It's been a while! I'm writing the part below in a chaotic fashion without spellchecks, otherwise it will take me ages and I just wont post it.... That is why I have 22 un-posted drafts on this blog.
The last couple of months I have been busy with a lot of things. Most (once again!) had nothing to do with Sci-Fi or 3D. Argh! However I worked some more on USS Demeter, it's making progress, the hull has to be perfect before I start with small details. In between I got another project that I want to put out: spaceship "Maratowa" for Dutch science fiction/fantasy writer Nick Brok.
The Maratowa is a very advanced ship from an ex-Earth race. It's FTL drive is based on the space folding principle and the sublight/thruster system works on omni directional hyper ion distribution. (ODHID) The Maratowa is mainly used for exploration and is the most modern ship class of this civilization. It features large observation rings and a small, rainforest like, arboretum in the center of the ship. During the design, I decided that I wanted it to be longer more serious, when I have some decent progress on the current hull I will update my blog with it. :)
What else has been going on:
Since early august I knew that Vesta would come to STO in season 7. I'm looking forward to that, I also hope that STO will consider to add some of my other ships in the future. I recently saw shots of the Vesta and it looks good in game. I'm happy!
In Kirsten Beyer's new book The Eternal Tide, Voyager had a feature that needed an entire overhaul of the internal layout. Without too much spoilers: lets just say I needed to cut it in 2 pieces somewhere. This is why my first few attempts have been scrapped and that we have enormous delays! I worked together with Kirsten to give this refit a plausible explanation and I think it worked. Once Demeter is finished all my attention will go back to Voyager. I promise I will finish Voyager in 2013.
Last but not least Matt Haden tipped me about the following:
In IDW's comic "Hive #1" a ship that looks like my unfinished Merian Class variant is visible. If I scale and overlay the dimensions/angle is fairly accurate.
The really big news:
What for me now has priority is the following: I got contacted by Dr. Harold "Sonny" White (NASA) to envision the first "real" warp ship, based on Matt Jefferies Ringship. (As it comes close to what could be a working principle.) Dr. White, Mike Okuda and myself are emailing a lot to get a reasonable good concept that still has a cool factor to it. The primary goal for this ship is to stimulate/motivate people to move into a science/engineering/mathematics career.
In other news:
I once again will be sort of a consultant, in regards to all things ships, for Kirsten Beyer. She is writing a new Voyager book.
Finally a list of ships I'm currently working on or are in the pipeline, in order of priority:
"Alcubierre/White" Ringship (NASA/Eagleworks)
No pictures yet....
Maratowa (Nick Brok)
U.S.S. Demeter (Star Trek/Beyer)
U.S.S. Voyager refit (Star Trek/Beyer)
U.S.S. Vesta (personal project to create a proto Vesta without any concessions.)
Starfleet "Slave 1" the concept drawn by Adam Ihle can't wait to 3D it.
Well that is it for now, questions/comments? Let me know!
The last couple of months I have been busy with a lot of things. Most (once again!) had nothing to do with Sci-Fi or 3D. Argh! However I worked some more on USS Demeter, it's making progress, the hull has to be perfect before I start with small details. In between I got another project that I want to put out: spaceship "Maratowa" for Dutch science fiction/fantasy writer Nick Brok.
The Maratowa is a very advanced ship from an ex-Earth race. It's FTL drive is based on the space folding principle and the sublight/thruster system works on omni directional hyper ion distribution. (ODHID) The Maratowa is mainly used for exploration and is the most modern ship class of this civilization. It features large observation rings and a small, rainforest like, arboretum in the center of the ship. During the design, I decided that I wanted it to be longer more serious, when I have some decent progress on the current hull I will update my blog with it. :)
What else has been going on:
Since early august I knew that Vesta would come to STO in season 7. I'm looking forward to that, I also hope that STO will consider to add some of my other ships in the future. I recently saw shots of the Vesta and it looks good in game. I'm happy!
In Kirsten Beyer's new book The Eternal Tide, Voyager had a feature that needed an entire overhaul of the internal layout. Without too much spoilers: lets just say I needed to cut it in 2 pieces somewhere. This is why my first few attempts have been scrapped and that we have enormous delays! I worked together with Kirsten to give this refit a plausible explanation and I think it worked. Once Demeter is finished all my attention will go back to Voyager. I promise I will finish Voyager in 2013.
Last but not least Matt Haden tipped me about the following:
In IDW's comic "Hive #1" a ship that looks like my unfinished Merian Class variant is visible. If I scale and overlay the dimensions/angle is fairly accurate.
The really big news:
What for me now has priority is the following: I got contacted by Dr. Harold "Sonny" White (NASA) to envision the first "real" warp ship, based on Matt Jefferies Ringship. (As it comes close to what could be a working principle.) Dr. White, Mike Okuda and myself are emailing a lot to get a reasonable good concept that still has a cool factor to it. The primary goal for this ship is to stimulate/motivate people to move into a science/engineering/mathematics career.
In other news:
I once again will be sort of a consultant, in regards to all things ships, for Kirsten Beyer. She is writing a new Voyager book.
Finally a list of ships I'm currently working on or are in the pipeline, in order of priority:
"Alcubierre/White" Ringship (NASA/Eagleworks)
No pictures yet....
Maratowa (Nick Brok)
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| 1 observation segment. (not the full ship) |
U.S.S. Demeter (Star Trek/Beyer)
U.S.S. Voyager refit (Star Trek/Beyer)
U.S.S. Vesta (personal project to create a proto Vesta without any concessions.)
Starfleet "Slave 1" the concept drawn by Adam Ihle can't wait to 3D it.
