U.S.S. Voyager

[Lord General SpudLord General (MSI)]

Since this isn't a MSI or Narkova ship, it technically doesn't belong in this thread. But, I didn't know here else to put it, so I posted it here anyway.

Anyhoo, those of you who were on the LEGO Universe Creation Lab for a while may remember that some time back I made a miniscale model of the U.S.S. Voyager from the show [i]Star Trek: Voyager.[i] It received pretty good marks. However, I thought I could do better, and months later I have.

This is my original version:



As you may be able to see, there are a few floating pieces, the main body looks a little too long, and the warp nacelles look blocky and very un-streamlined. I think the new version looks much better.

*drum roll* Viola!





First off, the new nacelles look great compared to the first ones. These ones are connected to the aft section by a different way which still allows them to rotate upward for warp travel (the Intrepid-Class is the only ship I know of with moving nacelles).


The new version is on the left and the old is on the right.


Secondly, the main body of the ship is now two studs shorter. To me, those proportions now look better matched. Even though the front section of the first model looks more rounded, the front section on the new one looks better sized (the new model is on top and the old one is on bottom).


This is one of my favorite parts of the ship: the deflector array.


The bottom of the front section of the new model is now higher than that of the old one, as shown here. This was one of the biggest improvements. Old on the left, new on the right.


The entire underside was changed to give a better impression of a round hull. This also allowed for the better deflector position.


Tell me what you think!

[TalmidCommander (PCG)]

It does look much better! I like how you're able to use special colors so well, my building style uses the almost same patterns of colors over all of my models.

You probably could have posted this in the Federation section, since it is an Intrepid Class.

[Dino27Captain (PCG)]

Oooooh! VERY nice!!! I like it! No doubt about it, this is Voyager... WELL done! I don't think I saw her the first time round (aside from the pictures in this topic) but I must say, that is a great piece of bricks!

[Lord General SpudLord General (MSI)]

Talmid: Thanks! I like funky colors, as evidenced by the color scheme on my ships. And yes, now that I think about it, this probably should have been posted in the Federation section. Do you know how I can move this post there?

Dino: Thank you!

[TalmidCommander (PCG)]

Maybe one of the admins can.... I have no power here.

[ForgeRecruit (No Affiliation)]

First off, I like the old one better. :PBut I would take the underside of the new one and add it to the old one, witht the little upwards sloping peices instead of ending flat on the underside of the saucer. But I like the saucer itself, along with the naccles, better on the old one. That's just my opinion. I'm still not entirely sure which back end I like better though, the old or the new.

Also...

BOoM! Topic moved.

[Lord General SpudLord General (MSI)]

Ant: Yeah, the nacelles are probably the biggest improvement. And thanks for moving the topic!

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