Klingon Carrier Concept (once again)

[BoogerMc]

Yeah, they might have the bigger ship, but I'll bet mine's got a harder sting.

[BoogerMc]

I had an idea for a new wing section. I'm going to post two shots at different angles for the original and two at the same angles for the new one. Let me know which you guys like better. I'm not kidding around here, I really want your input on this one guys. Enjoy.

First the old one...





and now the new one...





So which one do you like better. I designed the new one off the neck shape to see if it fit the overall appearance better, but I'm not sure one way or the other. The neck in these shots is just a place holder, it is the original neck before I started to doctor it up. So don't think I regressed or that I'm gonna do that part over again because I aint, I'm happy with the neck as it appears in the posts above. But I still get this feeling I'm missing something, just don't know what. Anyway, let me know what you think on this new wing.

[evil_genius_180]

I like the first one if for no other reason than the Klingons like edged weapons. It sort of reminds me of a bat'leth. The second one doesn't have the sharpness and doesn't seem as Klingon.

[CrimsonLine]

I agree with the evil_genius (he IS a genius, after all, even if he is evil) unless you have something cool in mind for the flat center strip, the edged configuration looks more bat'leth like. And that's the inspiration for the ship, isn't it?

[evil_genius_180]

"It's Doctor Evil. I didn't spend eight years at evil medical school to be called 'mister.'"

[Oovebei]

Perfect found another thread I was following

i would go for the first one, it's looks more 'Klingon' (aggressive and similar)

One of my fav threads

[BoogerMc]

We'll that's three for three, guess the edged one wins. If all goes well then I'll have some progress to show tonight. Thanks guys, I really appriciate it.

[MadKoiFish]

Well here I go to RUIN everything
I like the flat one. Reason is you can stuff a hell of a lot of weapons in there. EXP if you inset that flat area. HOWEVER I would like to see the outer wing thinned down some to give more detail IE have it sharped edged while the inner wing bit has the chamfered flat area with a recess for windows or weapons of pain. see attachment. I think dropping the height on the one wing will give you more visual detail and more surface to stuff things on.

I cant remember if you had stuff on the ends of the wings? I could swear you had a gimbal style turret on there.

either way hope you dont mind at all ~_~and I hope more that you can tell what Im trying to depict from the cheapo 1min doodles I did

[BoogerMc]

Great minds think alike, madkoifish. I like the idea of filling the flat spot up witrh stuff, in fact that's why I came up with it in the first place (you'll see what I mean with tonight's posts). I'm not sure however I like the thinner wing idea though, it would seem to throw the overall appearance off a bit. You are correct I did have four main guns, one on each tip, but I have been considering some different designs and am not sure what exactly I'll go with yet. I had even considered insetting the flat area on each tip and placing some sort of capital gun in there. But I do appreciate the input and there is some good ideas there none the less.

I know I gave you guys the option to choose and I still am. I thought If I illustrated my idea a bit better maybe you'd think twice. I'm not saying I'm going against anyone here, but I thought I'd give it one more shot to see if the new design does have its merits, or if it's just wishful thinking.

So I started to panel the original wing tonight (first pic) and then I "cut" a launch door into the old and the new wings to show where I had considered placing them. I included a fighter for comparison and a little nod to scale as well. (All credits given to where they are due, if anyone feels I credited them wrong please let me know [nicely]). The second pic is of the new wing and the third is the old wing. Again, I'm not sold on either one right now, so let me know what you think, opinions do count. Just don't be surprised if I beat you to an idea first, if you guys only knew how much I think about this thing all day long. I'm constantly building and rebuilding it in my mind, trying new ideas to see what works best before I actually sit down and do it, saves me a lot of time I wouldn't otherwise have. Anyway enjoy the updates however small they might be and let me know what you really think no matter what.

Paneling...



New wing...



Old wing...



One last question for you guys, I did a paneling test some time ago (I'll repost the pic as well), I'm considering doing something like this at the end of the project over the whole ship, to give a bit more detail to the bland flat panels, if you think this would help, let me know, if not same goes. I was looking at some of the close ups and they just seem a bit bland without some extra panel lines, but maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree. What do you guys think?

Old panel test...



Later gators.

[Prime_8]

i think i said this before ..GOD IT'S BIG .

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