USS Midnight

by **Darkwing** 2010-09-30, 15:28

Well coming up soon in Red Squad and in the Sequel which is yet to be formally announced, there is to be a new ship! And what better way, then to have a ship built from scratch, designed from scratch by me! Very Happy

So here it is (still a WIP mind you) the USS Midnight!!!!!

(Note some of these are older pics)

USS Midnight Angles11

by Genix Warrior 2010-09-30, 16:10

Wow! Nice dude, what class is it?

by **Darkwing** 2010-09-30, 16:16

Haven't decided yet. Could name it Midnight Class

by Vedic 2010-09-30, 19:28

Lovenin the model, the Deck lights make it lookl ike it has 5 decks (unless it dose)

how many hours have went into this?

by **Darkwing** 2010-09-30, 19:30

I have no idea how many decks, that's the type of thing you don't really concern yourself with at this stage. As for hours, let's see, I'd estimate that if you add up how many hours combine over the past week or so, it's probably around 15-20 hours

by Vedic 2010-09-30, 19:38

Not bad for hat amot of time, what type of ship will she be ?

by **Darkwing** 2010-09-30, 19:39

Darkwing wrote:Haven't decided yet. Could name it Midnight Class

She's a combat ship classified as a training ship (reason will become apparent)

by Vedic 2010-09-30, 19:49

( i hate this keybord)

Hmm, classifed Ship, in This, i have a feeling it has a temporal drive?
or somethink equaly classified

by **Darkwing** 2010-09-30, 19:54

no, no temporal drives, but a prototype warp drive, standard phasers, quantums and photons, a federation version of a cutting beam like weapon and an arsenal of new torpedoes (haven't named them yet)

by Vedic 2010-09-30, 20:06

Hmm how did i forget FTL drive, ok is this a drive that coudl go a few lightyears a minute kinda drive or just go at max speed for longer than a few shours.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-02, 16:49

it's gettin closer to being done:

USS Midnight Sideli10

by Vedic 2010-10-02, 20:15

Nice, not a fan of the Nacelles thou.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-03, 01:03

They're pretty much sovvie nacelles more or less, but they haven't been finalized yet as I has my own idea in mind

by Vedic 2010-10-03, 12:36

Never was a a fan of the Sovereign, as you know I'm an Akira Fan.

by **JPB18** 2010-10-03, 12:46

Vedic wrote:Never was a a fan of the Sovereign, as you know I'm an Akira Fan.

And I'm a Prometheus Fan... Nevermind, the model is awesome... Keep Going...

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-03, 12:56

Vedic wrote:Never was a a fan of the Sovereign, as you know I'm an Akira Fan.

Too bad, Sovvie's my favourite class

by Vedic 2010-10-03, 15:58

It's a nice design I just don't like the ship.

by **JPB18** 2010-10-03, 16:01

Vedic wrote:It's a nice design I just don't like the ship.

Well, tastes are tastes... And this is how humanity evolves... Trying to match everyone's preferencies...

by Vedic 2010-10-03, 17:15

Plus I'm a very complicated guy.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-04, 19:08

Production on this has momentarily stopped cause the batteries in my mouse died and I haven't any replacements ATM and modeling using a track pad is next to impossible

by Vedic 2010-10-04, 19:47

I know the feeling of the batteries running out, and needing to use a wired mouse. mega pain in the .....

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-04, 19:56

Yeah, I find even using regular mice so awkward now that I've been using my Magic Mouse for sometime now

by Vedic 2010-10-04, 20:16

I've been meaning to buy a new mouse (mine eats batteries to fast) think of getting a Blue touch one.

by Vedic 2010-10-08, 01:06

Any updates?

by **Destral** 2010-10-08, 01:29

He's been sick and still no batteries as far as I know. He will post updates when he is able.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-08, 12:44

Yeah, sick and mouseless

by Vedic 2010-10-08, 16:51

Sucks, to hear that.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-09, 16:54

I now has batteries again, so therefore I have a mouse and I'm feeling better meaning, new Midnight pic!

USS Midnight Shipli10

by raffitz 2010-10-09, 18:12

Meeza likes the nacelles' lighting!

by Vedic 2010-10-09, 18:18

raffitz wrote:Meeza likes the nacelles' lighting!

+1
Do i see a large hole in the secondary hull?

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-09, 18:19

Good, those nacelles have gone through a LOT of tweaking to get at an acceptable look

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-09, 18:20

ummm, that "hole" has always been there. Go back to the first post and look at some of the pics there

by Vedic 2010-10-09, 18:23

Ohhhh, well I feel like an idiot now,

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-13, 17:27

Here's another underside shot. I've begun work on the detailing of the under saucer section

USS Midnight Bottom12

by Vedic 2010-10-14, 06:07

looks nice, But do you have to render it on a black BG?

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-14, 10:55

I've been doing that because I'm also testing the lighting on the ship, and having it dark helps me see the light better. Also, space is black, so it'll be on black a lot of times, but when the model's done, it'll be rendered with a full scene

by Vedic 2010-10-14, 11:00

Ah well that seems ...logical.

What are those red things on the primary Hull? Secondary Nacelles or Cooler looking Impulse engines.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-14, 11:03

Those are the impulse engines. They have yet to be detailed, but yeah, that's their basic shape

by Vedic 2010-10-14, 11:06

Nice design, looks better than the The Normal ones, which is just a square the a red part inside.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-14, 11:09

Yeah. Part of the reason these ones came about is cause they wouldn't fit on any of the normal places for impulse engines, so these cool triangular ones came into being

by Vedic 2010-10-14, 11:11

How long do you think it would take to finish it?

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-14, 11:17

With any luck, a week, tops

by Vedic 2010-10-14, 11:57

If i were an animator, that ship would be fun to animate.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-14, 12:03

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to its first animation, it's gonna look so cool Very Happy

by Vedic 2010-10-14, 13:30

I dunno, why, but this ship needs blue phasers, red/orange won't be cool enough for it..

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-14, 13:31

Dude, you read my mind, it was gonna be a bit of a surprise

by Vedic 2010-10-14, 13:35

Well Blue phasers are just awesome any ways.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-14, 13:38

well, they're not completely phaser though, that much i'll keep hidden

by Vedic 2010-10-14, 13:39

Quantum Phasers, it would be explain the blueness.

by **Darkwing** 2010-10-14, 18:10

And some more:

USS Midnight Saucer10

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