Akyazi/Akula

[DamienNZ]

What are the specs of this? Approx....

[Tallguy]

Originally Posted by DamienNZ

What are the specs of this? Approx....

Bigger than a bread box? Faster than a speeding bullet?

Gilso Ship Schematic - Perimeter Action Ship's Akyazi Class

[aridas sofia]

Originally Posted by Basill

Oh darn! aridas sofia Your picture's not showing up! I may never get to see your inspiration for my model! Being that he is the guy that authored that book (I totally didn't make that connection like a goober) I'm sure its great! Despite my love for 3D, I still love good-ole conventional methods.

Maybe this will work better:

[Aresius]

looks great... weird and great... as if the ship would join an interstellar carneval truck...

I like it...

[exodus2310]

For some strange reason, my browser will only load up half a picture...

[MadKoiFish]

I think thats sfm pushing out large mamals again, its doing it to me off and on.

[Basill]

Oooo neat. Thanks aridas sofia. I can definately see what you mean about the angle of the composition. That's one of my favorite angles, mainly because of the single non-orthographic shot of the ship in the original book. Flipping through the book at one of my first conventions many years ago, that is the drawing that made me fall in love with the design. I don't particularly care for the exotic paint job, though I am curious if part of that is not due to some sort of "stealth" feature of the hull plates or if it is just a Federation starship stationed on the outskirts doing the "Custom-Auto" thing ala "The Flying Tigers." I find the concept of a crew individualizing their starship kind of interesting, but I probably won't take my texturing in that direction.

Tallguy, Thanks for the spec links. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Basill]

Back from the holiday melee, I've added a few more details to the ships hull.

"Pay no attention to that workbee behind the cur... uh.. hatch!" On the ventral saucer hull, third ring from the outer rim, I've placed workbee bay doors similar to their placement on the Akula subclass. There are actually little workbees needlessly taking up polygons directly behind the doors! Of course I can't remember where I downloaded them, so until I can model a version of my own I'll just keep them there for "reference"

Right next to them are "intelligence drone launch covers" also similar to the Akula but probably interpreted a little differently.

Onto the lower docking ring between the main hull elements, a little experiment is taking shape. In the source literature for this design, there is mention of one subclass which carries a single mounted shuttle. It is mainly for emergency escape, and has limited warp capacity, but it can do double duty for other purposes.

Still a lot to do on this model. It's been giving me a bit of grief. Similar to the Surak warp sled shuttle, (Hats off to Tallguy and your rendition) this version is more akin to the slightly smaller standard shuttle supposedly designed by Andrew Probert to go on Starfleet vessels. The Surak is much too large for this tight fit, but the smaller version has just the perfect amount of clearance. I've even been toying with modeling a smaller warp sled from one of Probert's conceptual drawings (the warp features on the shuttle in the book aren't quite as easy to discern) I haven't even begun to consider dedicated docking mounts (also in the book) integrated into the hull, which would be necessary. Docking collars are neat, but I doubt they are structually sound enough for permanant stowage. Naturally I will have versions with and without.

There are some other minor details I've probably added here and there since my last post that I've forgotten. Placed some ridges in the large hatches aft of the saucer, as well as a little interior for the upper observation lounge. More on that later. Happy Holidays!

[Basill]

Here are some images of the upper observation lounge I have been working on. Playing with radiosity, so they are a bit smaller and only the final image is anti-aliased. They are all self lit by various glowing panels within, or just a few scene-placed spotlights that correspond to the six recessed lights in the ceiling. It is still a bit dark and I want to brighten up some corners, but I still want the lighting to be subdued, being as this is an observation lounge that typically looks out into the blackness of space. The first is an early version with a blue based color scheme, which I will keep in some form as a variation, but I've put more details into the red carpet version, which I think has a warmer feel to it. I will be adding more finishing touches of course, maybe some plants and little drinking containers and such on the table tops, since I have a little greeny glowing bar like food/drink units in the corners by the doorways.

Happy New Year!

[AndyM]

Nice work, like the interiors,

A.