:

The first Boeing XB-47 built (S/N 46-065), taken on Dec. 1, 1947, before its first flight - Image details

But on a B47.

 

[mosaix]

This is a much clearer view.


http://www.wingweb.co.uk/wingweb/img/600-Boeing_B-52H_refuels.jpg

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

This is a much clearer view.


http://www.wingweb.co.uk/wingweb/img/600-Boeing_B-52H_refuels.jpg

I like that. I'll give it a shot when I start modeling.

 

[Starbeast]

I like this shape idea. How about if you reverse everything, except for the center (disk and under body) which you would turn it around and elongate the under body so it sticks out further in the back.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

I like this shape idea. How about if you reverse everything, except for the center (disk and under body) which you would turn it around and elongate the under body so it sticks out further in the back.

That would look cool, but very Klingon.