The Hawk's maiden voyage

[skyhawk223]

Here she is. Deflector moved to the front. Added some nav lights and some other doo dads that cannot be seen in this shot.
http://www.3dgladiators.net/workforum/ubb/html/uploads/Scout3_17.jpg
http://www.3dgladiators.net/workforum/ubb/html/uploads/Scout3_17a.jpg

[Masao]

That looks good, but you might want to update the markings. The Federation had no contact with the Romulans from after the war in 2161 until TOS in the 2260s. The earliest they could have copied the Bird of Prey would be in the 2260s. Therefore, the markings should be TOS-era markings, not those from the 2200s. Regardless, the registry should be larger on the top of the hull.

[Darrell Lawrence]

Make the bussards more orangish with red and yellow mixed noise.

Try to match the shows as close as possible.

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[skyhawk223]

Ok, I can change the markings and make the registry larger. Do you mean the numbers, or the name too?

Worked on the bussards last night with little success. I might get rid of the vane objects in favor of texturing the bussard cap. I cannot get the blurred edges on the vanes.

[Masao]

I meant the numbers. The name is usually small, just above the numbers. I'm not sure whether the numbers should be straight, follow the curve of the hull or be in an arc. See what looks best.

[skyhawk223]

I will enlarge the numbers and see how it looks. I still have to redo the penant on the nacelles an on the hull.

[skyhawk223]

Went over the mesh yesterday and have some bad news. I model in all my details since texture maps for the most part don't work for me. The penant was modelled into the engine, so I can't chance it because I didn't save a clean copy of the engine after I made it. I could change the penants on the top of the hull, but then they wouldn't match the penants on the engines. All this means is that unless I rebuild the engines completely (which I might, but not now since it wouldn't get done before the web site is back up), the model is going to stay like it is. I really wish I had saved a clean copy because Masao is correct in his comments about time frame and penants in use. Well, you live and learn I guess.

[Darrell Lawrence]

Solution-

Since it's based on the Romulan BoP, consider the markings as a tribute to the old Rom War ships, reminding both the Federation and Romulans why that ship was built http://www.3dgladiators.net/workforum/ubb/html/smilies/biggrin.gif

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[skyhawk223]

Hey, works for me. As long as it makes it to the new site.

[Masao]

Wellll....
The markings from the Romulan War were United Earth Stellar Navy markings (I made this up), not early Starfleet markings. But I'm not going to say anything...

[skyhawk223]

Like an idiot, I didn't render this image large enough for the scenes part of the page and I didn't save the setup so I can't re-create it. Oh well.
http://www.3dgladiators.net/workforum/ubb/html/uploads/Hawk_HQ_3_18.jpg