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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:35 am
by Zamboni
Tholian Web Tender

This ship went through half a dozen designs through forum suggestions, swapping my original Tesla coils on the roof for something slightly more web generator-ish on the sides (and another half-dozen tries before Shapeways agreed to pint them).

Years ago I started on a story that involved Klingon subject crews on Tholian auxiliaries, as the Tholian members of the crew needed a hot environment that the foreign ships couldn't handle. Here the front half of a Tholian Skiff has replaced the bridge of a purchased freighter.

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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:16 pm
by Zamboni
Tholian Pocket Battleship

Basically a CW made from with two Destroyer hull, plus extra phasers and disruptors. And fighters. And PFs.

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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:59 pm
by Zamboni
Tholian War Cruiser

This ship went through some significant design changes going from SL2400 to Shapeways. The metal miniature was significantly too small, so it was stretched from 120 meters to 148 meters. This stretching also opened up some space on the forward set of fins for another pair of engine grills.

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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:37 am
by Zamboni
Kzinti Scout Frigate

I've spent decades staring at the nice neat row of sensor boxes on the SSD.

I guess I never really considered what they actually looked like on the ship until now...

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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:32 am
by mjwest
I really like that. Well done!

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:27 am
by Zamboni
Tholian Battleship

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All of the Tholian bits and pieces were leading up to this thing. This version shows the fully refitted battleship without the Spiders and Arachnids found on the Stellar Domination version of the ship. (I believe an updated SSD will be in an upcoming Captain's Log.)

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:42 am
by Zamboni
Tholian PC pinwheel

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All of the pinwheel models are made from combining three regular models with a custom three-prong stand topper and printing them out as one piece. This format allows for customized pinwheels, either by removing and replacing a ship on a one-piece pinwheel, or building one from scratch using individual ships.

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:24 pm
by Sgt_G
Sigh. More upside-down Tholian ships. :wink:

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:50 pm
by Zamboni
Sgt_G wrote:Sigh. More upside-down Tholian ships. :wink:
http://i.imgur.com/KLh6Jn4.jpg

Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:24 pm
by Zamboni
Juggernaut Heavy Cruiser

Mid-Sized extra-Galactic threat, flipped over to display chin-mounted phaser-4.

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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:51 pm
by djdood
I was wondering how you were going to deal with that centerline mount. Looks nice.

Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:13 am
by Zamboni
I had originally tried building up some fancy superstructures for underneath, but stripped it down to the basics after deciding to go back to smooth on the top.

Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:23 am
by Zamboni
Juggernaut Missile Dreadnought

After drawing and rejecting half a dozen different designs for this, I decided just to go for clean and sleek. The phaser layout is taken from the original 8.5" resin mini.

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I made a few attempts to panel the entire ship, with one patch of panels being distinctive for each ship. I scrapped the panel idea, but the nameplate stayed behind above the missile tubes. (This is Golden Spiral.)

Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 3:28 am
by djdood
The nameplate is a good touch. The Juggy's are arrogant beasts, so I'd see them doing something ostentatious.

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:41 am
by Zamboni
Juggernaut Destroyer

And baby makes three. The SSD shows no horns and no tail, so the DD is a much more compact outline than the larger ships.

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CA and DD in FUD for comparison: https://i.imgur.com/wUM7YqV.jpg