For when you guys replace the old D'deridex model

posted on October 10th, 2011, 6:20 pm

How about implimenting the major details that they never had time to add to the physical model?

The Trek BBS - View Single Post - Romulan Warbird

There is a BC model in progress so when thats released you guys can look at it to get ideas.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 6:30 pm

Wow I really like that originally intended design.  Too bad it didn't make it in

posted on October 10th, 2011, 7:35 pm

I think a hybrid might be in order

posted on October 10th, 2011, 7:48 pm

very very nice some cool info

posted on October 10th, 2011, 8:45 pm

Nice work 

posted on October 10th, 2011, 10:07 pm

Does anybody know of a really good 3-view diagram of the D'Deridex (front, top, side)?  I'm going to be trying out Maya for a class soon and I would like to try making it.  I'd say there's only about a 20% chance of me actually creating one good enough for Fleet Ops, but trying should be tons of fun.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 10:24 pm

Its too bad they're taking it out, it was one of my favorite designs

posted on October 10th, 2011, 10:27 pm

What do you mean taking it out...  The D'deridex will just be getting a new model/texture some point down the road . It's one of the older models in FO.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 11:04 pm

Does anybody know of a really good 3-view diagram of the D'Deridex (front, top, side)?  I'm going to be trying out Maya for a class soon and I would like to try making it.  I'd say there's only about a 20% chance of me actually creating one good enough for Fleet Ops, but trying should be tons of fun.

Best I can find is here.  Ex Astris Scientia - Starship Gallery - Romulans

posted on October 11th, 2011, 12:01 am

I always thought the "neck" should be a little longer then what we have in FlOps, and with the exception of some new textures, I think the current D'deridex is further along then it seems.

It's an absolutely beautiful design and was really one of the first (and best) departures from standard ship designs in Star Trek. It's one of those ships that says A LOT about the race that uses 'em - not unlike the Borg Cube. Other designs are nice, but don't reveal much about the race that uses them.

I feel like the CGI designers for Babylon 5 did it best, though. When you look at a Narn G'Quan cruiser you see a utilitarian race that basically welded 2 big lasers, a hanger bay and a reactor to 3 big engines wrapping the hull with crew habitation and a bridge - almost as an after thought. Or the Centauri Vorchan warship, with it's seemingly extemporaneous fins that show a race, perhaps, putting form before function - displaying a decline in basic engineering princible.

I could go on, but who wants that?