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Aresius · 03-24-2008, 11:01 AM

Well, somewhat a mix between a wetsuit and a complete diving-suit. Y'know, with air tank and such stuff.
The water equivalent to the EVA-suit.
Well, for the unit-band and such stuff, I'd be glad to see the female form. Or also for the Honour Guard. They're very nice. Btw, what's the duty uniform of the HG's?

Nice shuttle.

Somerset · 03-24-2008, 02:49 PM

Ooo, I like it. I'm not a fan of the nacelles so far in. They might look a little better right on the edge IMHO, but you probably tried that already and didn't like it.

I like the weapons pod on top. Looks like a beefier version of the Chaffe shuttle. Like a Chaffe runabout. Add the Argo's drop down door in the rear and the sucker would like a troop/transport carrier heavy runabout.

And the diving suit thing sounds cool. You haven't done that before. I'd love to see your take on some sort of ground vehicle too.

Ahkileez · 03-24-2008, 05:23 PM

Aresius - That wetsuit thing might be a bit difficult, but if inspiration strikes, I'll give it a shot. The honor guard are just a specialized unit out of the ship's security personnel for when there's something major happening aboard. They no longer focus on ship security duties, but focus entirely on their charge. As for female variants of that and the kilt uniform, I'm not sure what the value would be in drawing those, since they wouldn't be fundamentally much different from the male ones.

Somerset - I wasn't planning on closing in the back end of the design, but I think I'll have to to keep it coherent. But I was going for a 'catamaran' feel to this ship as well to echo its mother, y'know? It's not so easy to tell from the way the image is shaded, but the 'outer edge' you see there is already sloping down. Nowhere to put the nacelles there. I'm still shooting for a heavy hover/landing craft kind of feel, so I put the nacelles up on the top of the ship where the big engines on a military hovercraft would be.

Ground vehicles are hard... I'm a fan of wheels and many Trek fans aren't.

Somerset · 03-24-2008, 06:57 PM

Oh I get it. Now that you told me about the shading and I look at it again, I makes sense. I think the scale looks off because the nacelles are right in the middle of the craft, when usually they are either intergrated, on the edge, or sticking out. What about shifting them to the rear more...or putting something behind them?

As for the ground vehicles, I'm a fan of the wheels too, but I know what you mean.

I can't wait for you to design your own ship, dude.

Ahkileez · 03-24-2008, 07:26 PM

The design's far from complete. I'd gotten this far when I kind of hit a creative wall. I don't quite know how to tie everything together to get it to look the way I imagine it in my head. I'll keep working on it though.

Right now I have it so the ship's carrying one of those Argo shuttles with its little rally truck. Beyond that, I'm not sure if Ark Royal needs anymore ground vehicles, but who knows, inspiration may strike. I had started designing a smaller 'dune buggy' type one a while back for Xayvian that I never finished.

The only full-size Trek ship I ever designed was the Arion. Does that count?

Aresius · 03-24-2008, 11:26 PM

Well, it's just usual to make both gender forms...

Ahkileez · 03-26-2008, 07:40 AM

Aresius - well if I get ambitious, Aresius, I'll try to do females of those suits, but I wouldn't count on it, hehe.

If something else comes up of course, I'll hop right in

Somerset · 03-26-2008, 03:51 PM

Hey Kurt, I was looking at the ST:Echoes website and I saw those beautiful rank pips. Is that you handiwork?

Oh and I had a thought while watching the Military channel last night Any thoughts on an remote piloted fighter like the Predator, maybe just used for recon for the Ark Royal? Would be something different.

Ahkileez · 03-26-2008, 05:43 PM

Hey Al. I'd like to take credit for those pips, but I'm afraid not. They're Kuro's, from over on kuro-rpg.net. He does great work.

Ark Royal's got specially built manned Recon fighters already, as well as reconnaissance probes. I'm not sure what the value in a Recon UAV would be, y'know?

Made more progress on the 'super-auxilliary' for her though. She's finally got a name, "Britannic", to go with the naming scheme of the other auxiliaries aboard.

Somerset · 03-26-2008, 06:54 PM

Oh I didn't know about the fighters. I remeber you putting them up here now, though.

I like what you did with the Brittanic. Very nice.

