Cool, as I said, it is a better starting point for a streamlined design than my deckplan. Seeing your design, there are some ideas there that I will bear in mind when doing my next deckplan, because fundamentally they were good ideas - just not the only ones that I'll bear in mind.Originally posted by Scarecrow:
Fair comments all.
You're right, I do approach ship design visually first and foremost, 'kewlness' wins over realistic physics for me any day of the week. Hence the wierd bridge design regardless of the physical reality of it. I know this is a bad thing for many Traveller ship designers but it works for me.
The images I've done don't have the hull over them. They are the skeletal layout of the ship sections. It's my intention to put a smooth, curved hull over those elements making it streamlined. Well, as streamlined as any other Traveller ship anyway.
Crow
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Discussing how we do this stuff helps everyone, from the people involved, to the person lurking who wants to turn out great deckplans or ship designs of their own.
For an idea of what I think the Lanthium Petal class is like, have a look at the starport image in the THB, page 222. Whilst most of it is a huge wedge shaped freighter, there is a small image of a flattened sphere starship in the top-right hand corner. That's what the Petal looked like in my minds eye ... nice of Bryan to already draw it for me!