Carpal Tunnel

[Eppy]

Yes, this thing is taking unimaginably long to do. It has crashed and burned not once, not twice, but no less than four times so far on three different models.

That said, because I am a persistent SOB and school is over for me in two days, I took the liberty of making a completely new model from the ground up. The first model died a horrible death in the Gmax phase; the second turned into the original 4.84 Outcast Battleship; the third became the current design base, but the model proved unworkable in May of last year for some reason:



The fourth model was made as a replacement on those same design lines, but I wasn't very satisfied with it:



The lines don't flow very well, as you can see. It's not comprehensive like the first one, and appears squashed to a degree (because it was originally about twice as long. I overcompensated, so it looks fugly whence scaled back). So, I revised it yet again, taking the superstructure concept from the original and integrating it with a differently styled stern, employing a slightly more stylistic and less "Klingon d*ldo-ish" approach, as Lohingren liked to call it (and I disposed of the area known as the Lohingren joint, named in his honor because he liked to complain about it so much:laugh:). The Maltese Cross count is currently at four, up from two on the previous models, and may actually rise to six if I think it will look good. I was originally going to include some kind of rounded plates towards the stern to allude to the old Dreadnought, but I decided against it. I decided to reuse the Artificial Quantum Singularity Drive idea from the Destroyer and scale it up, which is why the engine core is so exposed.

So, questions, comments, constructive criticism? Please keep in mind that the model is not finished; the fine details and the cleaning have yet to be done because a simpler model makes structural changes easier if significant improvements are suggested/implemented.











This cake is not a lie. I'll be texturing it myself this time with huge help from Gurjiv, assuming he's still in on this (It's been about a month since the Dreadnought came up). Hopefully we can have it ready for the auto-updater in a month or two.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.