Amarillo Class {Romulan Wars}

[XFozzboute]

I found the design of this ship over here.
http://www.starfleet-museum.org/
I decided what the hell I might as well make a version of it.
About 1 to 1 1/2 hours modelling and 2 to 4 hours texturing.

[evil_genius_180]

Yeah, I've seen this before. It's from the same era as Fabio's pre-TOS mods in the downloads. I always thought those designs were cool predacessors to the Daedalus-class ships. Excellent job modeling and texturing. Are you planning on getting more advanced with it?

[XFozzboute]

What do you mean by "more advanced"?

[evil_genius_180]

Well, it looks like you followed the blueprints exactly. And, it looks great. However, I didn't know if you were going to add any personal touches or things of that nature, or leave it as is.

[XFozzboute]

I'll stick to the design. At least as best as I can.

[Thomas P]

Nice job so far. I've always enjoyed the simplicity of Masao's designs. They allow for fun modelling projects.

Very cool.

Cheers! — Möe

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UPDATE...
Modelling on this ship is finished. I've added what I thought was an airlock in the reference picture and I finished the impulse engines. Almost all the textures for the primary hull are finished. I'll probably need to tweak a few places.

[evil_genius_180]

Looks great. I like the subtle weathering on the hull. I forget, is this ship a destroyer or another classification?

[XFozzboute]

I don't know for sure but I think it's just a small cruiser.

[evil_genius_180]

I couldn't remember, I was just curious. I guess I could just jet over to shipschematics.net and find it. The guns just sort of screamed "destroyer" for some reason.

Edit: just found it. You're right, it's a cruiser.

[XFozzboute]

I think I made the guns a little bit bigger than they should be. Maybe I'll make them shorter.

[evil_genius_180]

Well, it is a war-era cruiser. The bigger guns would probably be a must-have. Really, dude, I found those schematics at shipschematics.net and yours looks great.

[XFozzboute]

UPDATE...
Nearly done. I think I'm getting the hang of the blend material in Max

Question about those guns... are they actually mounted on a turret that can traverse? I'm not very familiar with these kinds of designs.

Cheers! — Möe

[XFozzboute]

Originally Posted by Moebius

Question about those guns... are they actually mounted on a turret that can traverse? I'm not very familiar with these kinds of designs.

Cheers! — Möe

I;m not to familiar with the designs myself. I assume they can move, but I don't know.

[Thomas P]

Originally Posted by Moebius

Question about those guns... are they actually mounted on a turret that can traverse? I'm not very familiar with these kinds of designs.

Cheers! — Möe

Yes, they are turrets and can rotate. See all of Masao's stuff at the Star Fleet museum. You will find a detailed (for most designs) back story as well as deck plans and various images done by folks that are fans of his work. (Yes, includes yours truely ).

[evil_genius_180]

Great job modeling and texturing, as always. I especially like those turrets with the emblem on them.

[XFozzboute]

UPDATE...
Well not actually but I thought I'd post these five views.





Here's a scale pic.

And while I'm at it a shot at my attempt to do a Romulan ship. It's just to see if I can get the shapes I need. I'll probably start from scratch.

[skyhawk223]

Nice to see these coming alive again.