I've done more work on the main body.
I'm not completely satisfied with it yet.

LOWERPOLY_STARSHIP_CONCEPT.skp

We'll see. I don't want to think about these details before we have the final shape.

@iichiversii said:

I'll get working on the pod release mechanism

That's what I'm worried about. I think we should have the shape of the pod finalised before doing that mechanism.

Made some tweaks to the mesh and modifed some bits.
The files is the low poly one and the pic with SDS.

LOWERPOLY_STARSHIP_CONCEPT.skp

Btw I love the aesthetic of these ships and I might nab the look for the external bridge.

[xxl-img:c8k7jkeo]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/123/3/7/com_evangelos_class_cruiser_refit_by_galen82-d4yh0q6.jpg[/xxl-img:c8k7jkeo]
[xxl-img:c8k7jkeo]http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/194/9/e/com_trident_completed_by_galen82-d5762r1.jpg[/xxl-img:c8k7jkeo]
http://galen82.deviantart.com/

You see in that version there are 2 parts of the ship divided by a line and the pod and another piece which I'm thinking how to integrated into the main body.
I was saying that we shold have the pod attached only to the front piece which then could separate from the main body pod and all.

Were you thinking the pod should be longer, bigger?

It's not a very different version, but the pod doesn't matchup exactly. I would have matched it myself but you said you wanted to do more work on it.

Yeah but adapt it to this version. We could have the pod attached to the front and the front with the pod attached to the rest. So front could detach with the pod on and without.

Also don't do too much detailing on the mesh that has to be subdivided. It has to be done with SDS in mind to look good and it would create more work for me to redo things. The clamps will probably have to change a bit because the way they are will not fit well with the smoothed mesh of the ship.

LOWERPOLY_STARSHIP_CONCEPT.skp

@iichiversii said:

I did this animation with the Keyframe_animation plugin, not sure if you need it to view it, if you dont have it and can view it could someone let me know, cheers

I do have the plugins, but once you have the tweens anybody can view it.

I like the idea and the animation, but I'll have to redo the pod so that it fits and looks good subdivided.
Good job

My second thought....

My first thought...

[flash=425,355:nmxhn2eu]http://www.youtube.com/v/xoMgnJDXd3k[/flash:nmxhn2eu]

That very seldom happens to me.
I leave the autosave to 5 minutes so even if I don't save and SU crashes I still have an up to date backup most of the times. If you've left the default setting it should ask you upon restarting SU if you want to open that autosave. If it doesn't it might still be somewhere in the My Documents folder.

I may have to discard the big body or think of another way to attach it. It's not very elegant at the moment. I'm curious to see what you come up with.

What do you think?

LOWERPOLY_STARSHIP_CONCEPT.skp

@gaieus said:

Oh, and yes, congrats, Marian!

Thank you Gaieus.

Cool. So we could make the front separable in case of emergencies. I don't want to add big engines on it.

LOWERPOLY_STARSHIP_CONCEPT.skp

Signed.

Oh yes, I loved Seaquest too untill they went all Star Trek and then batshit crazy

@iichiversii said:

so main body, suggestions? Iv an idea that comes to mind which I'll work on later tonight
y.

Yeah..keep it lowpoly and similar in style with the front, but I also may make something for the main body.

Meh...I don't want a shuttle.