03-24-2008, 11:01 AM	#11 (permalink)
Aresius SFM Oracle Realname: Alexander Weber Join Date: May 2006 Location: Schatthausen, Germany Age: 22 Posts: 5,345	Well, somewhat a mix between a wetsuit and a complete diving-suit. Y'know, with air tank and such stuff. The water equivalent to the EVA-suit. Well, for the unit-band and such stuff, I'd be glad to see the female form. Or also for the Honour Guard. They're very nice. Btw, what's the duty uniform of the HG's? Nice shuttle.
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03-24-2008, 05:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
Ahkileez SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 192	Aresius - That wetsuit thing might be a bit difficult, but if inspiration strikes, I'll give it a shot. The honor guard are just a specialized unit out of the ship's security personnel for when there's something major happening aboard. They no longer focus on ship security duties, but focus entirely on their charge. As for female variants of that and the kilt uniform, I'm not sure what the value would be in drawing those, since they wouldn't be fundamentally much different from the male ones. Somerset - I wasn't planning on closing in the back end of the design, but I think I'll have to to keep it coherent. But I was going for a 'catamaran' feel to this ship as well to echo its mother, y'know? It's not so easy to tell from the way the image is shaded, but the 'outer edge' you see there is already sloping down. Nowhere to put the nacelles there. I'm still shooting for a heavy hover/landing craft kind of feel, so I put the nacelles up on the top of the ship where the big engines on a military hovercraft would be. Ground vehicles are hard... I'm a fan of wheels and many Trek fans aren't.
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03-24-2008, 06:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
Somerset SFM Nugget Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York Posts: 44	Oh I get it. Now that you told me about the shading and I look at it again, I makes sense. I think the scale looks off because the nacelles are right in the middle of the craft, when usually they are either intergrated, on the edge, or sticking out. What about shifting them to the rear more...or putting something behind them? As for the ground vehicles, I'm a fan of the wheels too, but I know what you mean. I can't wait for you to design your own ship, dude.
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03-24-2008, 11:26 PM	#16 (permalink)
Aresius SFM Oracle Realname: Alexander Weber Join Date: May 2006 Location: Schatthausen, Germany Age: 22 Posts: 5,345	Well, it's just usual to make both gender forms...
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03-24-2008, 02:49 PM	#12 (permalink)
Somerset SFM Nugget Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York Posts: 44	Ooo, I like it. I'm not a fan of the nacelles so far in. They might look a little better right on the edge IMHO, but you probably tried that already and didn't like it. I like the weapons pod on top. Looks like a beefier version of the Chaffe shuttle. Like a Chaffe runabout. Add the Argo's drop down door in the rear and the sucker would like a troop/transport carrier heavy runabout. And the diving suit thing sounds cool. You haven't done that before. I'd love to see your take on some sort of ground vehicle too.

03-24-2008, 07:26 PM	#15 (permalink)
Ahkileez SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 192	The design's far from complete. I'd gotten this far when I kind of hit a creative wall. I don't quite know how to tie everything together to get it to look the way I imagine it in my head. I'll keep working on it though. Right now I have it so the ship's carrying one of those Argo shuttles with its little rally truck. Beyond that, I'm not sure if Ark Royal needs anymore ground vehicles, but who knows, inspiration may strike. I had started designing a smaller 'dune buggy' type one a while back for Xayvian that I never finished. The only full-size Trek ship I ever designed was the Arion. Does that count?

03-26-2008, 07:40 AM	#17 (permalink)
Ahkileez SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 192	Aresius - well if I get ambitious, Aresius, I'll try to do females of those suits, but I wouldn't count on it, hehe. If something else comes up of course, I'll hop right in

03-26-2008, 03:51 PM	#18 (permalink)
Somerset SFM Nugget Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York Posts: 44	Hey Kurt, I was looking at the ST:Echoes website and I saw those beautiful rank pips. Is that you handiwork? Oh and I had a thought while watching the Military channel last night Any thoughts on an remote piloted fighter like the Predator, maybe just used for recon for the Ark Royal? Would be something different.

03-26-2008, 05:43 PM	#19 (permalink)
Ahkileez SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 192	Hey Al. I'd like to take credit for those pips, but I'm afraid not. They're Kuro's, from over on kuro-rpg.net. He does great work. Ark Royal's got specially built manned Recon fighters already, as well as reconnaissance probes. I'm not sure what the value in a Recon UAV would be, y'know? Made more progress on the 'super-auxilliary' for her though. She's finally got a name, "Britannic", to go with the naming scheme of the other auxiliaries aboard.

03-26-2008, 06:54 PM	#20 (permalink)
Somerset SFM Nugget Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York Posts: 44	Oh I didn't know about the fighters. I remeber you putting them up here now, though. I like what you did with the Brittanic. Very nice.

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