USS Curie, a Merian class variant, I work on and off on this one, it's the snack item.
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| Made this for the friendly guys over at Priority One |
Well that is it for now, questions/comments? Let me know!
I have to agree , I really do hope cryptic use more of your work for STO , even the early shots of the vesta with the hull markings in place look fantastic
ReplyDeleteThey should commission you to design some ships for them xD
Beautiful designs!!
ReplyDeleteHave you been working at all on the Tactical Support Flyers from the Eternal Tide book?
ReplyDeleteWow, wow, wow! I knew the reasons would be good ones! Actually makes me feel slightly guilty about 'bullying' you back into blogging. But those projects all sound so cool! I'm glad you told us about them, even if it will be a while longer until we get to see any of them - just makes me happy!
ReplyDeleteAnd nothing wakes you up faster than seeing your own name first thing in the morning on somebody elses blog! My guilty conscience, imagining god knows what, gave me quite a start! But at least now I'm awake! Thank you!;)
Thanks guys!
ReplyDeleteI haven't been working on the Flyers yet. I think they would look like sleek Delta Flyers. They use "thrusters" only, so I guess that would be some kind of impulse related thruster. Fast and agile but with a low range.
Ghost, dont feel guilty, in fact I felt quite guilty myself for not posting in a long time. I know it's important, should make it part of my weekly/daily routine. I can't always show images of the projects I'm working on, and making a post with only text isnt really interesting either. Kind of frustrating as I always value feedback. Anyway the Warpship is going well and it will get a spot in SOTL2014 as thins look now. (It will be finished January 2013, but I will make sure to post some new images/wips this month.
Yay for Cryptic finally putting your design in the game :) Congrats!
ReplyDeleteall projects sounds really exciting and we´re all glad to hear from you again i assume :)
ReplyDeleteI´m really intrigued about everything you´ve posted honestly, but more about the NASA project, i´ll take a close review, sound fascinating, hope you can explain us more about this.
I´ve been busy lately too, but always have in mind to finish the vesta class in order to put it in Botf game with new 3D engine !!!, would look amazing :D. And of course i´m waiting for the mearian to do it too, lol
Glad you know you´re back at high warp speed !!!
Yeah, that particular change in The Eternal Tide was a surprise to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I expect, it will be as much to Rick Sternbach as well. If he's already gotten word of it, I don't yet know either way.
Yeah I think I hinted it. :P
Deletenice to see cryptic named one of the vesta variants after you :D
ReplyDeleteQuite insane indeed!
DeleteWelcome Back!
ReplyDeleteGreat Stuff comming up! good to see your busy!
Looking forward to you upcomming stuff!
Love the Demeter! is that big hole in the hull a giant botanical garden/auboretum ? that be cool! can't wait for you to finish it! .... so I can make a version >:)
You do some outstanding work! Just got my Vesta Class in STO today and it looks great and performs admirably! Now that I'm able to "fly" around the ship, and while it's alongside other ships, I noticed The Vesta class has very similar lines to the 1701-F, as if they follow a similar design lineage. Did/do you know the designer of the 1701-F and did it have any influence on your Vesta design, or visa-versa?
ReplyDeleteI too would appreciate the occasional update on here, as I have stopped by at least once a week to see what's new! Business thought... Posters? I know lots of people who might be interested!
Thanks again for the incredible work you're doing!
I for one, would be interested to see a Merian class variant variant with the Nacelles and struts moved to the side pods to use four nacelles like a Merian/Cheyenne/Constellation/Prometheus mash up.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! :)
DeleteI do have a Full Circle question, will the new Voyager include a shuttle replication unit?
ReplyDeleteshuttle replicators was factory standard equipment :P
DeleteIf Voyager's special feature is what I think it is, I'm not a fan. Voyager can already land. At least it should be an interesting challenge.
ReplyDeleteThe real life warp ship project is an exciting one. I have read up on it to some extent, and one of the most interesting tidbits was that the warp ring only needs to carry a charge, it does not have to be a physical object: you can use a magnetically suspended torus of plasma with just a couple electrodes touching it, maybe a few microwave guns to keep the thing energetic, and a big honkin' magnet. If you could create such a torus, it would mean you could also create a cold plasma shield for use against particle weapons, as a planetary entry shield, light/particle sail, and thermal camouflage; additionally, it might be possible throw the plasma torus as a hot, fast plasmoid projectile, usable in atmosphere and vacuum; it might also mean having a magnetic strong enough to act as a radiation shield.
Another important feature of a real life warp drive is that its vector depends on true acceleration, with a reaction drive, and the warp drive multiplies that velocity by an arbitrary factor. You can go faster by either running the reaction engine more, or by putting more power into the warp engine; you are going to want that ship to have a very hefty reaction mass supply.
i love the proposed design for the Voyager refit. I was wondering, are you planning any designs for a refitted Bridge? I would love to see how it might look
ReplyDeleteGail: I'm planning to do a low quality interior (for viewing from the outside.) I will extend that a bit into a "full" bridge set. However it wont be super detailed. (Maybe later when I have done the exterior properly.)
Deleteoh i cant wait, i am so excited
ReplyDeletehow do you start and make a design for a ship?
ReplyDeleteBạn muốn ship hàng nhanh, muốn sử dụng dịch vụ giao hàng tận nơi và dịch vụ thu tiền hộ. Muốn biết Các loại hàng được vận chuyển bằng máy bay và ở các dịch vụ chuyển phát nhanh sài gòn. Hãy liên hệ Proship nhé, những gì bạn cần chính là những dịch vụ chúng tôi đang cung cấp.
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