New Romulan Warship (slightly pic heavy)

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-10-08 03:05am

Clearly someone has workede long and hard on this so, ignoring the nemesis script, what do you all think of it? With regards to other trek ships.

New one

http://www.fys.uio.no/~hkippe/bakgrunner/warbird.jpg
if you want to see the old one.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-10-08 03:09am

I like the old one better but depending on the size of this one it could help fill out the Romulan fleet so all their ships aren't either Warbirds or scout ships.

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2002-10-08 03:24am

This pic got posted to SB and a some of the 3D scifi boards back in aug/sept. It was slagged from all sides. I can't recall what the SB population objected to but the 3D people slagged the image seven ways to sunday...

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2002-10-08 03:45am

I like it better then the old Warbird, but I've never like the warbird. It looks like it should be a new Kilngon BOP though. You know, now that I think of it, the BOP is the only Trek ship I've thought looked kindda cool.

eh.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-10-08 04:53am

I think the Klings and R0mmies had the best ships all along... Still don't save their asses from being TREK! Lata and Happy Trek-bashing!

Akm72 · Post by **Akm72** » 2002-10-08 08:09am

What a piece of junk!

Trek has only ever had 2 good looking bad-guy starships; The original Klingon D-7 warbird, and TNG Romulan Warbird.

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-10-08 08:46am

Look at it, it looks like a frickin scaled up Klingon BoP.
Obviously, it is not only the writers in Trek who lack imagination.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-10-08 11:28am

True, but remember that the Klingon D-7 type battlecruiser is meant to be it's ancestor. It has a root ancestor in common with the BoP.
Personally I quite like it. It is a hell of a lot better than the fed ships, and the borg as well.

Sothis · Post by **Sothis** » 2002-10-08 12:13pm

What I want to know is, where, within the hiarachy of Trek ships, will the new Romulan ships, and the Reman ship, fit in?

Failed Glory · Post by **Failed Glory** » 2002-10-08 12:42pm

I still think this warbird kicks it up:

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2002-10-08 01:47pm

Failed Glory wrote:I still think this warbird kicks it up:

Yes its not a bad ship for its size

Antediluvian · Post by **Antediluvian** » 2002-10-08 02:13pm

Failed Glory wrote:I still think this warbird kicks it up:

That's definitely one of the best ST ships.

Moonshadow · Post by **Moonshadow** » 2002-10-08 02:22pm

its nice but i like the Old WBs better. This one looks like a Romulan Raptor from ST Armada.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-10-08 02:23pm

Is there nothing to be said for the new one?

Antediluvian · Post by **Antediluvian** » 2002-10-08 02:30pm

NecronLord wrote:Is there nothing to be said for the new one?

Yes, it's a cool-looking intimidating ship, which I hope they keep around for a while.

Not as neat as the old one, but a worthy successor.

Doomriser · Post by **Doomriser** » 2002-10-08 03:15pm

Well, let's see

1. It is blatantly obvious CGI
2. It is unoriginal
3. It does not fill any gaps in the Romulan starfleet

I've seen dozens of better models of real and conjectural ST ships by amateur modellers on the internet. There is no excuse for this pathetic piece of scrap.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2002-10-08 03:44pm

As I recall, a hansome, dashing, and witty young man posted this exact same pic about a month ago when it first became available.

Oh wait, that was me.

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=1747

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-10-08 04:08pm

Doomriser wrote:Well, let's see

1. It is blatantly obvious CGI
2. It is unoriginal
3. It does not fill any gaps in the Romulan starfleet

I've seen dozens of better models of real and conjectural ST ships by amateur modellers on the internet. There is no excuse for this pathetic piece of scrap.

1. as is the acclamator
2. you mean it sits in with the others?
3. It replaces the old one. is the valdore

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2002-10-08 04:12pm

Doomriser wrote:Well, let's see

1. It is blatantly obvious CGI

Whats wrong with CGI anyway? It cool if its done right.

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-10-08 04:15pm

NecronLord wrote:
Doomriser wrote:Well, let's see

1. It is blatantly obvious CGI
2. It is unoriginal
3. It does not fill any gaps in the Romulan starfleet

I've seen dozens of better models of real and conjectural ST ships by amateur modellers on the internet. There is no excuse for this pathetic piece of scrap.
1. as is the acclamator

The Acclamators look better done though.

2. you mean it sits in with the others?

It doesn't, actually.
It just looks like a big ass BoP, but it doesn't fit in with the Romulan fleet.
Furthermore, why would the Romulans design a new capship to look like a ship widely associated with their blood enemies?
I don't care if the Roms originally designed BoPs, it belongs with the Klingons now and anybody who thinks of a BoP thinks of Klingons.

3. It replaces the old one. is the valdore

I think that's the point. It's just a new Warbird, we have yet to see anything between a Rommie Warbird and a scoutship.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-10-08 04:50pm

Evil Jerk wrote: It doesn't, actually.
It just looks like a big ass BoP, but it doesn't fit in with the Romulan fleet.
Furthermore, why would the Romulans design a new capship to look like a ship widely associated with their blood enemies?
I don't care if the Roms originally designed BoPs, it belongs with the Klingons now and anybody who thinks of a BoP thinks of Klingons.

3. It replaces the old one. is the valdore
I think that's the point. It's just a new Warbird, we have yet to see anything between a Rommie Warbird and a scoutship.

Yes, this annoys me, the Romulans are the only halfway competent Species in trek. They play on them too little.
The capship is a descendent of Klingon D-7 cruser tech exchanged for the secrets of cloaking tech. Hence the similarity. Still you have a point.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-10-08 04:58pm

My two favorite fan designed romulan ships. Unfortunately they are both far larger than the D'deridex... Prehaps I should do a destroyer?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-10-08 05:02pm

Ender wrote:As I recall, a hansome, dashing, and witty young man posted this exact same pic about a month ago when it first became available.

Oh wait, that was me.

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=1747

I was thinking that when this thread was first posted.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-10-08 05:05pm

Its a new design, which is good. The image quality isn't so great, and the design isn't perfect, but at least the Romulans have more than one class of capital ship.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2002-10-08 05:53pm

"It is blatantly obvious CGI"

You can't tell yet how realistic-looking it is. That pic is not even from the finished movie, I suppose. Besides, CGI always looks better in motion. Wait 'till you see the movie first. In my opinion any sci-fi movies which use models instead of CGI look more realistic. Too bad we won't be probably seeing model ships anymore.

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