4 view Huron

[Thomas P]

Masao has done it again!!! Look at this masterpiece:

http://www.concept40.com/galleries/sciartpost/10182001/usshuron.jpg

[Darrell Lawrence]

Cool :)

thomas7g had made one in Max, and I have a half done one in LW.

Now I can finish mine :D

[Masao]

Thomas7g has one? Thomas! Post some nice renders of your USS Huron, please!

I drew this for a few reasons: to encourage someone to model it, for my upcoming museum article on Starfleet Transports (I'm also working on the robot ship), and to replace that crappy Geoffrey Mandel schematic that's posted at the Starships Schematics Database (which is back on line, if you haven't already heard). I had to guess a bit on the width of the forward structures, but I think they're pretty close.

I'm also working on some schematics for Cyrano's scoutship from "More Tribbles, More Troubles," which we might assume is the unseen ship he used in "The Trouble with Tribbles."

[thomas7g]

WOW! Cool!

Nice work.

but I never built the Huron. I built the Robot Cargo ship from the tribbles episode. The Huron I believe is from the one with the Orion pirates. :D

I did see one mesh built of this. But it was kinda basic. It did however have all the right bits in the right places :)

[Darrell Lawrence]

Eep! I thought it was you that made it. I know you made the cargo ship too.

[thomas7g]

nope. Would like to, but I wanna work more on the projects already on the table as soon as I get my computer parts. Should arrive tommorrow or the day after. Then I have to reinstall everything as I have realized my c drive is failing. :)

[Masao]

I thought so! I saw Thomas7g's robot ship at Kail Tescar's TAS site. I was hoping you'd do a newly textured version of that ship.

The only modeled Huron I've seen is by Mateen Greenway. However, he based his mesh on Geoffrey Mandel's very old, very inaccurate schematics. He has a few renders on this page: http://mateengreenway.simplenet.com/trek/tos.htm

[Thomas P]

Here is an updated view:
http://www.concept40.com/galleries/sciartpost/10182001/usshuron2.gif

[Thomas P]

I'm sorry Masao, how are they different?

[thomas7g]

One small error. The nacelle struts attach at different points on different views.

[Masao]

Damn nacelle struts! Thanks for the tip.

Anyways, the differences I made:
1) Refined big black window on secondary hull
2) Fixed "pipe" on thing near the back on the side
3) Added a small round window on the lower rear hanging thing
4) Added a few lines to the pipe "hinge" on the front scissors.
5) Added

Small, but meaningful changes for compulsive persons.

[Thomas P]

:D Now I see 'em!

[thomas7g]

Its really nice work :)

Do you do it in photoshop? Or Illustrator or something similiar?

[Masao]

Thanks, all. I do all my work in Macromedia's Freehand (version 7 for Mac). It's the second most popular vector drawing program for the Mac, after Illustrator. I've never owned or used Illustrator.


Added (continued):
5) A little line to the bottom of the clam shell doors
6) Continued the gray stripe from the base of the lateral "whiskers" around the front to the other side.

I'll fix the nacelle struts when I get back to the office on Tuesday.

[skyhawk223]

That's just one funky looking ship. It sort of fits in to Trek by way of the nacelles, but the rest of it could be from another series.

[thomas7g]

I think the fragile bits are out of place, but the basic curves and such fit in with the art style of the props and sets of the series.:D

[Masao]

When one of you guys finishes a mesh, you can put Huron in a scene next to Enterprise and see how they look together. I'm looking forward to seeing if they're compatible.

[Thomas P]

Here is an additional update from Masao on the 4-views. (I'm lookin hard this time :) )

Rev-3 (121KB ) (http://www.concept40.com/galleries/sciartpost/10182001/usshuron3.jpg)

[Masao]

I swear this is the last one. Even if there are mistakes I won't change them. On to the next ship!

[thomas7g]

So Darrell, how far are you progressing on this puppy? :)