Exploriens was a bit before my time, but looking through some of the sets, white with some black seems to be a good fit. Trans blue elements wouldn't be bad either, although you could probably get away with solid blue. And trans lime green too, right?

For features... well, I don't know. The sets weren't exactly streamline; they had all sorts of things poking off 'em, from what I could see. So stuff like crane arms or whatever.

Exploriens was a bit before my time, but looking through some of the sets, white with some black seems to be a good fit. Trans blue elements wouldn't be bad either, although you could probably get away with solid blue. And trans lime green too, right?

Before you time...heh, you were born...

I am hoping that just the slightest bit of solid blue would be alright. This is bigger, after all. Plain black does not have to be stuck to strictly, IMO. However, there was no solid blue in the sets, and I realized that Ice Planet 2002 had a lot of white/blue (and trans-orange)--only problem being is they were not exactly space-faring (and I like Exploriens better).

I am having some trans-blue windows on the SHIP. I also noticed how things like telescopes and sensors were trans-green in places, so I think I will add some of those on.

For features... well, I don't know. The sets weren't exactly streamline; they had all sorts of things poking off 'em, from what I could see. So stuff like crane arms or whatever.

I realized what my friend was talking about when he said telescope: doing a quick Google image search will reveal that a few sets had a 4x4 round tube with a 4x4 trans-neon-green disk at the end. So at this scale simply a barrel and a stud would be more than enough, but I might stick with a 2x2 round brick and a 2x2 disk.

And I will probably place some sensors on there with white rods and trans-green radar discs.

-CF

I personally think it looks too sausage-shaped. Maybe give it a more distinctive build than just the thin rocket it is now - some fins here, bridges there, would make it feel more detailed IMO.

-Nuju Metru

I personally think it looks too sausage-shaped. Maybe give it a more distinctive build than just the thin rocket it is now - some fins here, bridges there, would make it feel more detailed IMO.

 

-Nuju Metru

I was worried about the shape a little myself. I am not sure where some fins would be suitable (considering that for a ship of this size they would not serve much purpose--the only reason a starfighter needs fins is for when it is in atmosphere, but this is too large). A bridge or some sort of observatory would be cool. Which is why I've put the transparent places in so far.

There is only so much I can do in LDraw. A lot of the middle portion will be filled in haphazardly with stray pieces. It is then that I can work on placing a central observation deck/bridge, and a telescope and sensors and stuff.

-CF

I like the streamlined approach to the bulk of the ship, but I think it will need more than little sensors and telescopes. Take a look at this ship:

I think adding building up a unique front and engine would really help the overall appeal.

I see what you mean. That front is really eye-catching, and those engines are cool.

I'll keep all this in mind.

-CF

Hey, just saw this entry of yours. In my experience, things that are only shades of gray are dang boring. So make sure to get some color in there.

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