USS Aries - ShuttlePod Argument by ashleytinger
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Description
I decided that the standard shuttle was not something that the Aries cargo launch was going to be able to accommodate regularly due to the size of the shuttlecraft, so I started with the barebones of the TNG Shuttlepod and brought it back to the TOS era with a little flair.
What better way to showoff the (mostly) completed (someone has since suggeseted lights on the warp sled) shuttlepod than with a quick little comic featuring two crew members from the Aries.
Shuttlepod built in Truespace
Rendered in DAZ Studio
Figures are Genesis 3
Uniforms are V4 Courageous and M4 Valiant
Uniform textures by JamesJAB
Seats from TurboSquid
Comments (4)
RG19
Love the TOS look! Funny segment and super work all around!!!
ashleytinger
Thank you! It was very spur of the moment lol
MarcoCraine
Looks almost authentic-ish (if you can even say that about any particularly obscure era of a fictional setting that mostly didn't care for anything but this or that particular episode's budget limit).
I never really liked the boxy shuttlepods of TNG (or the boxy shuttles of TOS, for that matter), but if I had to change just one thing, I'd probably add some sort of detail to the front of the shuttle--anything, really. Have a sensor pod, or a micro nav deflector, or even just a pair of headlights. But as it stands now, It lacks some kind of magical touch.
ashleytinger
Thanks! Yeah I didn't want to greeble her up like they did with the TNG shuttlepod. The TOS shuttles aren't too greebled for the most part, so I thought I'd go that route, but I may have gone too far.
I am adding navigation lights to the warp sled along with spotlights. I could probably add some kind of platform they can attach different things to in front.
The shuttlepod is also going to double as a workbee. The warp sled will detach and I'm going to have a pair of the grabbers the it attaches to for ship repairs. I'm just trying to figure out a TOS look for them that doesn't scream LOST IN SPACE ROBOT arms and claws.
crender
Delightful !
ashleytinger
Thank yo u!
enigma-man
Nicely set up comic panel sequence. The text could have been a bit larger making it easier to read,
ashleytinger
Yeah I did this outside the usual comic creator I sued and guestimated font sizes.