Now those are some good lookin ships, wish you had added a some form of command structure to them. Nothing big just Something.

Hmm, I will keep them the way they are for now. However, I'm currently working with Fox Box on possibly producing a complete space ship range for them (well, mostly escort sized stuff), so perhaps a reworked version of these might appear in the future...

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awesome news!

Early teaser... (and yes it's a miscast)

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More pics of the cast Destroyers:

(gunship on the left, carrier on the right)



Here are pics of the original prints.

Carrier:


Gunship:

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Awesome, keep up the good work!

With casts of my escorts ever closer I started working on some new transportships.




A blockade runner of a sorts, heavily armed for a transport its size. The engines might make casting a bit tricky, or maybe not, we'll see!


A light transportship, about the size of the Destroyers. The design is pretty straight forward, nothing too crazy.


Another light transport, also about the size of the Destroyers but more elongated.


A slightly larger transport, originally based on the Corvette hull, now modified to function as a fuel transport. Might tweak the fuel tanks a bit, the bits on the tops and bottoms are a bit overkill...


Another one of the Corvette sized transports. Kind of the 'black sheep' of the family. Its bridge is mounted on the front of the ship, and it's also armed with a twin linked turret. The sides of the prow still need some detailing.


Whilst based on the Corvette sized hulls, this one is the largest of the bunch, almost 6cm long it's closer to a Frigate or even a Light Cruiser.

I might want to give it a shot at some fighter craft again. Something based on the 'Grifter' from Dreadnought, but then a lot blockier/clunkier:
http://www.patrickhecht.com/?portfolio= ... readnought

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To give you a bit of context regarding the status of the transportships:

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Finally got some test prints in! One thing I can say is that I'm kinda digging Shapeways' FXD material, it really handles the detail rather well. The only downside is that there are still printlines and the material would need extensive cleaning. Subtle Discord wrote some interesting stuff on that.

Another 'downside' of the material is that it's see-through, making it rather tricky to photograph.

Test printed some BFG scaled ordnance:

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Update!!!

Corvette Carrier:




Corvette Gunship:

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Oh nice.

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Continued tweaking the existing ship designs, and revived a really old design.

About two years ago I worked on this:


Today it has evolved into something that could match the rest of the designs I've made:


The ships still need a whole lot of work, but the idea is basically they are a more heavily armed, but less armoured versions of my 'normal' corvettes.

All ships are the same size (40mm long):


And now there are three weapon configurations instead of two:

Lances:


Weapon batteries:


Carriers:


The original ships (ones in the back) are as good as done, little tweaking here and there. The sleeker (front) ships need some more work though, (A) to match the aesthetic of the other ships better and (B) to make each a bit more unique.

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Great work.

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Been working on the frigate sized craft some more. It's becoming more 'techy' than 'ornate' looking, combining my two favourite ship designs (BFG and Homeworld). Kinda curious to see where this'll go...

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