[MOC] Core Galaxy Systems Dreadnaught (refitted)

[ProvenceTristram]

I hate that spelling of dreadnaught. Oh well.

This is a refitted vessel from 5,000 years BBY, found floating derelict in an icy asteroid field, and refitted by my dark jedi to be the flagship of her fledgling fleet. The two line drawings are the only references I had - and they frequently disagreed on certain dimensions of the ship. So I just kind of winged it at parts to produce the best looking starship possible. The main body has a fold-out with an interior scene depicting a bridge, storage area, and crew bunks. I didn't have time to render it today, but will endeavor to do so when I get home from vacation.

The model itself is about 4,700 pieces, and took around 20 hours to design (a lot of this was due to the difficulty in rotating the ship to get the angles I need to build properly). It has some technic guts, but probably not enough, since I am woeful when it comes to dealing with that stuff (the lower left quadrant, with the hangar, is supported by a technic arm, as is the cylinder, but the main body is just a Lego 'box,' which I hope would be rigid enough to support weight).

Proto:

 

Model:

[marvelBoy123]

Nice, some good texture throughout.

[Fuppylodders]

Looks like a good effort, it's smooth in shaping and generally looks pretty good to source as limited as it is, but one thing jumps out to me is the dish. Was that a compromise dueto not finding a better way of achieving the lopsided cone kinda shape? 

 

Also, some closer pics with a plain background (in addition to the ones seen above) would be nice to see too :) 

[jimmynick]

This is a really cool ship, thanks for sharing! I wonder though if it could stand to be a little longer - it's really helpful that you made a render of the ship at the same angle as the sketch, but the build looks a bit chunkier than the source material. What do you think?

[ProvenceTristram]

1 hour ago, Fuppylodders said:

Looks like a good effort, it's smooth in shaping and generally looks pretty good to source as limited as it is, but one thing jumps out to me is the dish. Was that a compromise dueto not finding a better way of achieving the lopsided cone kinda shape? 

 

Also, some closer pics with a plain background (in addition to the ones seen above) would be nice to see too :) 

I went with the flat front because I wanted to use the canopy piece from the new Millennium Falcon. I know it's completely not to scale with a 900 meter ship, but I really like play features. I may reevaluate when I get home. 

I'll also render more pics, then, too. I was kind of pressed for time this morning (I am in Yosemite NP, now).

[ProvenceTristram]

1 hour ago, jimmynick said:

This is a really cool ship, thanks for sharing! I wonder though if it could stand to be a little longer - it's really helpful that you made a render of the ship at the same angle as the sketch, but the build looks a bit chunkier than the source material. What do you think?

I think there's a very large perspective difference between the line drawing and the schematic - like, enormous. The differences in the sizes of the wings and nacelles is a pretty significant example. Another is the vertical proportions of the primary hull - they do not match at all.

I'll look at lengthening it when I get back, because I had the same reaction you did when I saw that render. However, I largely based the length of the main hull off the side-on line drawing, and compared to that, the hull is in proportion to the 'tube' portion - it's just that that then doesn't sync up with the other picture.

This is a problem with a lot of the drawings of the ships that came out of The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels - many of the drawings of given ships disagree on shapes. Worse, the original source material is astoundingly limited - I'm pretty sure there is a single, semi silhouetted comic book shot of this ship in the entire legends non-canon (which the vehicles and vessels guy went off of; which I am now interpreting).

If anyone has any - any - other pics of this ship, PLEASE post them, because I want to make it as correct as possible.

Edited May 9, 2019 by ProvenceTristram

[Cylo]

Very nice build! The curves are recreated well and the engines look great!

[ProvenceTristram]

Just looking at it now, I think I may redo it. I can reuse a lot of the parts, greebling, engines, etc., but I think it might be a worthy project simply to build in more rigidity, as well as resolve some shape and sizing issues. I will post updates once it is finished next week. 

Good feedback. Many thanks.

[Kristof]

From some reason this looks like nothing from Star Wars to me :) Don't ask me why, I probably couldn't make up a solid answer. Just the vibes it gives... no SW there. As a Sci Fi spaceship it looks great tho :D

[ProvenceTristram]

1 hour ago, Kristof said:

From some reason this looks like nothing from Star Wars to me :) Don't ask me why, I probably couldn't make up a solid answer. Just the vibes it gives... no SW there. As a Sci Fi spaceship it looks great tho :D

I am pretty sure it's from some obscure 1980s comic, or something. No sure.

When I saw it, I immediately thought "that looks like a Gallente ship from Eve Online." And I really like the Gallente style. So it was a nice way to do a semi crossover.